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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Nyala">SEALS 25
Pre-conference workshops</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">The following workshops are anticipated prior to the meeting of the
Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS), May 27-29 2015 at Payap University,
Chiang Mai, Thailand. Other workshop
topics may be considered; send proposals to <a href="mailto:SEALS2015chiangmai@gmail.com">SEALS2015chiangmai@gmail.com</a> by
January 10, 2015.<span style> </span>Workshops will be held
May 26; possibly also May 25, 2015.<span style> </span>For
updates please see </span><span style="font-family:Nyala"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/seals2015"><span style>http://tinyurl.com/seals2015</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family:Nyala"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Nyala">Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">This will be a follow-up to last year’s
introductory workshop on Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx), a software tool
for dictionary development, morphological analysis/parsing and
interlinearization, and discourse analysis.<span style>
</span>According to interest, the workshop may also include an introduction to
other software, such as Phonology Assistant and Speech Analyzer and how they
can be used in conjunction with FLEx.<span style>
</span>Please contact Ellie Hall for further information: <a href="mailto:SEALS2015chiangmai@gmail.com">SEALS2015chiangmai@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Nyala">Review of
Classification and ISO Codes for Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">In recent years there has been significant discussion about language
classification in Southeast Asia, including
discussion about the currency of ISO codes and the information compiled by
Ethnologue. The organisers would like to take the opportunity afforded by the
holding of SEALS at Chiang Mai, to host a workshop to advance practical
programmatic steps to update and improve the compilation of language
classification information, the allocation of ISO codes, and related issues.
This is an important opportunity for the field and we urge interested scholars
and researchers to attend.<span style> </span>Contact Nate
Cheeseman for more information: <a href="mailto:nate_cheeseman@sil.org">nate_cheeseman@sil.org</a>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Nyala">Workshop on Issues in Kuki-Chin
Linguistics</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">This workshop will serve as a follow-up
to the Workshop in Kuki-Chin Linguistics held at ICSTLL 46 in 2013. Invited
papers on specific topics will be presented by specialists in this branch of
Tibeto-Burman. In addition, appropriate submissions to the general SEALS
conference may be considered for presentation at the workshop. Submissions from
native-speaker linguists are especially encouraged. Please contact Dave
Peterson for further information: <a href="mailto:david.a.peterson1@gmail.com">david.a.peterson1@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Nyala">Fourth
International Workshop On The Sociolinguistics Of Language Endangerment (SoLE-4)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">This</span><span style="font-family:Times"> </span><span style="font-family:Nyala">workshop will discuss and
analyze the major sociolinguistic factors in the process of language
endangerment. This will take the form of presentations on particular
communities from an insider and outsider perspective, as well as overview
presentations on specific types of endangerment factors. We will also attempt
to provide some examples of successful language maintenance and revival
strategies. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">SoLE-1 was held at the 3L Summer School at the School of Oriental
and African Studies in 2009. SoLE-2 was held at the Linguistic Society of
America Summer Institute in 2011. SoLE-3 was held at Yunnan Minzu
University in 2014. All
four workshops have been under the sponsorship of the Comité International
Permanent des Linguistes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">SoLE-4 is organized by Prof David Bradley and Dr Maya Bradley of La
Trobe University, and will be held at Payap
University in Chiang Mai, Thailand
on 26 May 2015.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Nyala">Abstracts for papers should be sent to <<a href="mailto:solangend4@gmail.com">solangend4@gmail.com</a>> by
31 March 2015.</span></p>
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