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<span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">We
have recently extended the deadline to accept abstracts</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">for
our upcoming 15</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:9.5pt;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: super; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">th</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Biennial
High Desert Linguistics Society (HDLS15) until</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">July
31, 2022</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">. Please find further information about our conference and call for papers below. We are excited to receive your abstracts and
to see you all in November!</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">Abstract
submission<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">deadline
extended to July 31, 2022</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">The High Desert
Linguistics Society is thrilled to announce the 15th biennial High Desert Linguistics Society Conference! This student-organized conference will take place from<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Friday,
November 11th, through Sunday, November 13th, 2022</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>in
a<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">hybrid</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>format.
In-person presentations will be held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and streamed simultaneously online. These presentations will be supplemented by virtual talks, lightning talks, poster presentations, and asynchronous discussion.</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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announce the following keynote presenters of HDLS15:</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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(Syracuse University) on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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of Minnesota) on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Amalia Skilton (Cornell
University) on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">The central theme
of the conference will be<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">“Language
and Linguistics in a fast-changing world”</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">, and we invite submissions relating directly
to this topic. We also welcome work more broadly in the field of cognitive, functional, typological linguistics, and sociolinguistics, as well as papers that examine language from the point of view of neighboring disciplines including, but not limited to,
anthropology, psychology, sociology, education, and computer science.</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Abstracts of up
to 500 words (or 4 minutes),<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">not including references and figures,</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>may be submitted in any of the three languages of the conference,
i.e. English, Spanish, or American Sign Language (ASL).<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">Applicants may submit abstracts for </span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style:italic;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">presentations</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">,<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style:italic;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">posters</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">,
and<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style:italic;line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">themed panels</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">.
Themed panels will be comprised of up to three researchers presenting related work; all contributors must submit an application for<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">a themed</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>panel
in a single document explaining the theme and each researcher’s contributions.</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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Submissions and Guidelines:<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/HDLS15" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">https://easychair.org/cfp/HDLS15</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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in ASL:<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/qSQVyg_uOpI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">https://youtu.be/qSQVyg_uOpI</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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please visit our website<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">at</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.unm.edu/~hdls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">https://www.unm.edu/~hdls/</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">or
email us at<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:hdls@unm.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">hdls@unm.edu</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span style="line-height:21.5833px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<b>HDLS15 Officers (2021-2023)</b></div>
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President: Devin Tankersley</div>
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Vice President: Jens Van Gysel</div>
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Secretary: Lukas Denk</div>
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Treasurer: Geunho Cho</div>
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Liaison to Faculty: Ivette González</div>
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Liaison to Hispanic Linguistics: Érick Pineda<br>
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