From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Fri Dec 6 01:03:11 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 14:03:11 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Biography of Professor Nishi Yoshio Message-ID: <560C77A2-1417-405E-AB4C-80A3E1DD7976@gmail.com> Hi All, Here is a biography of the late Professor NISHI Yoshio, provided by Professor NAGANO Yasuhiko. Randy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Professor Nishi Yoshio.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 55808 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From concall at indiana.edu Fri Dec 6 12:53:59 2019 From: concall at indiana.edu (ConCALL) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 17:53:59 +0000 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] ConCALL-4 CALL FOR PAPERS: Extended Deadline In-Reply-To: References: <8cba18eb7caa4859b1bee2493786b310@bl-cci-d1s01.ads.iu.edu> <4a37dde22a6249ccba011a997a4e1cfb@bl-cci-d1s01.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <8aebb681d0574c3298cffb1d12674986@bl-cci-d1s01.ads.iu.edu> Due to popular demand and in light of an additional funding opportunity*, the Call for Papers for ConCALL-4 has been EXTENDED until Sunday, December 15, 2019. This Spring the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) will be hosting the 4th Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics (ConCALL-4) at Indiana University from April 17-19, 2020. Keynote Speakers for the conference include leading names in Turkic, Iranian, Mongolic and Uralic linguistics, as well as phonology, syntax and second language acquisition, including: * Gulsat Aygen, Professor, Department of English, Northern Illinois University * Matthew Gordon, Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of California Santa Barbara * Ayse Gurel, Professor, Department of Foreign Language Education, Bogazici University * Irene Vogel, Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Delaware We are accepting submissions for 20-minute paper presentations (with 10 minute post-presentation questions and discussion) on topics related to Central Asian languages and linguistics, including both the Altaic and Eastern Indo-European languages spoken in the region (among others), a diverse range of languages such as Azerbaijani, Dari, Evenki, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Mari, Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Tajiki, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yugur, and more. Submissions on endangered Central Asian languages, e.g. Buryat and Kalmyk (Mongolic), Shugni (Iranian), Selkup (Uralic), and Chuvash, Baskirt and Yakut (Turkic), among others, are especially welcome. Submissions can include, but are not limited to: - Formal linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as their interfaces) - Acquisition (first and second language acquisition of a Central Asian language or of other languages by speakers of Central Asian languages) - Language education/pedagogy, as related to Central Asian languages Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by external reviewers working in the same field and/or same/similar languages and evaluated on a basis of overall quality, as well as interest, originality, timeliness, and relevance to the field, as well as reviewing the methodology and data collection methods and overall clarity and organization of ideas. Submissions should consist of an anonymous, titled abstract of no more than 500 words (not including examples and references, which can be placed on a second page) submitted via EasyAbstracts (http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ConCALL4) by Sunday, December 15, 2019. Accepted presenters will have the opportunity to submit to the published proceedings of the conference. *STUDENT STIPENDS NOW AVAILABLE. We are now offering several stipends of up to $500 each, to be used for travel and accommodation costs. Stipends will be awarded to the undergraduate and/or graduate students with the highest-rated abstract submissions. If you are submitting an abstract for the conference and would like to be considered for this award, please email Amber Kent (akkent at indiana.edu) for more details. Questions regarding submissions may be directed to Amber Kennedy Kent at akkent at indiana.edu. Questions regarding the conference may be directed to Dr. Öner Özçelik (Director, CeLCAR) at oozcelik at indiana.edu. For more information, please visit our conference website at http://www.iub.edu/~concall. EXTENDED Proposal Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2019 Acceptance Notification Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2019 Early Registration Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2020 Conference Date: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday April 17-19, 2020 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Fri Dec 6 22:52:41 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:52:41 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Correction of link in Prof. Nishi's biography Message-ID: <70BE1F0D-5889-4161-B26D-FD63856EB33F@gmail.com> Hi All, Sorry, seems a link to some of Prof. Nishi’s works in the file I sent yesterday got broken, so here is the complete link: https://minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?active_action=repository_view_main_item_snippet&page_id=13&block_id=21&pn=1&count=20&order=16&lang=japanese&creator=%E8%A5%BF%20%E7%BE%A9%E9%83%8E . The page is in Japanese, but there are English papers listed below, just scroll down. Randy ----- Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA （羅仁地） Professor of Linguistics, with courtesy appointment in Chinese, School of Humanities Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-45, 48 Nanyang Avenue | Singapore 639818 http://randylapolla.net/ Most recent books: The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition (2017) https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324 Sino-Tibetan Linguistics (2018) https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 7 07:22:22 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 20:22:22 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Fwd: Biography of Professor Nishi Yoshio References: <34FC5B4A-AB43-4218-9CF8-DFF6A228EA61@icloud.com> Message-ID: An addendum from Prof. Nagano about his biography of Prof. Nishi: Begin forwarded message: From: 長野泰彦 Subject: Re: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Biography of Professor Nishi Yoshio Date: 7 December 2019 at 6:17:24 PM SGT Dear Randy, In my article, I forgot to mention what papers are included in his “Four Papers on Burmese” (1999). Actually, the book contains; 1976 Medials in Burmese 1979 The orthographic standardization of Burmese 1998 The development of voicing rules in Standard Burmese 1998 Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese Readers can download 1979/1998/1998 papers from NME’s repository. If you have any chance to announce this mistake to the TB-related people, please do so on my behalf. Truly, Yasuhiko ======================= 長野泰彦 Yasuhiko NAGANO Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus National Museum of Ethnology, Japan E-mail: nagano0207 at icloud.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Thu Dec 12 07:58:18 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:58:18 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Prof. Nishi's papers References: Message-ID: <3716C44B-99E3-4D0B-BDEE-8B64536B4B93@gmail.com> Hi All, I have put pdfs of Prof. Nishi’s papers plus some conference handouts and other things (combining collections from Nagano Yasuhiko, Nathan Hill, and myself) into a single folder at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lre3j9p6hi8bqr5/AADvk-DJGqD3G4LbQjpueHyba?dl=0 Prof. Nagano has also uploaded them to http://gg1.link/fRv8 . Readers can also use the following PNG code provided by Prof. Nagano: Randy ----- Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA （羅仁地） Professor of Linguistics, with courtesy appointment in Chinese, School of Humanities Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-45, 48 Nanyang Avenue | Singapore 639818 http://randylapolla.net/ Most recent books: The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition (2017) https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324 Sino-Tibetan Linguistics (2018) https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: fRv8.png Type: image/png Size: 714 bytes Desc: not available URL: From RandyLaPolla at ntu.edu.sg Thu Dec 26 21:05:25 2019 From: RandyLaPolla at ntu.edu.sg (Randy John LaPolla (Prof)) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:05:25 +0000 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Fwd: FCI Multiple Services // Arakanese Linguist Recruiting References: Message-ID: <8FD05209-CB96-428D-A4F0-5AD11080B62B@ntu.edu.sg> Hi All, Just received the message below. Don’t know if it is legitimate, but if there is any place they could find an Arakanese translator, this would be the place! Randy Begin forwarded message: From: Recruiters > Subject: FCI Multiple Services // Arakanese Linguist Recruiting Date: 27 December 2019 at 4:53:43 AM GMT+8 To: "randylapolla at ntu.edu.sg" > Hello! My name is Elvie Dee and I work with FCI Multiple Services based in Easton, PA. We specialize in all forms of translations into and out of several different languages spoken and written all over the world. Currently, we are looking to establish a long-term, ongoing relationship with an Arakanese linguist who specializes in translating from English into Arakanese as well as from Arakanese into English. We have a few active Arakanese projects we could use assistance with and we are wondering if you know anyone who may be interested in this opportunity. We are looking for someone who is familiar with Marma dialect. We can send you more details about us and this opportunity, and if you have any questions, please let us know! We are more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you so much for your consideration! Kind Regards, Elvie Dee Recruiting Specialist FCI Multiple Services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Fri Dec 6 06:03:11 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 14:03:11 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Biography of Professor Nishi Yoshio Message-ID: <560C77A2-1417-405E-AB4C-80A3E1DD7976@gmail.com> Hi All, Here is a biography of the late Professor NISHI Yoshio, provided by Professor NAGANO Yasuhiko. Randy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Professor Nishi Yoshio.