[Sealang-l] ISLOJ 8

[Thomas Conners]

*The Eighth *

*INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE LANGUAGES OF JAVA*

Call for Papers

20-22 May 2021

Virtual



*The island of Java *is home to several major world languages.
Javanese—spoken mainly in Central and East Java— is the world’s 10th or
11th largest language in number of native speakers. It has one of the
oldest and fullest recorded histories of any Austronesian language. It also
has been of considerable interest to scholars because of its unique speech
level system. Sundanese—spoken in West Java— has over 27 million speakers,
and Madurese—spoken on the neighboring island of Madura and throughout
parts of East Java—is the third largest local language, with up to 13
million speakers.

Geography, history, and typology bind these languages with linguistically
related languages on the neighboring islands of Bali and Lombok. Each of
these languages displays a range of dialects, isolects, continua, and
contact varieties and yet they have received relatively little attention
from linguists. With this symposium, we offer an opportunity for scholars
working on any aspect of Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Balinese, Sasak, or
any non-Malay language spoken on these islands, to come together and share
their findings. We aim to encourage and promote continued research on these
important and unique languages.



*Keynote speakers*



            Ika Nurhayani, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia

            Carly Somerlot, University of Texas at Arlington, USA



*Abstracts *are invited for papers to be presented on any linguistic topics
dealing with the languages of Java and its environs—Javanese, Sundanese,
Madurese, Balinese, and Sasak. Papers on other languages will be judged
according to their relevance to the symposium topic. Papers are welcome
from any subfield of linguistics and using any approach or theoretical
background. Studies of non-standard(ized) versions, dialects, and isolects,
including contact varieties, are particularly welcome. All papers are to be
presented in English.



*Instructions*. Anonymous abstracts of one-page [data and references may be
on a second page] should be submitted in electronic form (PDF and MSWord)
to <isloj.linguistics AT gmail.com>. Please indicate your name,
affiliation, and title of abstract in the body of the email or a cover page.



*Deadline *for submission of abstracts: 12 Noon ET (GMT + 5) February 15,
2021

*Announcement *of acceptance: March 1, 2021.



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ISLOJ 8 will be held jointly with ISMIL 24 and will be an online event.
The schedule will be determined once abstracts have been accepted, with an
attempt to accommodate the largest number of participants from the widest
range of time zones.  We will work with presenters



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Co-organizers:

Thomas Conners, University of Maryland

Jozina Vander Klok, University of Oslo

Nurenzia Yannuar, Universitas Negri Malang



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For more info:

ISLOJ: https://indoling.com/isloj/isloj-8/

ISMIL: https://indoling.com/ismil/ismil-24/


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*Dr. Thomas J. Conners*
tconners at umd.edu
tom.conners at gmail.com
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