call: Malay/Indonesian, Penang

[David Gil]

First Call for Abstracts

The Eighth
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MALAY/INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS

31 July - 2 August 2004
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

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Papers presented at ISMIL are concerned with the Malay/Indonesian
language in any of its varieties.  In addition to the standardized
versions of Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia, papers are particularly
welcome dealing with non-canonical isolects such as regional dialects of
Malay and Indonesian, contact varieties, and other closely related
Malayic languages.  Papers may be in any of the subfields of
linguistics, and may represent variegated approaches and diverse
theoretical persuasions. Presentations at ISMIL are delivered in English.

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Persons wishing to present a paper at the symposium are invited to
submit a one-page electronic abstract to David Gil at the following address:

gil at eva.mpg.de

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 March 2004

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Co-sponsors:

Universiti Sains Malaysia
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
University of Delaware
Association for Linguistic Typology

Co-organizers:

Mashudi Kader, Norizan Md Nor, Norizan Razak, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Peter Cole, University of Delaware
David Gil, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Uri Tadmor, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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For further information:
http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil

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David Gil

Department of Linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Telephone: 49-341-3550321
Fax: 49-341-3550119
Email: gil at eva.mpg.de
Webpage:  http://monolith.eva.mpg.de/~gil/