Fifth International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 5)

[Doug Cooper]

First announcement:
    ICAAL 5 --  Fifth International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics

Where:  Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus)
When:  November 9 - 12, 2011
Abstracts:  June 1 - August 1, 2011
Acceptance:  September 1, 2011  (early notification is available)
Contact:  Paul Sidwell <paulsidwell at yahoo.com>

   Details follow.  This announcement may be found on the conference
website, www.icaal.org, as http://www.icaal.org/ICAAL5-call1.pdf

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Fifth International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 5)
                   Bangkok, November 9 - 12, 2011
               Painting the Austroasiatic Family Portrait

First Call for Abstracts

Following on the great success of meetings in Pune (India) in 2007 and Bangkok 
(Thailand) in 2009, the International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics 
returns to Bangkok in 2011.  An important outcome of the 2009 ICAAL was the 
certainty that the time had come to produce a comprehensive, canonical 
reference to the Austroasiatic language family.  We invite you to make your 
contribution to the “table of contents” and coverage of this much-needed work.

For the 2011 ICAAL conference we encourage submissions that look at the family 
from all theoretical and practical viewpoints, and contribute to painting a 
complete picture of Austroasiatic as a complex language family with deep roots 
across India, China, and the countries of Southeast Asia.

To ensure ample time for discussion, ICAAL 5 will have only two parallel sessions.

Topics will include, but are not limited to:

     * Language documentation and description
     * Typological studies
     * Genetic and areal classification
     * Historical and comparative reconstruction
     * Phonetic and phonological studies
     * Language endangerment, maintenance and revival efforts
     * Computational methods
     * Epigraphy
     * Language and Culture
     * Discourse
     * Semantics and Pragmatics

     * Deadline for abstracts: August 1, 2011
     * Notice of acceptance: September 1, 2011 (early notification on request)

Expressions of Interest: Don’t wait until the abstract deadline to let us know 
you are coming! Please email a brief expression of interest (name, 
affiliation, proposed topic of presentation) at the earliest opportunity to:
Paul Sidwell <paulsidwell at yahoo.com>


International Conference Committee

Arun Gosh
   Department of Bengali, University of Burdwan, West Bengal
Brian Migliazza
   SIL International
David Stampe
   University of Hawai`i Dept. of Linguistics
Doug Cooper
   Center for Research in Computational Linguistics
Gerard Diffloth
   EFEO Siam Reap
Jerold Edmondson
   The University of Texas at Arlington
Mathias Jenny
   Department of General Linguistics, University of Zurich
Patricia Donegan
   University of Hawai`i Dept. of Linguistics
Paul Sidwell
   Center for Research in Computational Linguistics
Roger Blench
   Kay Williamson Educational Foundation, Cambridge
Sophana Srichampa
   Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University

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