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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">THE<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>SOCIETY<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>THE<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>STUDY<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>THE<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>INDIGENOUS<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>LANGUAGES<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>THE <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
AMERICAS</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Annual<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>Winter<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Meeting, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">New York City, NY</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">January 4-7, 2024</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt">Final Call<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Papers</span></span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Extended deadline<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>abstracts:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">August 31st, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) is planning to hold its next annual winter meeting jointly with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in New
York City, NY on January 4-7, 2024. The conference will be held in person at the Sheraton New York Times Square.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>SSILA meetings encourage scholars to present on a wide range of topics centered on any aspect of Indigenous American languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Call<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">papers</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">SSILA<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>welcomes<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>abstracts<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>present<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>original<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>focusing<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>linguistic<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>study of the Indigenous languages of the Americas.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>Presenters must be members of SSILA in order to present.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>(You can join SSILA at: <a href="https://www.ssila.org/en/membership-information">
<span style="color:blue">https://www.ssila.org/en/membership-information</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Submission<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The <b>deadline
</b>for submission of all abstracts has been extended to <b>August 31<sup>st</sup>, 2023, at 11:59PM (Hawaii-Aleutian time).
</b>Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>the link below (please note that unlike earlier years, abstracts will <b>not</b> be submitted via EasyChair). Also, e-mail or hard-copy submissions will be accepted if arrangements are made in advance with the SSILA Program Committee Administrator, Martin
Kohlberger (<a href="mailto:conferences@ssila.org"><span style="color:blue">conferences@ssila.org</span></a>). Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. At the conference, talks may be presented in any language of the Americas,
and we particularly welcome presentations in Indigenous languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>page<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>is <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SSILA2024">
https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SSILA2024</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Abstracts<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>must<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>conform<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>guidelines<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> below.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">General<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Requirements</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">All authors must be members of SSILA. See the SSILA website for information about membership and renewal (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ssila.org/en/membership-information"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.ssila.org/en/membership-information</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">).
The membership requirement may be waived for Indigenous community scholars and language practitioners.<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>It<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>may<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>also<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>waived<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>co-authors<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>participants<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>organized<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>sessions<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>who are<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>disciplines<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>those<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>ordinarily<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>represented<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>SSILA<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>(linguistics<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>linguistic anthropology). Waivers can be requested by contacting the SSILA Secretary, Mary Linn
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">(</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:secretary@ssila.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;letter-spacing:-.1pt">secretary@ssila.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt">).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Any<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt">
</span>member<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>may<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt">
</span>submit<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt">
</span>single-author<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>abstract<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt">
</span>multi-author<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>abstract<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt">
</span>OR<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>two multi-author abstracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">After an abstract has been submitted, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract,<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt">
</span>other than those due to typographical errors, are permitted</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>must<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>delivered<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>projected<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>represent<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>bona<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>fide<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>developments<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>the same research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>must<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>appear in print<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>before the <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">All<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>presenters<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>individual<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>must<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>register<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>meeting<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>if<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> accepted.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Authors who must withdraw from the program should inform the SSILA Program Committee Administrator (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:conferences@ssila.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">conferences@ssila.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">)
as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:22.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.05pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Authors<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>may<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>submit<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>identical<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>abstracts<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>presentation<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>SSILA<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>LSA meeting or a meeting of one of the Sister Societies (ADS, ANS, NAAHoLS, SPCL, TALE). Authors who are discovered to have done so will have these abstracts removed from consideration.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>Authors may submit substantially different abstracts for presentation at the SSILA meeting and the LSA or a Sister Society meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Format</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Please see the section below, “Abstract Submission”, for important information about long and short abstracts.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstracts should be uploaded as a file in PDF format to this submission form:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SSILA2024"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SSILA2024</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>abstract,<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>including<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>examples<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>needed,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>two<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>typed<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>pages<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>(12pt<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>font, single<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>spaced,<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>1-inch<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>margins), including examples and references.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>Abstracts<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>longer than two pages will be rejected without being evaluated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">At<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>top<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>abstract,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>give<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>title<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>than<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>line<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>clearly<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>indicates<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the topic of the paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Do not include your name on the abstract. If you identify yourself in any way in the abstract (e.g. “In Smith (1992)...I”), the abstract will
be rejected without being evaluated. Of course, it may be necessary to refer to your own work in the third person in order to appropriately situate the research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstracts which do not conform to these format guidelines will be rejected without being
