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        lang="EN-US">: Experimental Approaches to the Perception and
        Production of Language Variation III (ExAPP III) 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b>
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          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>Vienna, Austria, September 21-24, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          href="https://exapp2016.univie.ac.at/"><span
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:DE-AT" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>Language


        use and its inherent variability are an important part of
        linguistics and a subject of study in all its branches. Across
        these branches, however, approaches and objectives differ, and
        various methods of investigation are employed accordingly. The
        ExAPP conference series presents an important opportunity to
        juxtapose, </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
        lang="EN-US">discuss, and relate the multitude of current
        approaches to experimental research on language use and
        variation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        bold" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>After highly successful meetings
        in Groningen (2010) and Copenhagen (2013), the third installment
        of ExAPP will take place at the University of Vienna in
        September of 2016, calling together international researchers
        who employ experimental methods to study the perception and
        production of language variation. Topics for presentation extend
        to all levels of linguistic systems as well as to any aspect of
        variation with regard to the perception and production of
        language use. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        bold" lang="EN-US">Conference topics include (but are not
        limited to) experimental research on:</span><span
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          style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Perception of variation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span
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          style="mso-tab-count:1"></span>Production of variation <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
style="text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span
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          style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Social meaning of linguistic
        features<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
style="text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span
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          style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Language attitudes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(Mutual) intelligibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Innovative methodologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        solicit abstracts for paper and poster presentations alike.
        Talks are allocated slots of 30 minutes, including 10 minutes
        for discussion/ Q&A. Posters will be displayed throughout
        the conference day, and there will be a dedicated poster
        session.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
        lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Abstracts for both kinds
        of presentations should adhere to a limit of max. 300 words
        (excluding references) and may be submitted using EasyAbstracts
        provided by LinguistList at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
          href="http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ExAPP2016"><span
            style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode
            MS";background:white;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
            lang="EN-US">http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ExAPP2016</span></a></span><span
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">or via following the link
        on the ExAPP2016 website: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
          href="https://exapp2016.univie.ac.at/"><span
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            lang="EN-US">https://exapp2016.univie.ac.at/</span></a></span><span
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><b>The deadline for
          abstract submission is January 31</b><b><sup>st</sup></b><b>,
          2016.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span
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"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
        lang="EN-US">A publication of selected papers from ExAPP2016 is
        planned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">The following plenary speakers have kindly accepted the invitation to ExAPP2016:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Stefanie Jannedy (Berlin)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Brigitte Krenn (Vienna)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Kenny Smith (Edinburgh)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Jane Stuart-Smith (Glasgow)

<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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        lang="EN-US">Please visit our website at </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
          href="https://exapp2016.univie.ac.at/"><span
            style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">https://exapp2016.univie.ac.at/</span></a></span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:


        EN-US" lang="EN-US"> for more information. For any further
        inquiries, contact us at </span><span
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          href="mailto:exapp2016@univie.ac.at"><span
            style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">exapp2016@univie.ac.at</span></a></span><u><span
          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:


          EN-US" lang="EN-US"> .<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
          lang="EN-US">We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna in
          2016</span></b><span
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        lang="EN-US">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">The local organizing team (University of Vienna):<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Alexandra N. Lenz<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Nikolaus Ritt<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Barbara Soukup<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Juliane Fink<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
    <pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">The ExAPP Scientific Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Charlotte Gooskens (University of Groningen)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Nanna Haug Hilton (University of Groningen)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Nicolai Pharao (University of Copenhagen)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
    <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Anja Schüppert (University of Groningen)</span></pre>
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Mag. Juliane Fink
Universität Wien
Institut für Germanistik
Universitätsring 1
1010 Wien

Telefon: +43 1 4277 42170
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:juliane.fink@univie.ac.at">juliane.fink@univie.ac.at</a></pre>
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