<div dir="ltr">Preliminary Announcement<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>
Linguistics Society of Papua New Guinea's Annual Conference<br>
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Tuesday 12-14 September, 2017<br>
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The Linguistics Society of PNG is pleased to announce its annual conference<br>
to be held at the University of Goroka (UoG), Goroka, Eastern Highlands<br>
Province, from Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th of September 2017.<br>
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The conference aims to bring together researchers working in two broad<br>
areas:<br>
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1. Language documentation, and<br>
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2. Language development.<br>
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Language Documentation<br>
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Intending participants are invited to present papers on innovative<br>
work in the area of Austronesian and Papuan (as well as general)<br>
linguistics, and literacy/literature. Papers on current initiatives in<br>
collecting Oral Literature and documenting unwritten Languages (as part of<br>
the ongoing efforts to preserve the cultural and linguistic heritage of PNG)<br>
are also welcome.<br>
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Language Development<br>
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Papers are also invited in the area of Language development which<br>
encompasses a broad range of topics, including (but not limited to) language<br>
education, ELT, language policy, pidgins and creoles, language policy,<br>
literature, language/literacy education, and applied linguistics, with new<br>
fields emerging on the borders between disciplines and sub-fields.<br>
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Abstracts<br>
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The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Tuesday, 31st January 2017<br>
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Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by Tuesday, 31st March 2017<br>
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Program<br>
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The conference program will be available at the Language and Linguistics in<br>
Melanesia (LLM) website <a rel="noreferrer" href="http://www.langlxmelanesia.com" target="_blank">www.langlxmelanesia.com</a><br>
<<a rel="noreferrer" href="http://www.langlxmelanesia.com/" target="_blank">http://www.langlxmelanesia.<wbr>com/</a>> after the acceptance of abstracts.<br>
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Important dates:<br>
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Deadline for abstract submission: 31st January 2017<br>
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Notification of acceptance: 31st March 2017<br>
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Registration: 11th September 2017<br>
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Conference: 12-14th September 2017<br>
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Conference fees:<br>
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Registration (11thSeptember 2017) PKG150 /Students' Registration fee -<br>
PGK50.<br>
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Registration includes conference pack (including a book of paper outlines),<br>
and morning/afternoon teas.<br>
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Conference dinner 14th September 2017 PKG50<br>
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Further details and conference registration forms will be available in early<br>
January 2017 at <a rel="noreferrer" href="http://www.langlxmelanesia.com" target="_blank">www.langlxmelanesia.com</a> <<a rel="noreferrer" href="http://www.langlxmelanesia.com/" target="_blank">http://www.langlxmelanesia.<wbr>com/</a>><br>
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All other enquiries should be directed to: Dr. Jane Awi - <a href="mailto:awij@uog.ac.pg">awij@uog.ac.pg</a><br>
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Miss Anne-Marie Wanamp - <a href="mailto:wanampa@uog.ac.pg">wanampa@uog.ac.pg</a><br>
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Mr. Philip Tama - <a href="mailto:tamap@uog.ac.pg">tamap@uog.ac.pg</a><br>
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