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The First ISLOJ<BR>
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE LANGUAGES OF JAVA<BR>
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15-17 August 2007<BR>
Semarang, Java, Indonesia<BR>
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Java is home to several major languages. Javanese—spoken mainly in Central and East Java— is the world’s 10th or 11th largest language in number of native speakers; has one of the oldest and fullest recorded histories of any Austronesian language; and has the most fully articulated phenomenon of speech levels of any language. 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—has over 13 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, and Madurese to come together and share their findings. <BR>
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Abstracts are invited for papers to be presented on any linguistic topics dealing with the languages of Java: Javanese, Sundanese, and Madurese. Papers on the related languages of Balinese and Sasak will also be considered. Papers on other languages will be judged according to their relevance to the symposium topic. Papers are welcome from any subfield of linguistics and from 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.<BR>
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Persons wishing to present papers at the symposium are invited to submit a one-page abstract in electronic from (PDF or MSWord) to Thomas Conners at the following address:<BR>
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oranghutan@cbn.net.id<BR>
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Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 1, 2007<BR>
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Please note that the 11th International Symposium on Malay-Indonesian Linguistics (ISMIL 11) will be held the week before ISLOJ, in Manokwari, Indonesia. For more info:<BR>
ISMIL: <a href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil">http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil</a><BR>
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Co-sponsors:<BR>
Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya<BR>
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<BR>
Yale University<BR>
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Co-organizers:<BR>
J. Joseph Errington, Yale University <BR>
Bambang Kaswanti Purwo, Universitas Atma Jaya<BR>
Thomas Conners, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<BR>
Uri Tadmor, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<BR>
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For more info:<BR>
ISLOJ: <a href="http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/isloj.php">http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/isloj.php</a><BR>
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