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 55808 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From concall at indiana.edu Fri Dec 6 17:53:59 2019 From: concall at indiana.edu (ConCALL) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 17:53:59 +0000 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] ConCALL-4 CALL FOR PAPERS: Extended Deadline In-Reply-To: References: <8cba18eb7caa4859b1bee2493786b310@bl-cci-d1s01.ads.iu.edu> <4a37dde22a6249ccba011a997a4e1cfb@bl-cci-d1s01.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: <8aebb681d0574c3298cffb1d12674986@bl-cci-d1s01.ads.iu.edu> Due to popular demand and in light of an additional funding opportunity*, the Call for Papers for ConCALL-4 has been EXTENDED until Sunday, December 15, 2019. This Spring the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) will be hosting the 4th Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics (ConCALL-4) at Indiana University from April 17-19, 2020. Keynote Speakers for the conference include leading names in Turkic, Iranian, Mongolic and Uralic linguistics, as well as phonology, syntax and second language acquisition, including: * Gulsat Aygen, Professor, Department of English, Northern Illinois University * Matthew Gordon, Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of California Santa Barbara * Ayse Gurel, Professor, Department of Foreign Language Education, Bogazici University * Irene Vogel, Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Delaware We are accepting submissions for 20-minute paper presentations (with 10 minute post-presentation questions and discussion) on topics related to Central Asian languages and linguistics, including both the Altaic and Eastern Indo-European languages spoken in the region (among others), a diverse range of languages such as Azerbaijani, Dari, Evenki, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Mari, Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Tajiki, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yugur, and more. Submissions on endangered Central Asian languages, e.g. Buryat and Kalmyk (Mongolic), Shugni (Iranian), Selkup (Uralic), and Chuvash, Baskirt and Yakut (Turkic), among others, are especially welcome. Submissions can include, but are not limited to: - Formal linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as their interfaces) - Acquisition (first and second language acquisition of a Central Asian language or of other languages by speakers of Central Asian languages) - Language education/pedagogy, as related to Central Asian languages Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by external reviewers working in the same field and/or same/similar languages and evaluated on a basis of overall quality, as well as interest, originality, timeliness, and relevance to the field, as well as reviewing the methodology and data collection methods and overall clarity and organization of ideas. Submissions should consist of an anonymous, titled abstract of no more than 500 words (not including examples and references, which can be placed on a second page) submitted via EasyAbstracts (http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ConCALL4) by Sunday, December 15, 2019. Accepted presenters will have the opportunity to submit to the published proceedings of the conference. *STUDENT STIPENDS NOW AVAILABLE. We are now offering several stipends of up to $500 each, to be used for travel and accommodation costs. Stipends will be awarded to the undergraduate and/or graduate students with the highest-rated abstract submissions. If you are submitting an abstract for the conference and would like to be considered for this award, please email Amber Kent (akkent at indiana.edu) for more details. Questions regarding submissions may be directed to Amber Kennedy Kent at akkent at indiana.edu. Questions regarding the conference may be directed to Dr. ?ner ?z?elik (Director, CeLCAR) at oozcelik at indiana.edu. For more information, please visit our conference website at http://www.iub.edu/~concall. EXTENDED Proposal Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2019 Acceptance Notification Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2019 Early Registration Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2020 Conference Date: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday April 17-19, 2020 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 7 03:52:41 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:52:41 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Correction of link in Prof. Nishi's biography Message-ID: <70BE1F0D-5889-4161-B26D-FD63856EB33F@gmail.com> Hi All, Sorry, seems a link to some of