<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;"><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next online <b>Acquisition Sketch Project</b> <b>Meeting</b> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will focus on <b>Gesture in Child and Child-Directed Language</b></span>.</div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It will be held on <b>Tuesday 13th May</b><b> (Americas)</b> and </span><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday 14th May (elsewhere)</b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> at two times:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><b>Time 1: </b></div><div><b>Los Angeles = 4 pm Tuesday May 13 </b></div><div><b>New York = 7 pm Tuesday May 13 </b><div><div></div></div></div><div><b>Melbourne = 9 am Wednesday May 14 </b></div><div><div class="elementToProof"><div class="elementToProof"><a href="https://anu.zoom.us/j/83926267244?pwd=5OYBF683aNlTAaIwhaG36L3WDSkBlJ.1">https://anu.zoom.us/j/83926267244?pwd=5OYBF683aNlTAaIwhaG36L3WDSkBlJ.1</a></div><div class="elementToProof">Meeting ID: 839 2626 7244</div><div class="elementToProof">Password: 779000</div><div class="elementToProof"><br></div></div></div><div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-42efa7af-7fff-bd08-c334-4d9096f405a1"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Time 2: </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Berlin = 9 am Wednesday May 14</b></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Delhi = 12:30 pm Wednesday May 14</b></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Melbourne = 5 pm Wednesday May 14</b></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/68251265642?pwd=qYI20rIR3iWA3cOzkFDOYMt1vZpBKc.1">https://uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/68251265642?pwd=qYI20rIR3iWA3cOzkFDOYMt1vZpBKc.1</a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Meeting ID: 682 5126 5642</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Passcode: z%Fjspn4</div><div><br></div></div><div>Check <a href="https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/">https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/</a> for the correct time in your time zone.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><u>FUTURE SCHEDULE</u></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;">The last meeting in this series will be held on June 10/11 (Community Report), completing our tour through the Sketch Acquisition Manual. We’re currently discussing potential topics for future meetings. Let us know at <a href="mailto:allen@rptu.de">allen@rptu.de</a> what would be helpful to you!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;">The schedule is always available at:</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><a href="https://acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/seminars" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/seminars</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br></p><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><u style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>BACKGROUND INFORMATION</b></u></p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Acquisition Sketch Project is an initiative to increase diversity in the languages for which </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we have information about acquisition patterns (</span><a href="https://acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). We provide detailed guidelines for creating an acquisition sketch based on five hours of data, and provide support through bimonthly online meetings and personal consultation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, we are stepping our way through the topics in the Sketch Acquisition Manual (</span><a href="https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp28-the-acquisition-sketch-project/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp28-the-acquisition-sketch-project/</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). This meeting covers Sections 5.6 and 6.5 of Part 2 of the Manual.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The session will also be uploaded to our YouTube channel, where </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">you can find the recordings of the other sessions as well</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AcquisitionSketchProject" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/@AcquisitionSketchProject</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><div><br></div><div><u><b>CONTACT</b></u></div><div><u><br></u></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">For more information, please contact one of the team members:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· Shanley Allen (</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:allen@rptu.de">allen@rptu.de</a></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· Lucy Davidson (</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:lucinda.davidson@unimelb.edu.au">lucinda.davidson@unimelb.edu.au</a></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· Rebecca Defina (</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:rebecca.defina@unimelb.edu.au">rebecca.defina@unimelb.edu.au</a></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· Birgit Hellwig (</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:bhellwig@uni-koeln.de">bhellwig@uni-koeln.de</a></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· Evan Kidd (</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:evan.kidd@anu.edu.au">evan.kidd@anu.edu.au</a></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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