<html><head><base href="x-msg://149/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Chinese Language and Discourse Symposium <<a href="mailto:CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg">CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">22 December 2011 2:32:32 PM AEDT</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>FW: The Second International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We are sending out a second call for the Second International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse to be held from June 9<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to 11<sup>th</sup>, 2012, at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); ">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Tao Hongyin</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">, University of California, Los Angeles<br><b>Hilary Chappell</b>, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales<br></span><b>Huang Shuan Fan</b>, Yuan Ze University<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: red; ">(new keynote speaker)</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><br><b>Randy LaPolla</b>, La Trobe University<br><b>Chew Cheng Hai</b>, Nanyang Technological University<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 31 January 2012. We look forward to receiving submissions from you and your colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Kindly replace the previous poster with the one attached, which reflects the updated list of the keynote speakers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">If you have any questions pertaining to the symposium, please email me at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">K.K.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; 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text-decoration: underline; ">'ctzhu@cityu.edu.hk</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'Davidzcn@yahoo.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'Davidzcn@yahoo.com</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'haowen@rice.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'haowen@rice.edu</a>';<a href="mailto:'lyang@sprynet.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'lyang@sprynet.com</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'LCHIEF@UCLA.EDU" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'LCHIEF@UCLA.EDU</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'r97142012@ntu.edu.tw" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'r97142012@ntu.edu.tw</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'xianlixia.07@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'xianlixia.07@gmail.com</a>'<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'tao@humnet.ucla.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'tao@humnet.ucla.edu</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'ybiq@cc.ntnu.edu.tw" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'ybiq@cc.ntnu.edu.tw</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'R.Lapolla@latrobe.edu.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'R.Lapolla@latrobe.edu.au</a>';<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'Hilary.Chappell@ehess.fr" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'Hilary.Chappell@ehess.fr</a>'; Chew Cheng Hai (Adj Prof)<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Second International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear all:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Following the success of the inaugural International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse at UCLA in 2010, I am pleased to announce that the second symposium<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">will be held June 9<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to 11<sup>th</sup>, 2012, at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The Call for Papers is now open. As with the previous symposium, a cash prize will be awarded to the best student paper. Do consider submitting abstracts and please spread the word among colleagues, students, and departments! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Information on the symposium and the Call for Papers is found below. Feel free to print out the attached poster for publicity purposes.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN">The Second International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN">Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<br>June 9-11, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">The International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse is a biennial symposium that advances the exchange of scholarship in discourse functional studies of the Chinese language, emphasizing an empirical orientation and encompassing such fields as language and society, language and culture, language and social interaction, discourse and grammar, communication studies, and contact linguistics.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15.1pt; margin-left: 30.25pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15.1pt; margin-left: 30.25pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); ">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15.1pt; margin-left: 30.25pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Tao Hongyin</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">, University of California, Los Angeles<br><b>Hilary Chappell</b>, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales<br><b>Biq Yung-o</b>, National Taiwan Normal University<br><b>Randy LaPolla</b>, La Trobe University<br><b>Chew Cheng Hai</b>, Nanyang Technological University<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); ">CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: January 31, 2012)</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Theme:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>New approaches to the study of Chinese grammar</i></span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Abstracts are invited for oral presentations (30 minutes, including 5 minutes for discussion) to showcase latest advancements in broadly-defined discourse functional studies of the Chinese language, with preference given to those closely related to the conference theme.<br><br>Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Language and interaction<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Language and society<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Language and culture<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Language and cognition<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Corpora and Chinese studies<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>6.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Language change and development<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>7.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Chinese language acquisition and education<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>8.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Chinese language and new media<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>9.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Multilingualism and identity construction<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span>1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Language contact<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); ">SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><br>A one-page abstract should be submitted via Easy Abs at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/CLD2012" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; ">http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/CLD2012</span></a>. In addition to the Easy Abs submission, email the abstract as a .doc or PDF attachment to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; ">CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg</span></a>, stating in the body of the email (i) Author’s Last Name; (ii) Author’s First Name; (iii) Affiliation; and (iv) Email.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>The abstract should be written in readable and plain English and must not include the authors' names and affiliations.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); ">BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15.1pt; margin-left: 30.25pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN">A cash prize of the equivalent of SGD400 will be awarded to a paper submitted and presented by a current student who has not had a PhD degree at the time of the symposium. Selection is based on both the content and the presentation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Those who wish to participate in the competition should indicate the intention with “For Best Student Paper Award” marked on top of the abstract.</i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A full paper is encouraged but not required for the competition.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15.1pt; margin-left: 30.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span lang="EN"><br><b><span style="color: black; ">Deadline for submission of abstracts:</span></b><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>January 31, 2012</u></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); ">CONFERENCE WEBSITE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN">Please visit the conference website for more information:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "><a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ChineseLanguageAndDiscourse/default.asp" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ChineseLanguageAndDiscourse/default.asp</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>or reach us by email at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">CLDSymposium@ntu.edu.sg</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Organizer:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Luke Kang Kwong, Nanyang Technological University<br>Co-Editor,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Chinese Language and Discourse: An International & Interdisciplinary Journal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Book Series<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; ">Sponsor:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">K.K.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; 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