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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Nyala">Final call for papers</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Nyala">Abstract submission deadline January
10, 2015</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Nyala">The Payap University
Linguistics Institute cordially invites scholars working on Southeast Asian
linguistics to the 25th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
(SEALS), May 27-29, 2015 at Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.<span style> </span>Preconference workshops on Kuki-Chin
languages and Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx) and possibly other topics are
anticipated for May 26.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Nyala">The meeting will be an
occasion for scholars to share research on the languages and linguistics of
Southeast Asia.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Nyala">You
are invited to submit an abstract on any branch of linguistics in a Southeast
Asian context, including but not limited to the following: </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Phonetics and phonology</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Grammatical system</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Genetic and areal relationships</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Historical and comparative studies</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Semantics, pragmatics and discourse analysis</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Sociolinguistics</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Psycholinguistics, neuro-linguistics, and linguistic cognition</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">Language documentation, endangered languages and linguistic diversity</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Nyala">Conference
slots will be 20 minutes presentation plus 10 minutes discussion time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Nyala">As
the total number of presentation times will be limited, poster presentations
will also be possible.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Nyala">Abstracts
should be no more than 500 words, including examples and references, not
exceeding 1 A4 page in single-space 12 point type.<span style> </span>They should be submitted by January 10, 2015
via the Easychair website (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals25"><span style>https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals25</span></a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Event:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala"><span style> </span></span><span style="font-family:Nyala">SEALS 25 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Date:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala"> May 27-29, 2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Venue:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala"> Payap University, Chiang Mai Thailand</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Abstract
submission deadline:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala"><span style> </span>January 10, 2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Abstract submission:<span style> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals25"><span style>https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals25</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Contact:<span style> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala">Ellie Hall at <a href="mailto:SEALS2015ChiangMai@gmail.com"><span style>SEALS2015ChiangMai@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Nyala">Conference
website:<span style> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Nyala"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/seals2015"><span style>http://tinyurl.com/seals2015</span></a></span></p>
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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">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"><span style>SEALS2015chiangmai@gmail.com</span></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">http://tinyurl.com/seals2015</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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