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Call for Abstracts <br>
<br>
The Twentieth <br>
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MALAY/INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">(ISMIL20)<br>
<br>
14-16 July 2016<br>
Melbourne, Australia<br>
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Papers presented at ISMIL are concerned with the Malay/Indonesian
language in any of its varieties. In addition to the standardized
versions of Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia, papers are
particularly welcome dealing with non-canonical isolects such as
regional dialects of Malay and Indonesian, contact varieties, and
other closely related Malayic languages. Papers may be in any of
the subfields of linguistics, and may represent variegated
approaches and diverse theoretical persuasions. Presentations at
ISMIL are delivered in English. <br>
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Persons wishing to present a paper at the symposium are invited to
submit a one-page abstract in electronic form (preferably pdf, but
MsWord also acceptable) to David Gil at the following address: <br>
<br>
gil AT shh.mpg.de <br>
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Final deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 March 2016</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In recognition of the logistic challenges some
potential participants may be facing in traveling to Melbourne, we
have introduced an Early Submission Procedure:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abstracts may be submitted at any time prior to
the deadline, beginning now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Abstracts
will
be reviewed by the programme committee in two intermediate rounds,
each with its own deadline:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Intermediate Deadline 1: December 15 2015</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Intermediate Deadline 2: January 30 2016</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Applicants
will
be informed of the programme committee's decision within two weeks
of each deadline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Thus,
applicants submitting before December 15 will be informed by
December 30, while applicants submitting before January 30 will be
informed by February 15.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We
hope that this procedure will make it possible for participants to
see to their travel arrangements, and if necessary procure
funding, well in advance<br>
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Co-organizers: <br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Peter
Cole, University of Delaware <br>
Michael Ewing, University of Melbourne <br>
David Gil, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History <br>
Zane Goebel, La Trobe University <br>
Howard Manns, Monash University <br>
Hooi Ling Soh, University of Minnesota<br>
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Further information: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wwwstaff.eva.mpg.de/%7Egil/ismil/20/index.html">http://wwwstaff.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil/20/index.html</a><br>
Inquiries: gil AT shh.mpg.de </p>
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David Gil
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Kahlaische Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gil@shh.mpg.de">gil@shh.mpg.de</a>
Mobile Phone (Indonesia): +62-812-73567992
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