27.1926, Calls: Papuan, Austronesian Languages,Gen Ling/Indonesia

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Subject: 27.1926, Calls: Papuan, Austronesian Languages,Gen Ling/Indonesia

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:00:12
From: David Gil [gil at shh.mpg.de]
Subject: Workshop on the Languages of Papua 4

 
Full Title: Workshop on the Languages of Papua 4 
Short Title: WLP4 

Date: 23-Jan-2017 - 26-Jan-2017
Location: Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia 
Contact Person: David Gil
Meeting Email: gil at shh.mpg.de
Web Site: http://ismil.shh.mpg.de/20/index.html 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): Malay (mly)
                     Pijin (pis)
                     Tok Pisin (tpi)

Language Family(ies): Austronesian; East Papuan; West Papuan 

Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2016 

Meeting Description:

WLP focuses on the most linguistically diverse part of the world, Melanesia,
which straddles countries of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Melanesia
contains around a fifth of the world’s 6,000 languages in under 3% of its land
area and less than 0.2% of its population. The scope of the workshop includes
all languages known as ''Papuan'', plus the Austronesian languages that are
spoken in the vicinity of Papuan languages in New Guinea plus parts of
Indonesia, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

These languages are astonishingly diverse, barely known to science, and face
the threat of extinction without trace in the coming century unless concerted
international efforts are made to meet the huge challenge of documenting them.
WLP addresses the scientific issues raised by these languages, covering the
whole gamut of linguistic questions from phonology to syntax to typology to
historical linguistics, as well as topics bordering musicology, anthropology
and prehistory; it also includes papers on digital archiving, documentary
linguistics, scientific infrastructure and the training of linguists from
minority language groups. In addition, WLP addresses various practical issues
concerning the cultural and linguistic rights of minority groups in Indonesia,
Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea, including language support and maintenance,
and, in particular, the need for education programs that allow children to
receive part of their schooling in their mother-tongue.


Call for Papers:

Papers are invited dealing with the ''Papuan'' (ie. non-Austronesian)
languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, the greater New Guinea region, and the
Solomon Islands. Equally welcome are papers concerned with the Austronesian
languages spoken in the same areas, including the contact varieties of Malay,
as well as Tok Pisin and Solomon Islands Pidgin. Papers may be in any of the
subfields of linguistics, and may represent variegated approaches and diverse
theoretical persuasions. Papers are to be delivered in English. 
 
Persons wishing to present a paper at the workshop are invited to submit a
one-page abstract in electronic form (preferably pdf, but MsWord also
acceptable) to David Gil at the following address: 

gil at shh.mpg.de




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