<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">This year’s Australian Linguistic Society 2017, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Society, welcomes submissions for oral presentations and poster presentations on any topic within the fields of general linguistics and sociolinguistics. Oral presentations are 20 min presentation + 10 min question time. Poster presentations allow authors to display and explain their A0-sized poster during a dedicated poster session.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">The conference will be hosted by The University of Sydney (Camperdown) 4-7 December 2017. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Australian Linguistic Society, a reception will be hosted in the evening of the 4th December.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">KEY DATES:</span></b></p><table class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="204" valign="top" class="" style="width: 203.85pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">Abstract submissions due<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="121" valign="top" class="" style="width: 120.5pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">31 July 23.00 GMT</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="204" valign="top" class="" style="width: 203.85pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Acceptances notified<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="121" valign="top" class="" style="width: 120.5pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">September<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The following five workshops have been accepted for ALS 2017. Submission for workshops should be made directly to the workshop organizers as listed below. Authors who have not been accepted for a workshop are welcome to submit their abstract for the general sessions via Easychair before 31 July. Please contact the workshop organizers for any information on workshops submissions and schedule.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><table class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="487" style="width: 486.55pt; margin-left: -3.8pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="222" valign="top" class="" style="width: 221.85pt; border: 1pt solid rgb(127, 127, 127); padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Workshop<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="106" valign="top" class="" style="width: 106.3pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Organisers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="158" valign="top" class="" style="width: 158.4pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Submit to<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="222" valign="top" class="" style="width: 221.85pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-left-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">TAM marking in languages of Australia and the Pacific<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="106" valign="top" class="" style="width: 106.3pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">J Bednall, A Krajinović & P Caudal <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="158" valign="top" class="" style="width: 158.4pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:james.bednall@anu.edu.au" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">james.bednall@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="222" valign="top" class="" style="width: 221.85pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-left-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Emotion metaphors in Australian languages: the role of the body<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="106" valign="top" class="" style="width: 106.3pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">M Ponsonnet<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="158" valign="top" class="" style="width: 158.4pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:maia.ponsonnet@sydney.edu.au" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">maia.ponsonnet@sydney.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="222" valign="top" class="" style="width: 221.85pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-left-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The language of poetry and song<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="106" valign="top" class="" style="width: 106.3pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">C Bracknell, S Morey & M Turpin<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="158" valign="top" class="" style="width: 158.4pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: rgb(127, 127, 127); border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:myfany.turpin@sydney.edu.au" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">myfany.turpin@sydney.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="222" valign="top" class="" style="width: 221.85pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Talking the talkley: Popularising linguistics </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="106" valign="top" class="" style="width: 106.3pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">L Gawne<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="158" valign="top" class="" style="width: 158.4pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:l.gawne@latrobe.edu.au" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">l.gawne@latrobe.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="222" valign="top" class="" style="width: 221.85pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Lexical development in Australian language revival and maintenance</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="106" valign="top" class="" style="width: 106.3pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">J Giacon<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td><td width="158" valign="top" class="" style="width: 158.4pt; border-style: none solid solid none; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:john.giacon@anu.edu.au" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">john.giacon@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALS 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">All abstracts (workshops, talks and posters) - are due 31 July 2017 and will be anonymously reviewed. Papers rejected for a workshop will also be considered for the main ALS program.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Preparing your abstract:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.25pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri;">Document format: Word (.doc or .docx) or pdf<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.25pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri;">Page Limits: 1 page of text (including title of paper) + 1 page of references, diagrams, figures, tables, example sentences; max of 500 words.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.25pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri;">Font size: Font must be 12 point Times New Roman<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.25pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri;">Margins: 2cm margins on all margins<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.25pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri;">The abstract must be anonymous. It should not include author names, affiliation, or other identifying information. Be careful that your name and email are not automatically embedded by your word processor.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Submitting an abstract to the main ALS proram:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Submissions to the ALS conference are done online via EasyChair. You must have an easychair account to submit an abstract. To create an easychair account go to<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/help/article.cgi?art=account_creation" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none;">https://easychair.org/help/article.cgi?art=account_creation</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The conference submission link is <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/conference_dir.cgi?a=14393400" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none;">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=als2017</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Once you are logged in select the ‘New submission’ tab. You will be asked to enter your author details, title, abstract and keywords in the text boxes. The system will ask you to select your preferred presentation type i.e. oral presentation or poster. We strongly encourage a poster submission if your dataset lends itself well to graphical presentation, in-depth personal discussion, or is a dataset of modest size. Posters will have a session on Day 2 of the conference. The system will also ask you to enter all author and institution information into an online form<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 10.8pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Please <b class="">do not</b> submit your abstract via email. If you require help, please email<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 10.8pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:linguistics.als2017@sydney.edu.au" class="">linguistics.als2017@sydney.edu.au</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">FURTHER INFORMATION:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div class=""><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;">Further information about ALS 2017 including accommodation options will soon be added to the conference website:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/conference/alaa_als_2017/index.shtml" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">http://sydney.edu.au/arts/conference/alaa_als_2017/index.shtml</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">All attendees must book their own accommodation directly. If you are in a position to book your accommodation at this point we recommend you do so, to obtain a good rate. Further information will soon be provided on the conference website.</span></p></body></html>