SEALS24 announcement and call for papers

[Doug Cooper]

Abstract submission deadline: 15 Jan 2014
Contact e-mail:  seals24yangon at gmail.com


SEALS24 - Yangon, May 2014

Announcement and call for Papers

Scholars working on the linguistics of Southeast Asia are cordially 
invited to participate in the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian 
Linguistics Society (SEALS24) to be held at the Myanmar Language 
Department of the University of Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar/Burma and 
organised jointly with SOAS, University of London.

SEALS24 will be held between 27-31 May 2014 at the Department of Myanmar 
Language in the University of Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar/Burma.

The meeting will be a forum in which to present research findings and 
air current thinking on any aspect of languages and linguistics in 
Southeast Asia.

As SEALS is being held in Burma/Myanmar for the first time, we hope 
especially to focus on languages and linguistics in Burma/Myanmar.

Abstract submission

Abstract submission deadline: 15 Jan 2014
Notification of acceptance: 28 Feb 2014

You are invited to submit an abstract on any branch of linguistics in a 
Southeast Asian context, including but not limited to the following:

� Phonetics and phonology
� Grammatical system
� Genetic and areal relationships
� Historical and comparative studies
� Semantics, pragmatics and discourse analysis
� Sociolinguistics
� Psycholinguistics, neuro-linguistics, and linguistic cognition
� Language documentation, endangered languages and linguistic diversity

Abstracts of no more than 500 words plus examples and references should 
be submitted via the Easychair website 
(https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seals24). If special fonts 
or characters are required, please use Unicode.
(For Burmese this means Padauk or Myanmar3 fonts; you can convert from 
Zawgyi online). Conference slots will be 20 minutes presentation plus 10 
minutes discussion.

Offers of financial support and logistical assistance

Organising the conference jointly between London and Yangon presents a 
unique set of logistical challenges. Please contact the organisers if 
you are in a position to assist financially (for example to sponsor 
participants from SEAsia) or by offering to help with arrangements in 
Yangon, or in any other way.
Special panels

Proposals for special panels on any topic, in particular relating to the 
languages or linguistics of Myanmar, are especially welcome. Please send 
an expression of interest followed by a brief description of your panel 
and a preliminary list of speakers to seals24yangon at gmail.com as soon as 
you are able.

Conference website; travel, accommodation, visas

A conference website with further information will be announced in due 
course.
Please note: information about visa applications for the conference, 
travel to and accommodation in Yangon is not expected to be available 
until early 2014.

Conference organisers

Dr Justin Watkins (SOAS, University of London)
Prof Aung Myint Oo (Department of Myanmar Language, University of Yangon)
Inquiries to seals24yangon at gmail.com

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