LINGUIST List 18.336 Wed Jan 31 2007 Confs: Typology/Indionesia Editor for this issue: Jeremy Taylor <jeremylinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html. Directory         1.    Antoinette Schapper, Fifth International East Nusantara Conference Message 1: Fifth International East Nusantara Conference Date: 25-Jan-2007 From: Antoinette Schapper <a_schapperhotmail.com> Subject: Fifth International East Nusantara Conference Fifth International East Nusantara Conference Short Title: ENUS V Date: 01-Aug-2007 - 03-Aug-2007 Location: Kupang, Indonesia Contact: Gary Holton Contact Email: gary.holtongmail.com Meeting URL: http://www.uaf.edu/linguist/enus Linguistic Field(s): Typology Meeting Description: The fifth East Nusantara Conference will be held in Kupang, Indonesia, 1-3 August 2007. This year's conference is sponsored by Universitas Nusa Cendana (UNDANA), with addtional support from the local Kupang community. A diverse range of Indonesia and foreign researchers and educators will attend. We anticipate a lively and informal discussion of current issues in East Nusantara language and culture research, both theoretical and applied. For the purposes of this conference the East Nusantara region is taken to include eastern Indonesia (east of Bali) and Timor L'este, and Austronesian as well as non-Austronesian languages. To date four International Conferences for East Nusantara Linguistics have been held: three in Leiden (1998, 2001, 2005), and one at the Australian National University in Canberra (2000). As with previous conferences the aim of ENUS remains to bring together linguists, anthropologists, ethnographers, musicologists, and others who work in the East Nusantara region to share the results of their research with each other. The expanded focus of this fifth conference opens up an even broader range of possibilities for cross-disciplinary discussion. Themes 1. Deixis and directional systems Spatial deixis, as embodied in sometimes elaborate directional systems, is an important feature of many East Nusantara languages, however, the precise nature of these systems can be quite varied. Many languages contrast a seaward/landward distinction with an up/down coast direction, while other languages have a single directional contrasting with the seaward/landward distinction. The lexical categories across which directional systems operate can vary considerably as well, including adverbs, demonstrative pronouns, deictic determiners, and/or directional verbs. Within this theme we invite both papers which address directional systems within particular languages as well as papers which examine the typology of directional systems in one or more East Nusantara languages. 2. Evidentiality Evidentiality, or the grammatical encoding of epistimology, has received more attention among languages which require explicit marking of epistemic value (cf. Chafe 1986, Aikhenvald & Dixon 2003). While such heavily grammaticized systems appear to be rare in East Nusantara, epistemic devices such as hearsay markers have been reported in many East Nusantara languages. Within this theme we welcome papers which examine the nature of evidential systems within particular languages as well as papers which examine the issue from a wider typological perspective. 3. (Timor)-Alor-Pantar languages The first few years of this century has seen a surge in interest in the this under-documented-documented group of non-Austronesian languages. Although assumed to belong to the Trans New Guinea family, little internal or external comparative evidence has so far been available with which to test this hypothesis. As more data become available we are now able to better address both internal structural characteristics and external genetic relationships. Within this theme we welcome both papers addressing specific TAP languages as well as papers addressing typological or genetic relationships. Related Conferences Those attending ENUS may wish to combine the trip with attendance at two related conferences, to be held immediately following ENUS in Manokwari, Papua. -International Symposium on Malay and Indonesia Linguistics (ISMIL), 6-8 August http://email.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil/11/index.html -Papua Languages Workshop, 8-10 August http://email.eva.mpg.de/~gil/wlp/index.html Those wishing to travel from Kupang to Manokwari immediately following ENUS should make travel arrangements as soon as possible. Information on travel to Manokwari from Makasar, Bali, and Jakarta is available on the ISMIL website. From Kupang travellers will generally have to overnight in either Bali or Makasar. There are basically two options: (i) fly to Denpasar late Friday, 4 August, then connect to Manokwari the following day; or (ii) fly to Makasar on TransNusa, departing 14.45 on Friday, again connecting to Manokwari (via Makasar) the following day. Website: http://www.undana.ac.id OR http://www.uaf.edu/linguist/enus Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Print This Page Please report any bad links or misclassified data LINGUIST Homepage | Read LINGUIST | Contact us While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.

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