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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">The organizers of the 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL), which will be held from 8 to 14 September 2024 in Poznań, Poland, have contacted me, as convenor of
the section on Historical Linguistics, to announce that the deadline for abstracts has been extended to 1 February. I am therefore recirculating the Call for Papers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">The section on Historical Linguistics, which is scheduled for the Monday and Tuesday (9-10 September), will aim to reflect the current strengths and preoccupations of the
discipline. Abstracts are invited for papers on any aspect of language change, including, but not limited to, structural change (changes in phonology, morphology, and syntax); semantic and pragmatic change; language contact; cladistics; sociolinguistic factors
in change; and language acquisition and change. Papers will be especially welcome on new and recent developments in the study of language change, including the use of large-scale corpora and artificial intelligence. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Abstracts should clearly state the research question(s) addressed, together with the approach, methods, data, and (known or expected) results. They should not contain
the names of the authors, nor their affiliations or addresses, nor any other information by which they could be identified. They should provide a title, five keywords, and between 300 and 400 words of text (including examples, but excluding references). </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Abstracts should be submitted via Easychair (a link can be found on the Congress web site, at
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<span style="color: blue;">https://icl2024poznan.pl/</span></a> ). The deadline for abstract submission is 1 February 2024 (12.00 PM CET). </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">When submitting an abstract, authors may specify a paper or a poster. Papers will be organized in 30-minute slots (20 minutes for presentation, 7 minutes for discussion,
3 minutes for room change). Posters will be displayed for one full day. Separate time slots will be included in the programme during which participants can discuss posters with their authors. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Each abstract will be refereed anonymously by two reviewers. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 April 2024. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">John Charles Smith</span><br>
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