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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I received the following email message today from
Anna-Lena Nilsson. Inger Ahlgren was one of the pioneers of sign linguistics
research in Europe, and was co-organiser of the first ever international
conference on sign language research in Stockholm in 1979:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>I bring you some sad news,
after a period of illness Inger Ahlgren passed away on the 12th of April 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Anna-Lena Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Stockholm</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=1 face=Helvetica><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Department of Linguistics</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Sign Language Section</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>S- 106 91 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:City></st1:place></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><a
href="http://www.ling.su.se/tsp" title="http://www.ling.su.se/tsp">www.ling.su.se/tsp</a></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Bencie Woll</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>, BA, MA, PhD<br>
Chair of Sign Language and Deaf Studies<br>
Director, UCL DCAL Research Centre<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">49 Gordon Square</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> WC1H 0PD<br>
+44 20 7679 8670 (voice)<br>
+44 20 7679 8691 (fax)<br>
+44 20 7679 8693 (textphone/minicom) www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk</span></font><span
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