<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>The 15th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology will be held at Beijing Normal University's Zhuhai campus, Guangdong, China, 8-10 November (Friday-Sunday), 2024. </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Abstract submission deadline</b>: <span class="c9dxtc">March 15, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Notification of acceptance</b>: <span class="c9dxtc">May 20, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Abstracts on any topic in linguistic typology, including its interfaces with language documentation and signed language research, are invited for oral presentations, posters, and a limited number of workshops. Non-members of ALT may submit abstracts but will be expected to join ALT in order to present a paper at the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstracts should be submitted to <a href="mailto:ALT15_2024@proton.me" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">ALT15_2024@proton.me</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstracts may be submitted for the general session, for a poster session, or for one of the scheduled </span>workshops (see the <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/alt2024/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">website</a>, which is currently being updated with the information)<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">. Abstracts submitted for a </span>workshop <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">but not accepted there will be automatically considered for inclusion in the general or poster session.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">One individual may be involved in a maximum of two abstracts (maximum of one as sole author), regardless of category (oral, poster, workshop talk).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed by a pool of external referees, the ALT 2024 Abstract Review Committee, and by members of the ALT 2024 Program Committee. Abstracts submitted to a </span>workshop <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">will be jointly reviewed by members of the ALT 2024 Abstract Review Committee and the </span>workshop <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">organizers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Abstract specifications</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>Abstracts must be anonymous: do not put your name or other identifying information on the abstract.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstracts should be at a maximum length of one<strong> single-spaced page, 12pt font, with another page (at maximum) for references and examples</strong>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>Please put this information at the top of your abstract: abstract title; abstract category (oral, poster, oral/poster); workshop title (if applicable).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Categories of submission</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><u>Oral presentation</u>, for general session or workshop (single or multiple author): Timing will depend on the number of papers accepted for presentation and will probably be 20 minutes per paper, plus 10 minutes for discussion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><u>Poster</u>: One or more poster sessions will be organized, depending on demand.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="cdt4ke" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 51pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><u>Oral/Poster</u>: This means you prefer an oral presentation but can also present a poster. 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