<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><font size="2"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><span id="m_8685551391903218643gmail-m_6242381527369178784m_-2707041127256099246gmail-docs-internal-guid-0c2f0106-7fff-e352-f92f-385ecce35bf8"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 30</span><span style="font-size:13.4pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) </span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call for papers </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:17.28pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa invites scholars working on Southeast Asian linguistics to the 30th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS), May 18-20, 2020, to be held on the campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:17.28pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Plenary speakers</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><div style="line-height:1.368;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gary Holton, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa </span></div><div style="line-height:1.368;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kitima Indambarya, Kasetsart University </span></div><div style="line-height:1.368;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Peter Jenks, UC Berkeley </span></div><div style="line-height:1.368;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aldrin Lee, University of the Philippines - Diliman </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:17.28pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The SEALS Conference will be immediately preceded by the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://indoling.com/ismil/ismil-24/" target="_blank">International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics</a> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(ISMIL) and the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://indoling.com/isloj/isloj-8/" target="_blank">International Symposium on the Languages of Java</a> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(ISLOJ) on May 14-16, as well as a series of workshops on various topics and a special lecture by Dr. Robert Blust (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) on May 17, 2020. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:17.28pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submissions of abstracts for talks and posters are now being accepted at: </span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals30" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals30</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:17.52pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Abstracts dealing with any areas related to Southeast Asian Languages will be considered. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:2.64pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">phonetics and phonology </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">morphology </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">syntax </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">semantics </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">pragmatics </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">discourse analysis </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">genetic and areal relationships </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">interactional linguistics </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">historical and comparative studies </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sociolinguistic studies </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">psycholinguistics </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">language acquisition </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">neurolinguistics </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">language and culture/thought </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">language documentation </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">language endangerment </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">language revitalization/reclamation </span></div></li></ul><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presentations will be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstracts should be written in English and submitted in PDF format. Abstracts must conform to the following format requirements: </span></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:2.64pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Abstract must have a clear and informative title (preferably centered at top of page, in bold, in sentence case). </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">All text, examples, figures and references must fit on one A1 (8.5”x11”) page (minimum font size: 11, single spaced). </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Abstracts must be fully anonymous: authors’ names, affiliations, or pictures should not be indicated anywhere in the document. </span></div></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:17.28pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Due to a number of requests we have received, we are extending our original abstract submission deadline to allow more time to get proposals in after the busy holiday season. Now <b>abstracts must be submitted by January 13, 2020 via the EasyChair system (</b></span><b><a href="https://easyc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