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[John Peterson]

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john

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Noonan <noonan at CSD.UWM.EDU>
To: <LINGTYP at LINGUIST.LDC.UPENN.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 7:35 PM
Subject: 6th Himalayan Languages Symposium


> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
>
> 6th HIMALAYAN LANGUAGES SYMPOSIUM
>
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> June 15-17, 2000
>
> Papers at the 6th Himalayan Languages Symposium may report
> the results of scholarly research on any subject pertaining
> to the Himalayan languages and Himalayan language communities.
> Possible topics include:
>
> +  descriptions of previously undescribed languages
> +  linguistic analyses of phonetic, phono-logical and
> grammatical phenomena
> +  comparative studies & historical reconstruction
> +  Himalayan languages in typological perspective
> +  language planning
> +  the economic and cultural aspects of language preservation
> and language death
> +  sociocultural aspect of borrowing
> +  'secret' languages
> +  grammar & pragmatics of honorific speech
> +  sociolinguistic & ethnolinguistic analyses
> +  historical and archaeological findings relating to the
> prehistory of Himalayan language communities
>
> Workshops to promote dialog between Himalayanists and
> typologists will be organized by:
> Matthew Dryer, SUNY-Buffalo
> David Gil, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
> Anthropology
> Ian Maddieson, UCLA
>
> SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
> The deadline for submission of abstracts is Feb. 1, 2000.
> Notifications of acceptance will sent out by March 1, 2000.
> Abstracts should be no longer than one page and should be of
> camera-ready quality.  The author's name and affiliation
> should appear below the title of the paper.  On a separate
> piece of paper, include mailing and email addresses.
>
> REGISTRATION
> Preregistration: $40 for faculty, $20 for students and
> non-academics; registration at the conference:
> $45 for faculty, $25 for students and non-academics.
>
> ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
> Address abstracts, registration fees, and inquiries to:
>
> Michael Noonan
> Himalayan Languages Symposium
> Dept. of English
> University of Wisconsin
> Milwaukee, WI  53201
> USA
>
> noonan at uwm.edu
> fax:  414-229-2643
> phone:  414-229-4511
>
>
> ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
>
> The Himalayan Languages Symposium is an open international
> forum where scholars can exchange the results of their
> research with others working on related issues in the
> same geographical area.  The term 'Himalayan' is used
> in its broad sense to include north-western and
> north-eastern India, where languages of Indo-Aryan,
> Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, and Austro-Asiatic linguistic
> stocks are spoken; the languages of Nepal, Bhutan and
> the Tibetan Plateau; the languages of northern Burma
> and Sichuan; and the languages of Nuristan, Baltistan
> and the Burushaski speaking area in the west.  The
> term 'Languages' is used instead of 'Linguistics'
> to broaden the scope of the Symposium beyond linguistics
> proper so as to allow scholars working on language issues
> in the related disciplines of anthropology, philology,
> and archaeology to present their research wherever this
> is directly relevant to our understanding of Himalayan
> languages and language communities.
>
> The Permanent Secretariat for this annual Symposium is
> maintained at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
> Previously, the Himalayan Languages Symposium has
> been convened in Leiden, Noordwijkerhout [the
> Netherlands], Santa Barbara [California], Pune [India],
> and Kathmandu.
>
>
> 6th HIMALAYAN LANGUAGES SYMPOSIUM
>
> The 6th Himalayan Languages Symposium will be held on
> the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
> situated near Lake Michigan in Milwaukee's Upper
> East Side.  Milwaukee is pleasantly warm in June.
>
> More details regarding the venue, accommodations,
> and travel will be sent out to those who respond to
> this circular.