<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1.44em; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.15em; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16027">First call for papers ICAAL7</h1><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16028"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16029"><span style="font-weight: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16093">From September 29 – October 1, 2017, the Department of Linguistics at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in the port city of Kiel in northern Germany will be hosting the bienneial </span><br><div style="font-weight: inherit; text-align: start;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16094"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16032" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">7th International Conference on Austro-Asiatic Linguistics (ICAAL).</strong></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16034">Abstracts are now being accepted for contributions for this conference. Abstracts should not exceed 750 words plus references, tables and maps and should be sent as PDF files by Friday, January 13, 2017 to the following address: <a href="mailto:ICAAL2017@isfas.uni-kiel.de" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(110, 146, 181); text-decoration: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16035">ICAAL2017@isfas.uni-kiel.de</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16036"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16075">Abstracts should contain no direct references to the contributor(s). Instead, contributors should submit a second file in addition to the abstract containing the name(s) of the contributor(s) and the title of the abstract. Notices of acceptance will be sent out no later than January 31, 2017.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16038"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16076">Presentations will be for 30 minutes each, followed by 15 minutes for discussion. Following the presentations, the conference will close on the final day with an open discussion on the concrete results of the conference, the state of the field of Austro-Asiatic studies, as well as directions for future research.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16041">Conference convenor: John Peterson</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16042">Scientific committee: Nick Enfield, Mathias Jenny, Nicole Kruspe, John Peterson, Paul Sidwell</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16044">Contributions on any aspect of the languages belonging to the Austro-Asiatic phylum will be considered for acceptance. This includes – but is by no means limited to! – the following topics:</div><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 0px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhBgAGAIABAIm34v///ywAAAAABgAGAAACBYSPqcsFADs="); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16045"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16046">language documentation and description</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16047">phonetics & phonology</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16048">historical linguistics</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16049">areal linguistics</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16050">linguistic relativity</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16051">formal linguistics</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16052">writing systems</li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481749186790_16054">All questions concerning the conference should be sent to John Peterson at the following address:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; 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