First of all, I would also like to thank everyone for the wonderful ALT meeting in Canberra, and in particular, the incredible ANU team with Nick Evans as the main spider in the web. Organizing a big conference is a huge challenge, I have been there myself, and I can only congratulate the local organizers on having carried out this task in such an outstanding way! It was such a delight to see your solidarity, hospitality and energy! Separate thanks go to Hedvig Skirgård for her wonderful job in securing a great social media presence for the conference. I guess I am allowed to feel very proud of her as her first university teacher in linguistics -J.

Please do remember that ALT has its journal, Linguistic Typology, and we want it to be as vibrant as the Canberra meeting and as the community on the whole. I am counting on numerous submissions in the wake of this conference – regular papers, discussion papers, reports on and reviews of databases and other resources, language profiles and language family portraits, suggestions for special issues etc. Thought-provoking, provocative, high-quality manuscripts, long, short, whatever.  The journal is for the community as readers and writers, and any suggestions on how we can enhance its relevance for the community are more than welcome! Please send them to tamm@ling.su.se or lt@degruyter.com.

And, as the final word, please read the 21st Anniversary issue of Linguistic Typology “The unabashed typologist: A Frans Plank Schubertiade” found for free here: 10.1515/lingty-2017-1000

Not only is this an outstanding collection of seminal papers by the outgoing editor of the journal, but it is also an important historical document on the history of our field.

A very Merry Christmas to everyone,

Masha (Maria) Koptjevskaja Tamm

We have put together a map for you with relevant locations marked out, such as conference venues, cafes, restaurants, pharmacies, grocery stores, parks etc. It is available through Google Maps, you can either view it on your computer or smart device.

Follow this link to access the map:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mIwm7ImdV7x0kx-NtzVJ5gh92Uc&usp=sharing
You can also find more information about Canberra at the conference website:
http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/venue/

Welcome, we look forward to you coming!

The program and abstracts for ALT 2017 in Canberra are now up online!

• Program for general session and workshops
• Abstracts for general session
• Abstracts for workshops

Remember, the regular registration ends October 1. Please register within the next 30 days to avoid late-registration fees. All conference participants have to be members of the Association for Linguistic Typology, so make sure you join before the conference.

If you are attending the conference and have special needs, get in touch with the local organisers (alt12.2017 (snabel-a) gmail . com ). Closed captioning and volunteers for getting around are available.

All the best, we look forward to seeing you in Canberra in December!

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