Call for Papers. The Third International Symposium On The Languages Of Java

[John Bowden]

Third International Symposium on the Languages of Java
State Islamic University of Malang, East Java, Indonesia
23-24 June 2011.

Conference website:
http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/isloj3.php

*The island of Java* is home to several major languages. Javanese—spoken
mainly in Central and East Java— is the world’s 10th or 11th largest
language in number of native speakers. It has one of the oldest and fullest
recorded histories of any Austronesian language. It also has been of
considerable interest to scholars because of the system of speech levels or
speech styles found in a number of varieties of Javanese. Sundanese—spoken
in West Java— has over 27 million speakers, and Madurese—spoken on the
neighboring island of Madura and throughout parts of East Java—has over 13
million speakers. Varieties of both of these languages have speech level
systems and such systems can also be found in the geographically,
historically, and linguistically related languages on the neighboring
islands of Bali and Lombok. Each of these languages displays a range of
dialects, isolects, continua, and contact varieties and yet they have
received relatively little attention from linguists. With this symposium, we
offer an opportunity for scholars working on any aspect of Javanese,
Sundanese, Madurese, Balinese and Sasak to come together and share their
findings. We aim to encourage and promote continued research on these
important and unique languages.

*Abstracts* are invited for papers to be presented on any linguistic topics
dealing with the languages of Java and its environs—Javanese, Sundanese,
Madurese, Balinese, and Sasak. Given the location of the conference, papers
on Sasak are especially encouraged. Papers on other languages will be judged
according to their relevance to the symposium topic. Papers are welcome from
any subfield of linguistics and using any approach or theoretical
background. Studies of non-standard(ized) versions, dialects, and isolects,
including contact varieties, are particularly welcome. All papers are to be
presented in English.

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Persons wishing to present papers at the symposium are invited to submit a
one-page [data and references may be on a second page] abstract in
electronic form (PDF AND MSWord) to Thomas Conners at the following
address: <oranghutan AT cbn.net.id>

*Deadline* for submission of abstracts: March 1, 2011

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Please note that the 15th International Symposium on Malay-Indonesian
Linguistics (ISMIL 15) will be held immediately following ISLOJ, at the Tugu
Hotel, also in Malang, on 25-26 June, 2011. For more information see:
http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil/15
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