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<p class="x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font color="#222222" face="Calibri, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(Apologies for </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">multiple</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> postings)</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">NWAV-AP5</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"> will be held at the University of Queensland on <span class="x_x_x_aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); top: -2px; z-index: 0;"><span class="x_x_x_aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">1-3
February 2018</span></span>. An optional Masterclass with Penny Eckert on <span class="x_x_x_aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); top: -2px; z-index: 0;"><span class="x_x_x_aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">31
January 2018</span></span> will be run in conjunction with NWAV-AP5.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">The theme of NWAV-AP5 is ‘Language contact and variation’.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">Call for Papers:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">We invite papers on variation in contact-induced change, the role of variation in language evolution, and variation in contact languages, as well as other quantitative papers on linguistic
variation in languages of the Asia-Pacific region. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">Please submit a one page abstract (anonymous, 12 point font, inc. references) via Easy Chair by <b><span class="x_x_x_aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); top: -2px; z-index: 0;"><span class="x_x_x_aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">31
August 2017</span></span>:</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">Regards, Felicity<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, serif, EmojiFont; color: gray;">FELICITY MEAKINS </span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, serif, EmojiFont; color: gray;"> | Senior Lecturer |</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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