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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Twenty-Ninth<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MALAY/INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">8-11 June 2026<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Tampere University<span></span></span></p>

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Sciences<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Tampere, Finland<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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/Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia,
papers are particularly welcome dealing with non-canonical isolects such as
regional dialects of Malay and Indonesian, contact and heritage varieties, as
well as other closely related Malayic languages. Papers may be in any of the
subfields of linguistics, and may represent variegated approaches and diverse
theoretical frameworks. Presentations at ISMIL are delivered in English.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">ISMIL29 will feature a special session in which the
genesis and classification of Malay/Indonesian varieties as contact varieties
will be discussed, including the still controversial question of prior
creolization.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We also encourage the submission of papers on the
phonetics and/or phonology of Malay/Indonesian and related Malayic varieties.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The program will feature the following invited plenary
speakers:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(8,19,31)">Abigail C. Cohn (Cornell University)<span></span></span></p>

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Northern Illinois University)<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Persons wishing to present a paper at the symposium are
invited to submit an anonymous one-page abstract (preferably in pdf) to <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:ismil29.tampere@outlook.com">ismil29.tampere@outlook.com</a>.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please indicate your name, affiliation, and the title of
your abstract in the body of your email message. Your abstract should include
the title of your presentation, without personal identifiers. Data and
references may appear on a second page.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 February 2026<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Notification: 15 March 2026<span></span></span></p>

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Senior Scientist (Associate)
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, 04103, Germany

Email: <a href="mailto:dapiiiiit@gmail.com" target="_blank">dapiiiiit@gmail.com</a>
Mobile Phone (Israel): +972-526117713
Mobile Phone (Indonesia): +62-082113720302</pre>
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