Prof. Nishi?s works in the file I sent yesterday got broken, so here is the complete link: https://minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?active_action=repository_view_main_item_snippet&page_id=13&block_id=21&pn=1&count=20&order=16&lang=japanese&creator=%E8%A5%BF%20%E7%BE%A9%E9%83%8E . The page is in Japanese, but there are English papers listed below, just scroll down. Randy ----- Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA ????? Professor of Linguistics, with courtesy appointment in Chinese, School of Humanities Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-45, 48 Nanyang Avenue | Singapore 639818 http://randylapolla.net/ Most recent books: The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition (2017) https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324 Sino-Tibetan Linguistics (2018) https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 7 12:22:22 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 20:22:22 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Fwd: Biography of Professor Nishi Yoshio References: <34FC5B4A-AB43-4218-9CF8-DFF6A228EA61@icloud.com> Message-ID: An addendum from Prof. Nagano about his biography of Prof. Nishi: Begin forwarded message: From: ???? Subject: Re: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Biography of Professor Nishi Yoshio Date: 7 December 2019 at 6:17:24 PM SGT Dear Randy, In my article, I forgot to mention what papers are included in his ?Four Papers on Burmese? (1999). Actually, the book contains; 1976 Medials in Burmese 1979 The orthographic standardization of Burmese 1998 The development of voicing rules in Standard Burmese 1998 Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese Readers can download 1979/1998/1998 papers from NME?s repository. If you have any chance to announce this mistake to the TB-related people, please do so on my behalf. Truly, Yasuhiko ======================= ???? Yasuhiko NAGANO Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus National Museum of Ethnology, Japan E-mail: nagano0207 at icloud.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Thu Dec 12 12:58:18 2019 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy J. LaPolla) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:58:18 +0800 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Prof. Nishi's papers References: Message-ID: <3716C44B-99E3-4D0B-BDEE-8B64536B4B93@gmail.com> Hi All, I have put pdfs of Prof. Nishi?s papers plus some conference handouts and other things (combining collections from Nagano Yasuhiko, Nathan Hill, and myself) into a single folder at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lre3j9p6hi8bqr5/AADvk-DJGqD3G4LbQjpueHyba?dl=0 Prof. Nagano has also uploaded them to http://gg1.link/fRv8 . Readers can also use the following PNG code provided by Prof. Nagano: Randy ----- Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA ????? Professor of Linguistics, with courtesy appointment in Chinese, School of Humanities Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-45, 48 Nanyang Avenue | Singapore 639818 http://randylapolla.net/ Most recent books: The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition (2017) https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324 Sino-Tibetan Linguistics (2018) https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: fRv8.png Type: image/png Size: 714 bytes Desc: not available URL: From RandyLaPolla at ntu.edu.sg Fri Dec 27 02:05:25 2019 From: RandyLaPolla at ntu.edu.sg (Randy John LaPolla (Prof)) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:05:25 +0000 Subject: [Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Fwd: FCI Multiple Services // Arakanese Linguist Recruiting References: Message-ID: <8FD05209-CB96-428D-A4F0-5AD11080B62B@ntu.edu.sg> Hi All, Just received the message below. Don?t know if it is legitimate, but if there is any place they could find an Arakanese translator, this would be the place! Randy Begin forwarded message: From: Recruiters > Subject: FCI Multiple Services // Arakanese Linguist Recruiting Date: 27 December 2019 at 4:53:43 AM GMT+8 To: "randylapolla at ntu.edu.sg" > Hello! My name is Elvie Dee and I work with FCI Multiple Services based in Easton, PA. We specialize in all forms of translations into and out of several different languages spoken and written all over the world. Currently, we are looking to establish a long-term, ongoing relationship with an Arakanese linguist who specializes in translating from English into Arakanese as well as from Arakanese into English. We have a few active Arakanese projects we could use assistance with and we are wondering if you know anyone who may be interested in this opportunity. We are looking for someone who is familiar with Marma dialect. We can send you more details about us and this opportunity, and if you have any questions, please let us know! We are more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you so much for your consideration! Kind Regards, Elvie Dee Recruiting Specialist FCI Multiple Services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: