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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Let me attract your attention to the workshop
<b>'The social context of language change in Uralic languages'</b> that we are organising at the Kielitieteen päivät to be held in Helsinki
<b>May 12-14</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The workshop is intended as a forum for the exchange of ideas and research results pertaining to the social context of change and change in its social context in less numerous Uralic languages and in the Uralic
past. We hope to bring together representatives of both synchronic and diachronic language research for their mutual benefit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You can find more details about the workshop here:
<a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-01/13%20abstract_lang_change.pdf">
https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-01/13%20abstract_lang_change.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">And more details about the conference here:
<a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferenssit/kielitieteen-paivat-2025">https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferenssit/kielitieteen-paivat-2025</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">300-word abstracts need to be submitted via the conference website
<b>by February 27</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We welcome abstracts in English, Finnish, or Swedish, the three official languages of the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Do not hesitate to contact us if you have an idea but are unsure whether it would suit the topic!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">With best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Olesya Khanina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Terhi Honkola<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Michael Rießler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#999999">Olesya Khanina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#999999">Docent in Finno-Ugric and general linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#51A7F9"><a href="https://blogs.helsinki.fi/language-diversification-and-spread-north/"><span style="color:#51A7F9">https://blogs.helsinki.fi/language-diversification-and-spread-north/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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