LINGUIST List 21.4525 Thu Nov 11 2010 Confs: Phonology, Japanese/Japan 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.     Manami Hirayama , International Symposium on Accent and Tone 2010 Message 1: International Symposium on Accent and Tone 2010 Date: 10-Nov-2010 From: Manami Hirayama <manahiragmail.com> Subject: International Symposium on Accent and Tone 2010 E-mail this message to a friend International Symposium on Accent and Tone 2010 Short Title: ISAT 2010 Date: 19-Dec-2010 - 20-Dec-2010 Location: Tokyo, Japan Contact: Manami Hirayama Contact Email: phonologyninjal.ac.jp Meeting URL: http://www.ninjal.ac.jp/phonology/isat/home Linguistic Field(s): Phonology Subject Language(s): Japanese (jpn) Meeting Description: Japanese dialects, many of which are currently endangered, display a wide variety of accent systems. ISAT (International Symposium on Accent and Tone) is a forum for descriptive and theoretical research on these accent systems in comparison with those of accent and tone languages all over the world. ISAT is financially supported by a collaborative research grant from the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), titled 'Phonological Characteristics of the Japanese Lexicon'. ISAT will be held once a year, addressing certain themes each year. The main themes of ISAT 2010 are: (1) Typology of prosodic systems (2) Prosodic systems of endangered languages and dialects Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 11-Nov-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.