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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">(with apologies for multiple postings)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">HLS20</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">The 20<sup>th</sup> Himalayan Languages Symposium</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Nanyang Technological University, Singapore</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">16-18 July 2014</span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Conference website: </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/HLS20/" target="_blank">http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/HLS20/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">First circular and call for abstracts
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<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We are pleased to announce that the 20th Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS20) will be held in Singapore on 16-18 July 2014, hosted
by the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
and the Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt; text-align:justify; text-indent:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Scholars are invited to submit abstracts of papers dealing with any aspect of linguistics that is relevant
to research on Himalayan languages. This encompasses descriptions of phonetics & phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse studies, semantics & pragmatics, language documentation and typology, as well as field reports of recently researched languages. In addition,
abstracts of papers dealing with the history of the greater Himalayan region, population movements, genetic studies, anthropological studies, and contact with languages belonging to other linguistic families are invited for submission.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submission of abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Abstracts of papers for the main sessions of HLS20 should be submitted online via the Easychair system using this link:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<a href="https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hls20" target="_blank">
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hls20</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. To submit an abstract you will first need to sign up for an Easychair account if you do not already have one.
Abstracts should be written in English using a 12 point font and have a maximum length of 350 words including references. Use a Unicode-compliant font if special characters are required, such as
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=DoulosSIL_download" target="_blank">Doulos SIL</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
which is available as freeware. If you have problems submitting your abstract online, please contact the conference organizers at
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:HLS20.email@gmail.com" target="_blank">HLS20.email@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Information
on the website will be continually updated as conference arrangements progress.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Call for workshops/panels</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ideas are solicited for workshops or panels to be run in parallel with the main sessions on one or more days of HLS20. Please
send suggestions together with a short write-up of the proposed workshop theme, including names of potential workshop participants, to
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:HLS20.email@gmail.com" target="_blank">HLS20.email@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Important dates</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">15 January 2014</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">: deadline for submission of abstracts
and workshop proposals<br>
<b>15 March 2014</b>: notification of acceptance of papers</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Kind regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Alexander R. Coupe</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">HLS20 Conference Chair<br>
email: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:HLS20.email@gmail.com" target="_blank">HLS20.email@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black">Dr. Alexander R. Coupe, Ph.D.
</span><span style="color:red">|</span><span style="color:black"> Assistant Professor
</span><span style="color:red">| </span><span style="color:black">Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
</span><span style="color:red">|</span><span style="color:black"> Nanyang Technological University<br>
HSS-03-56, 14 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332 <br>
Tel: (65) 6592-1567 </span><span style="color:gray">GMT+8h</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:red">|</span><span style="color:black"> Fax: (65) 6795-6525
</span><span style="color:red">|</span><span style="color:black"> Email: <a href="mailto:arcoupe@ntu.edu.sg">
<span style="color:black">arcoupe@ntu.edu.sg</span></a> </span><span style="color:red">|</span><span style="color:black"> Web:
<a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Pages/default.aspx"><span style="color:blue">http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics</span></a><br>
<a href="http://nanyang.academia.edu/AlexanderCoupe/"><span style="color:blue">http://nanyang.academia.edu/AlexanderCoupe/</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black">Editor<br>
Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area<br>
<a href="http://stedt.berkeley.edu/ltba/"><span style="color:blue">http://stedt.berkeley.edu/ltba/</span></a><br>
<a href="mailto:ltba.email@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue">ltba.email@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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