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***With apologies for cross-postings*** Forum for Germanic Language Studies 10th Conference The next FGLS conference will take place on 6-7 January 2012 and will be held in Sheffield at the Humanities Research Institute: http://www.shef.ac.uk/hri/index.html The conference will include papers encompassing the full range of subfields in Germanic linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and language contact and change. In addition to papers focused on German, we especially welcome papers dealing with the full range of Germanic languages, for example Dutch, Luxembourgish, Yiddish, Afrikaans, the Scandinavian languages, and others. The deadline for abstracts of 200-250 words is 3 October 2011 (to be sent to Kristine Horner on [log in to unmask]). Notification of acceptance will be by 1 November 2011. The Sheffield team will be liaising with the FGLS committee to sort out details concerning fees. Further information will be posted to the conference website in due course - watch this space: http://cms.shef.ac.uk/german/newsandevents/conferences.html We look forward to seeing you in Sheffield in January 2012. best wishes, Kristine, for Roel and Regina too -- Dr Kristine Horner Senior Lecturer in Luxembourg Studies School of Modern Languages and Linguistics The University of Sheffield 1 Upper Hanover Street, Jessop West Sheffield S3 7RA United Kingdom T: +44 (0)114 222 4909 E: [log in to unmask] http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/german/staff/kristinehorner/index.html