LINGUIST List 21.3770 Sat Sep 25 2010 Calls: General Ling/Thailand Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Natchanan Yaowapat, 21st Conference of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Message 1: 21st Conference of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Date: 23-Sep-2010 From: Natchanan Yaowapat <fhumncnku.ac.th> Subject: 21st Conference of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 21st Conference of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Short Title: SEALSXXI Date: 11-May-2011 - 13-May-2011 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Contact Person: Kitima Indrambarya Meeting Email: sealsxxigmail.com Web Site: http://www.sealsxxi.hum.ku.ac.th Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Other Specialty: Southeast Asian Languages Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2011 Meeting Description: The 21st Annual Conference of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS XXI) will be hosted by Department of Linguistics of Kasetsart University, 11- 13 May 2011, Bangkok, THAILAND. Call for Papers The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society - SEALS - was founded at Wayne State University (in Detroit, Michigan) in 1990. SEALS holds an annual conference in diverse locations in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia. This year SEALS XXI is hosted by the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, THAILAND. We invite scholars of Southeast Asian Linguistics to join us in fulfilling our conference theme: Multidisciplinary approaches to Southeast Asian Linguistics. Abstracts are invited for original papers on any of the following topics related to the analysis of Southeast Asian languages. Other related topics will also be considered. -Phonetic and phonological issues in Southeast Asian languages -New knowledge of the grammatical system of Southeast Asian languages -Genetic and areal classification of Southeast Asian languages -Typological features of Southeast Asian languages -Historical and comparative studies of Southeast Asian languages -Discourse and pragmatic analysis -Sociolinguistic study (variation in social context, language policy, language planning, language choice, language shift and maintenance, etc.) -Psycholinguistic, neuro-linguistic, and cognitive study of Southeast Asian Languages -Southeast Asian language and culture/thought Call for abstracts Participants will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Deadline for abstracts: February 15, 2011 via email Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2011 via email Format of Abstract Abstracts are preferably written using a Unicode font and should consist of two or three pages as follows: Page 1 Author's name and Paper's title Abstract body (maximum 400 words). Be as specific as possible, with a statement of topic, approach, and conclusions. Page 2 References (if any). An author may submit one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one author should be designated as the contact person. Submission of Abstracts Abstracts are to be submitted via email, as email attachments both in .PDF and .DOC, to the following address: sealsxxigmail.com. Please indicate 'SEALSXXI Abstract' in the email subject heading. Review of Abstracts: Abstracts will be assessed by an independent international academic committee to ensure high standards. Early submission of abstracts is encouraged so that the academic committee can offer timely feedback or advice on proposed presentations. Round Table Session The organizing committee encourages motivated scholars to lead and coordinate round table sessions on any prominent issue in Southeast Asian languages. Round table session will take place in the afternoon of May 13. Approximately two round table sessions could be arranged. Each session is expected to be no more than 80 minutes. Round Table Session leaders will take responsibility for recruiting and organizing the session, in consultation with the organizers. A room will be provided by the organizer. Round Table suggestions are welcome. Please contact the organizing committee. Further details regarding the conference and registration are available at http://www.sealsxxi.hum.ku.ac.th. Contact Email Address: sealsxxigmail.com Local Committee : Kitima Indrambarya, Chair of the Organizing Committee Natchanan Yaowapat, Secretary of the Organizing Committee International committee: Mark Alves Marc Brunelle Dinh Lu Giang Martha Ratliff Paul Sidwell Uri Tadmor Alice Vittrant Justin Watkins Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-Sep-2010       About 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.