<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear SLLING-Listers,</span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div>We would like to inform you that the deadline for abstracts for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">FEAST</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> 2017</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">has been <b>extended to January 20th</b>, see call for papers below.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Call for papers </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">FEAST</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> 2017 (Reykjavík, June 21-22)</span></b><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The sixth meeting of the “Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Language Theory” (</span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">FEAST</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">) will take place at the University of Iceland,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Reykjavík, June 21-22, 2017. </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">FEAST</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> is the official conference of the</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">research project “The Sign Hub: Preserving, Researching and Fostering the</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Linguistic, Historical and Cultural Heritage of European Deaf Signing</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Communities with an Integral Resource” (2016-2020), funded by the European</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Commission within the Horizon 2020 programme. </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">FEAST</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> is a regular forum to</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">discuss formal and experimental approaches to sign language grammar and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">their interaction.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Invited speakers:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Chiara Branchini, University of Venice</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Joanna Atkinson, University College London</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Authors are asked to submit anonymous abstracts as e-mail attachments in</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">pdf format through EasyChair:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=feast2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://easychair.org/<wbr>conferences/?conf=feast2017</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We plan to have oral presentations (30 minutes + 10 minutes discussion) as</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">well as a poster session. The poster session will be preceded by a special</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">session where each presenter has 5 minutes to introduce his/her poster.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The abstract should include the title and indicate whether it is intended</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">for an oral presentation or a poster. Abstracts should not exceed two</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">pages (including tables, examples and references) and they should be in</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">12-point type with single line spacing and 2,5 cm. margins. Abstracts will</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">be reviewed by an external panel and the reviewing process will be</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">double-blind. At most two abstracts, one of which must be co-authored, can</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">be submitted.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Conference dates: June, 21-22, 2017</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Extended deadline for submission: January 20, 2017</b></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 17, 2017</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The conference e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:feast2017@easychair.org" style="font-size:12.8px">feast2017@easychair.org</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The conference web page:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/conferences/feast_reykjavik_2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://sites.google.com/site/<wbr>feastconference/home/<wbr>conferences/feast_reykjavik_<wbr>2017</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">English and ASL are the official languages of the conference. Interpreting</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">between the two languages will be provided.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">See also the Linguist List:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=261976" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://linguistlist.org/<wbr>callconf/browse-conf-action.<wbr>cfm?ConfID=261976</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Local organizing committee:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Kristín Lena Þorvaldsdóttir</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Rannveig Sverrisdóttir</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Þórhalla Guðmundsdóttir Beck</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Scientific committee:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Chiara Branchini</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Diane Brentari</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Anna Cardinaletti</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Carlo Cecchetto</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Caterina Donati</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Karen Emmorey</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Carlo Geraci</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Meltem Kelepir</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Gaurav Mathur</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Roland Pfau</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Christian Rathman</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Josep Quer</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Markus Steinbach</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Ronnie Wilbur</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Bencie Woll</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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