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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear all, </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We're very happy to announce that there will be a workshop on African Sign Languages, which will be held within the frame of WOCAL 6 on August 18th. A separate registration for the workshop only is not possible.</FONT></I></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Organising Committee of the Workshop on African Sign Languages</FONT></I></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Victoria Nyst (University of Leiden), Shane Gilchrist (University of Amsterdam), Rezenet Moges (CSU Long Beach), Sam Lutalo (University of Central Lancashire), Pamela Perniss (University College London), Sophie Dalle-Nazebi (University of Toulouse 2), Eyasu Tamene (University of Addis Ababa) and Nobutaka Kamei (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies).</FONT></I></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Call for Papers</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The deadline for submission is December 20th, 2008. </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Papers are invited on the following topics, although papers on other topics will be considered as well. </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Imported and local sign languages in Africa</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Documentation and sign language corpora </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Signed language lexicography in Africa </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Signed language teaching in Africa </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Signed Language Planning and Standardization </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">An academic committee will help to evaluate the abstracts. One paper per scholar will be accepted, as long as it meets academic standards. Participants are encouraged to devote special attention to the methodologies used in their research. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Registration</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Registration for the workshop will run through the WOCAL 6 infrastructure. Information on registration, invitation letters, accommodation, the conference location and possibilities for financial support can be found on the WOCAL 6 website </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/afrikanistik/wocal/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/afrikanistik/wocal/</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The WOCAL6 congress language is English. Papers can be presented in French as well, but abstracts of all papers must be submitted in English. Abstracts (approximately 200-300 words) are to be sent, preferably as PC word document (with an additional pdf copy, if special fonts are used), to WOCAL6@uni-koeln.de. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ll</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> abstracts relating to the workshop will be forwarded to the workshop organizers for evaluation. Please indicate your interest in being part of the African Sign Language workshop. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For further information on the workshop, please refer to </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://wocal6.erinad.org/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://wocal6.erinad.org/</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> .</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yours sincerely,</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Organizing Team </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">________________________________________</FONT></SPAN>
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