30.3854, Calls: Javanese; Sundanese; Madurese; Sasak; Balinese; Gen Ling, Lang Doc/USA

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Subject: 30.3854, Calls: Javanese; Sundanese; Madurese; Sasak; Balinese; Gen Ling, Lang Doc/USA

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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:23:27
From: Thomas Conners [TOM.CONNERS at GMAIL.COM]
Subject: International Symposium on the Languages of Java 8

 
Full Title: International Symposium on the Languages of Java 8 
Short Title: ISLOJ 8 

Date: 14-May-2020 - 15-May-2020
Location: https://indoling.com/isloj/isloj-8/, USA 
Contact Person: Thomas Conners
Meeting Email: TOM.CONNERS at GMAIL.COM

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Subject Language(s): Balinese (ban)
                     Javanese (jav)
                     Madurese (mad)
                     Sasak (sas)
                     Sundanese (sun)

Language Family(ies): Austronesian 

Call Deadline: 14-Feb-2020 

Meeting Description:

Forum for presentation and discussion of research on Javanese, Sundanese,
Balinese, Madurese, Sasak and regional sign languages from all theoretical
frameworks.

The island of Java is home to several major world languages. Javanese—spoken
mainly in Central and East Java— is among the world’s most widely spoken
languages 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.
Geography, history, and typology bind these languages with linguistically
related languages on the neighboring islands to the east, Bali, where Balinese
is spoken, and Lombok, where Sasak is spoken, each by about 3 million
speakers. 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.


Call for Papers:

Abstracts 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. 

Instructions. 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 gmail.com. Please indicate your name, affiliation, and
title of abstract in the body of the email. 

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 12 Noon ET (GMT + 5) February 14, 2020
Announcement of acceptance: March 1, 2020.
Given the potential difficulty in obtaining a US visa, abstracts from
presenters who need to obtain a visa may be submitted at any time prior to the
deadline, and a determination will be made within two weeks of submission.  

Special Joint ISLOJ/ISMIL Session on m/Minimalism in ISMIL/ISLOJ Languages
This special joint ISMIL/ISLOJ session invites papers to address these issues
surrounding minimalism and/or Minimalism in light of any of the following
questions:
 
- How complex are ISMIL/ISLOJ languages cross-linguistically, compared to
other Austronesian languages, standard vs. non-standard varieties, between
isolects/dialects?
- How can various theoretical frameworks account for phenomena in ISMIL/ISLOJ
languages – particularly more functional (e.g., usage-based, constructionist
approaches) or generative frameworks  (e.g., the Minimalist program)? 
- How do ISMIL/ISLOJ languages inform various theoretical frameworks, both
typologically and formally? 
 
m/Minimalism Keynote speakers:

Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland) 
Nick Enfield (University of Sydney)
Eva Wittenburg (University of California, San Diego)

Special Joint ISLOJ/ISMIL Plenary speaker: 
Dwi Novi Djenar (University of Sydney)




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