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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please find below a call for papers for a general linguistics workshop based in Hokkaido that we are trying to initiate starting this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 1st Workshop of the Hokkaido Language Science Society</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> will take place
at Otaru University of Commerce at 28 February 2026 (Sat).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Partipants: Anyone can participate, Hokkaido resident or not, regardless of nationality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Invited speaker: Thomas Van Hoey (UCLouvain) "Accommodating path and manner in the lexical aspect of iconic words"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Languages used in the workshop: English and Japanese.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Abstract: Max. 500 words in English or 1,000 characters in Japanese. Free format. Any subfield of linguistics welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Submission deadline: Please send your abstract to Ian Joo’s email address
<a href="mailto:joo@res.otaru-uc.ac.jp">joo@res.otaru-uc.ac.jp</a> by 31 January 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Results notification: Within a week after the submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Registration fee: 1,000 yen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please consult the society website for updated information:
<a href="https://ianjoo.github.io/hokugen/1">https://ianjoo.github.io/hokugen/1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I also wish everyone a happy new year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Otaru University of Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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