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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#D8D8D8" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=849 style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt'><tr><td width=277 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:207.7pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=571 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:428.05pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=1 colspan=3><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr><td width=848 colspan=8 style='width:635.75pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><img width=842 height=226 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDAD23.C9CFECC0" alt="conference and symposium(latest).jpg"></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=1 colspan=3><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr style='height:40.05pt'><td width=848 colspan=8 style='width:635.75pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:40.05pt'><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E6B9B8'>45th International Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E6B9B8'>Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL45)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'>26 - 28 October 2012 (Fri - Sun), School of Humanities and Social Sciences<br></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'> (Please click the following link if you are unable to view the E-flyer)<br></span></i></b><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/class/ICSTLL45.htm"><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/class/ICSTLL45.htm</span></a></span></i></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=1 colspan=3><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr style='height:4.0pt'><td width=204 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:153.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=185 style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:8.55pt;margin-right:7.1pt'><tr style='height:87.75pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:87.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>DETAILS OF THE TALK<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: 26<sup>th </sup>to 28<sup>th </sup>Oct 2012, Friday to Sunday<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Time: 3 Days<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Venue: School of </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Humanities and Social Sciences</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>, NTU<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(View <a href="http://maps.ntu.edu.sg/maps#q:HSS" title="http://www.streetdb.com/singapore-street-directory-BUILDING-p138671-MATRIX.htm">map</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Click <u><a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/registration/registration.asp">here</a></u> to RSVP.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:87.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:4.5pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:4.5pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#99CCFF;font-style:normal'> </span></b></em><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:4.5pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:4.5pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>CONTACT <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mr Ang Wee Li<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Assistant Manager, CLASS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:angwl@ntu.edu.sg">angwl@ntu.edu.sg</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:4.5pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:4.5pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:4.5pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#99CCFF;font-style:normal'> </span></b></em><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:5.4pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:5.4pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon;font-style:normal'>WHO SHOULD ATTEND<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>All are welcome!!<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:5.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:5.4pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:5.4pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006699;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:5.4pt'><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.05pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:5.4pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006699;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:145.75pt'><td width=180 style='width:135.05pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:145.75pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white;font-style:normal'>RSVP TODAY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white;font-style:normal'>CLICK <u><a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/registration/registration.asp"><span style='color:white'>HERE</span></a></u></span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006699;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:145.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:11.3pt'><td width=180 style='width:135.05pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:11.3pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.3pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td width=180 style='width:135.05pt;background:#640000;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:9.0pt;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><em><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p></td><td width=5 style='width:3.7pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=644 colspan=6 valign=top style='width:482.75pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=623 style='background:white;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td width=623 valign=top style='width:467.6pt;border:none;border-left:solid #FF5050 1.0pt;background:transparent;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:9.0pt;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a name=TOP></a><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE!</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) and Division of <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Linguistics and Multilingual Studies</span></strong> cordially invite all faculty members and students to the Conference from <b>26<sup>th</sup> to 28<sup>th</sup> October 2012, at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Building</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please disseminate to colleagues who may be interested to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The registration fee for the Conference includes admission to all sessions, daily lunches, refreshments, and conference materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt'><tr style='height:7.75pt'><td width=151 style='width:113.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'></td><td width=116 style='width:86.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Participants<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=93 style='width:69.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Students<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=231 style='width:173.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>NTU/NIE staff and students<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.75pt'><td width=151 style='width:113.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Registration Fee<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=116 style='width:86.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SGD$160<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=93 style='width:69.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SGD$100<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=231 style='width:173.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Waived<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.75pt'><td width=151 style='width:113.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Conference Dinner<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=116 style='width:86.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SGD$50<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=93 style='width:69.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SGD$50<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=231 style='width:173.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SGD$50<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Click <a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/registration/registration.asp">here</a> to register for the Conference.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For more information, please click <a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/default.asp">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>With warm wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>CLASS & The Division of <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Linguistics and Multilingual Studies</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></strong></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>ABOUT THE CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We are pleased to announce that the 45th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL45) will be held in Singapore on 26-28 October 2012, hosted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>The annual ICSTLL meetings provide an scholarly international forum for the presentation and dissemination of research on Sino-Tibetan languages and linguistics. This will be the first time that the conference will be held in Singapore, sponsored by the Centre for Liberal Arts (CLASS) in collaboration with the Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Conference papers will cover descriptions of phonetics & phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse studies, semantics & pragmatics, language documentation, typology, field reports of recently researched languages, the history of the Sino-Tibetan-speaking region, anthropological studies, and the consequences of contact with languages belonging to other linguistic families. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Pre-conference workshops on Austroasiatic languages, Miao-Yao languages, and using the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) will be held at Nanyang Technological University on 25 October, preceding the main sessions of ICSTLL45 on 26-28 October. Scholars interested in participating in either of these workshops should refer to further instructions provided on the ‘Pre-conference workshops’ page.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Full details of the ICSTLL45 program can be found on the conference website: <a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/default.asp">http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/default.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:3.65pt;text-align:right;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal'><a href="#TOP" title="blocked::#TOP">TOP</a></span></strong><strong><span style='color:blue;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></strong></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Professor James A. Matisoff,</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> University of California at Berkeley<br><b>Professor Hilary Chappell,</b> École des hautes études en sciences sociales <br><b>Professor Jackson T.-S. Sun and Dr. Jonathan Evans,</b> Institute for Linguistics, Academic Sinica<br><b>Professor Luke Kwong Kapathy,</b> Nanyang Technological University</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-right:24.65pt;text-align:left'><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:3.65pt;text-align:right;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-element-left:center;mso-element-top:-16.55pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal'><a href="#TOP">TOP</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center 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