<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Linda Konnerth <<a href="mailto:linda.konnerth@mail.huji.ac.il" class="">linda.konnerth@mail.huji.ac.il</a>></span><br class=""><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">NEILS10: Call for Papers</b></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">12 July 2017 at 8:36:29 PM SGT</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:neils@lists.uoregon.edu" class="">neils@lists.uoregon.edu</a>></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Dear fellow linguist and/or North East Indianist,</span><br class=""><o:p class="">W</o:p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">e are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 10th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS). NEILS10 will take place from January 29-31, 2018, in Silchar, Assam, India and will be hosted by the Department of Linguistics, Assam University. The conference venue will be the campus of Assam University, Silchar, Assam.</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">As the primary focus of NEILS is the description of the rich cultural-linguistic diversity that exists in North East India, papers should have a primary descriptive component, preferably from a functional-typological or anthropological-linguistic perspective. Field reports are acceptable. Papers whose sole or primary focus is formal, theoretical and/or computational in nature, or papers whose focus is about languages not spoken in North East India, are unlikely to be accepted for presentation. However, we will consider papers concerning languages spoken in the areas of Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Bangladesh and West Bengal that border the North East.</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">To present a paper at the Conference, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (exclusive of data and references, if any) no later than</span> <b class="">September 1, 2017</b> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">on the EasyChair website. To do so, please use the following link:</span><br class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neils10" class="" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neils10</a><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="">EasyChair abstract submission instructions</span></b><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">(1)<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">If you do not have an EasyChair account yet, you will first need to create one. The link above takes you to the log-in page – just below the red “Log in” button, you can click on “create an account”. If you have used EasyChair before, you can log in with the same user name and password that you have used before.</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">(2)<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Once you are logged in to your EasyChair account, the NEILS10 page of EasyChair will open. It clearly says at the top “</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">NEILS10 (10th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society)</span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">”. Click on the blue link that says “</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/login_author.cgi?cid=191126;a=13645813" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">enter as an author</a><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">”. </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">(3)<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">The next page is the abstract submission page. It requires you to enter the following information:</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">a.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Author 1”: If you are the single author of your paper, just fill in this information. You may click on “click here to add yourself” so the system fills in (part of) the necessary information</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">b.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Author 2”/ “Author 3”: If you don’t have any co-authors of your paper, just skip this step. If you do have co-authors, put their information in these boxes.</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">c.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Title and Abstract”: Copy and paste both your title and your entire abstract in the given boxes. To do so, you can go to your word document, highlight/select the title and press “Ctrl” and “c” at the same time, then go to the EasyChair website and in the ‘title’ box press “Ctrl” and “v”. Then do the same for the entire abstract. </span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">If your abstract contains figures and/or tables, they will not show up here. Don’t worry about this as you will also upload a file with your abstract in the “Uploads” section (see e. below).</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">d.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Keywords”: Specify 3 keywords that characterize the content of your paper. This can be about the linguistic subdiscipline (phonology, morphology, etc.), language family or branch, or more specific notions (“speech act participants”, “verb agreement”, “tone”, etc.)</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">e.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Uploads”: Upload the actual file of your abstract here. Ideally, this should be a PDF document but if need be, DOC, DOCX, or ODT documents are also acceptable. Please write your abstract using Times New Roman, 12pt. In the first line(s), give the full title of your paper; below it give your name and affiliation (e.g., [Stephen Morey (La Trobe University)]; below it leave one line empty; and below that, give the abstract, followed by references, if any. Examples/tables/figures should be inserted where discussed, rather than at the end of the abstract.</span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="">f.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Finally, click the “Submit” button. The system will generate an email that confirms your submission.</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">If you have trouble submitting your abstract on the EasyChair website, please get in touch with Linda Konnerth (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:linda.konnerth@mail.huji.ac.il" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">linda.konnerth@mail.huji.ac.il</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">).</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Notification of abstract acceptance will normally take place in early October, although early submissions/decisions for those needing to make extensive advance travel arrangements can be arranged.</span> <br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">Fees</span></b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The fee schedule for NEILS is as follows, and includes lunch and tea/snacks on each day of the conference:</span> <br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Rs. 700</span><span class=""> </span><b class="">SAARC student</b> <b class="">without</b> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">financial support (</span><i class="">please provide evidence such as a letter </i><br class=""><i class="" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="">from the Head of the Department</span></i><span class="" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">)</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Rs. 1800</span><span class=""> </span><b class="">SAARC student with </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">financial support</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Rs. 2500</span><span class=""> </span><b class="">SAARC non-student</b> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">(includes teaching faculty pursuing PhD) or</span> <b class="">International student</b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Rs. 4500</span><span class=""> </span><b class="">International non-student</b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">Important dates</span></b><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">September 1, 2017: Abstract submission deadline</span></b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Early October: Notification of abstract acceptance</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">November 1: Registration opens (for presenters and non-presenters)</span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">December 1: Registration closes for presenters</span></b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">January 15: Registration closes for non-presenters</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">January 16: Last day to cancel registration</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">NOTE: Unlike previous NEILS conferences, we will need to collect registration fees at the time of registration (i.e., by December 1<sup class="">st</sup>, 2017 at the latest). We are currently setting up payment options. Details will be provided when registration opens on November 1<sup class="">st</sup>.</span></b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">Certificates</span></b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The NEILS policy on certificates is as follows:</span><br class=""><span class="">a) Everyone attending the conference will have to register themselves by paying the relevant fees. We do not have a single day fee.<o:p class=""></o:p></span><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">b) Certificates will be issued only to paper presenters. Merely registering for the conference by paying the relevant fees will not entitle a person to a certificate.</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">c) In order to receive individual certificates, each co-author of a paper will have to pay the relevant registration fees irrespective of whether they attend the conference in person or not. If a fee is not paid by non-attending authors, only one certificate will be issued to the attending author, but naming the paper and all the authors.</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">d) Jointly authored papers, one of whose authors is unable to attend the conference, will be considered for publication in the NEILS volumes under the name of all co-authors.</span> <br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">Accommodation</span></b><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Accommodation will be available, and will be announced in due course.</span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span class="">Contact </span></b><br class=""><span class="">Please consult the NEILS website at <</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://sealang.net/neils" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">http://sealang.net/neils</span></a><span class="">> periodically for updated information closer to the conference date, or, for any individual questions, please contact any of the organizers. </span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We look forward to welcoming you to Silchar in January!</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">With our best,</span><br class=""><span class="">The Organizers, NEILS</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">10</span><br class=""><span class="">Krishna Boro (Gauhati University and University of Oregon) </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:krishnaboro08@gmail.com" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">krishnaboro08@gmail.com</span></a><br class=""><span class="">Scott DeLancey (University of Oregon) </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:delancey@uoregon.edu" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">delancey@uoregon.edu</span></a><span class=""> </span><br class=""><span class="">Linda Konnerth (Hebrew University and University of Oregon) </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:linda.konnerth@mail.huji.ac.il" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">linda.konnerth@mail.huji.ac.il</span></a><br class=""><span class="">Stephen Morey (La Trobe University) </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:s.morey@latrobe.edu.au" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">s.morey@latrobe.edu.au</span></a><br class=""><span class="">Jyotiprakash Tamuli (Gauhati University) </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jyotiprakash.tamuli@gmail.com" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">jyotiprakash.tamuli@gmail.com</span></a><span class=""> </span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://sealang.net/neils" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="">http://sealang.net/neils</span></a><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">NEILS mailing list</span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote><a href="mailto:NEILS@lists.uoregon.edu" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NEILS@lists.uoregon.edu</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/neils" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">https://lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/neils</a><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>