20th Himalayan Languages Symposium: call for abstracts

[Alexander Coupe]

(with apologies for multiple postings)
HLS20
The 20th Himalayan Languages Symposium
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
16-18 July 2014
Conference website: http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/HLS20/

First circular and call for abstracts

We are pleased to announce that the 20th Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS20) will be held in Singapore on 16-18 July 2014, hosted by the Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies<http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx>, and the Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Scholars are invited to submit abstracts of papers dealing with any aspect of linguistics that is relevant to research on Himalayan languages. This encompasses descriptions of phonetics & phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse studies, semantics & pragmatics, language documentation and typology, as well as field reports of recently researched languages. In addition, abstracts of papers dealing with the history of the greater Himalayan region, population movements, genetic studies, anthropological studies, and contact with languages belonging to other linguistic families are invited for submission.

Submission of abstracts

Abstracts of papers for the main sessions of HLS20 should be submitted online via the Easychair system using this link: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hls20. To submit an abstract you will first need to sign up for an Easychair account if you do not already have one. Abstracts should be written in English using a 12 point font and have a maximum length of 350 words including references. Use a Unicode-compliant font if special characters are required, such as Doulos SIL<http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=DoulosSIL_download>, which is available as freeware. If you have problems submitting your abstract online, please contact the conference organizers at HLS20.email at gmail.com<mailto:HLS20.email at gmail.com>. Information on the website will be continually updated as conference arrangements progress.

Call for workshops/panels

Ideas are solicited for workshops or panels to be run in parallel with the main sessions on one or more days of HLS20. Please send suggestions together with a short write-up of the proposed workshop theme, including names of potential workshop participants, to HLS20.email at gmail.com<mailto:HLS20.email at gmail.com>.

Important dates

15 January 2014:    deadline for submission of abstracts and workshop proposals
15 March 2014:        notification of acceptance of papers



Kind regards,

Alexander R. Coupe
HLS20 Conference Chair
email: HLS20.email at gmail.com<mailto:HLS20.email at gmail.com>

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Dr. Alexander R. Coupe, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University
HSS-03-56, 14 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332
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http://nanyang.academia.edu/AlexanderCoupe/
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Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
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