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">evaluated.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Contents</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Papers whose main topic does not focus on the Indigenous languages of the Americas will be rejected<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>without<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>further<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>consideration<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Program<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Committee.<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>SSILA<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>requires<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>further<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the subject matter be related to linguistics and/or language work, that the research presented include new findings or developments not published before the meeting, that there be reflection on the social
outcomes/impacts/implications of the work, that the papers not be submitted with malicious<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>scurrilous<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>intent,<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>coherent<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>accord<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>these<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">guidelines.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Abstracts are more often rejected because they omit crucial information rather than because of errors in what they include. The most important criterion is relevance to the understanding of
Indigenous languages of the Americas, but other factors are important, too. It is important to present results so that they will be of interest to the whole SSILA (and larger) linguistic community, not just to those who work on the same language or language
family that you do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">A<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>suggested<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>outline<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>abstracts<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">follows:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:23.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.05pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">State<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>problem<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>question<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>raised<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>prior<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>work,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>specific<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> r</span>eference to relevant prior research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:23.7pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Give a clear indication of the nature and source of your data (primary fieldwork, archival research, secondary sources). State<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>main point<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>or argument<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>proposed<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">presentation.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:23.7pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Regardless of the subfield, cite sufficient data, and explain why and how they support<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>main<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>point<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>argument.<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>For<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>examples<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>languages<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>than<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>English, provide word-by-word glosses and
<u>underline</u> or <b>boldface </b>the portions of the examples which are critical to the argument.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:23.7pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">State the relevance of your ideas to past work or to the future development of the field. Describe analyses in as much detail as possible. Avoid saying in effect "a solution to this
problem will be presented". If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarize the arguments that led you to your position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:23.7pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">You are required to state the contribution to linguistics made by the
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">analysis</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">state</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">social</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">outcomes/impacts/implications</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">work</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">(which</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">may </span>be positive, neutral or negative, immediate or potential).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:23.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Consideration<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>social<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>outcomes/impacts/implications<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>might<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>focus on the specific topic under consideration or take<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>into account<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the broader scope of a project. Effects might take a while to be felt and might be nuanced with respect to who is influenced and how. Implications are likely to relate to the social significance
to the language community, such as the project’s capacity for developing tools for pedagogy or revitalization, valorizing the language within a broader social context, or (perhaps at the same time) introducing points of tension regarding approaches to language
teaching. They might also include bringing a situation<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>regarding<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>language<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>community’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>status<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>wider<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>attention,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>educating<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the public regarding language endangerment and its significance, promoting the application<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Native<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>ways<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>knowing<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>linguistic<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>community-related <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
goals. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Resources for abstract writers can be found on-line at:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ssila.org/social-impact-and-outcomes"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.ssila.org/social-impact-and-outcomes</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.4pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Please<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>include<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>list<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>references<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>cited<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>abstract.<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>references should be included within the two-page limit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Categories<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Presentation</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Authors are required to indicate the preferred category of their presentation at the time of submitting<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>abstract.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>program<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>committee<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>try<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>accommodate<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>preference<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>space and time allow.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>The categories to choose from are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US">Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Lexicography, Applied Linguistics, Language Revitalization, Linguistic Geography, Typology,
Language Learning/Acquisition, Other<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Authors<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>able<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>select<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>geographic<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>area<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>languages<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>discussed<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>abstract are/were spoken in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Submission</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstracts can be submitted via the following page:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SSILA2024"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SSILA2024</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Submissions<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>SSILA<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Annual<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>Meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>require<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span><b>two<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">abstracts</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Short Abstract.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">This abstract should be no more than 100 words and will be used in the meeting handbook.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>On<b> </b>the submission page,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>can<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> write or </span>paste<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>abstract into<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>“Short Abstract”<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>box.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Long<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>Abstract</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">.<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>This<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>abstract<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>one<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>evaluated by reviewers<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>inclusion<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>program. The long abstract should be a PDF file.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>On the submission page, you will be asked to upload this from your computer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span lang="EN-US">Questions? </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Please contact
<a href="mailto:conferences@ssila.org"><span style="color:blue">conferences@ssila.org</span></a><span style="color:blue">
</span>if you have any questions about or difficulty<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>with your abstract submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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