<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">The Eighth </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE LANGUAGES OF JAVA</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">ISLOJ 8</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Call for Papers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">20-22 May 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Virtual </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">The island of Java </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">is
home to several major world 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 its unique speech level system. 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—is the third largest local language,
with up to 13 million speakers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Geography, history, and typology bind these languages with 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, Sasak, or any non-Malay language
spoken on these islands, to come together and share their findings. We aim to
encourage and promote continued research on these important and unique
languages. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Keynote speakers</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> Ika Nurhayani,
Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> Carly Somerlot,
University of Texas at Arlington, USA </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Abstracts </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">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. 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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Instructions</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">. Anonymous abstracts of one-page [data and references may be on a
second page] should be submitted in electronic form (PDF and MSWord) to
<isloj.linguistics AT <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>>. Please indicate your name, affiliation,
and title of abstract in the body of the email or a cover page</span>.<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Deadline </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">for submission of abstracts: 12 Noon ET (GMT + 5) February 15, 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Announcement </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">of acceptance: March 1, 2021.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">***</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">ISLOJ 8 will be held
jointly with ISMIL 24 and will be an online event. The schedule will be determined once
abstracts have been accepted, with an attempt to accommodate the largest number
of participants from the widest range of time zones. We will work with presenters </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">***</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Co-organizers:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Thomas Conners, University
of Maryland</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Jozina Vander Klok, University
of Oslo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">Nurenzia Yannuar,
Universitas Negri Malang</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">***</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">For more info:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">ISLOJ: </span><a href="https://indoling.com/isloj/isloj-8/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">https://indoling.com/isloj/isloj-8/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:blue"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black">ISMIL: </span><a href="https://indoling.com/ismil/ismil-24/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">https://indoling.com/ismil/ismil-24/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>-----</div><div><b><font face="arial black, sans-serif">Dr. Thomas J. Conners</font></b></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:tconners@umd.edu" target="_blank">tconners@umd.edu</a></font></div><div><a href="mailto:tom.conners@gmail.com" target="_blank">tom.conners@gmail.com</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>