LINGUIST List 23.781 Thu Feb 16 2012 Calls: Historical Ling, Typology, Lang Doc, Anthro Ling/India Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.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.     Gwendolyn Hyslop , 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium Message 1: 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium Date: 15-Feb-2012 From: Gwendolyn Hyslop <gwendolyn.hyslopanu.edu.au> Subject: 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium Short Title: HLS 18 Date: 10-Sep-2012 - 12-Sep-2012 Location: Benares, India Contact Person: Anil Thakur Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.himalayansymposium.org/ Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Typology Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium 10-12 September 2012 Department of Linguistics Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India We are pleased to announce that the 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium will be held at the Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on 10-12 September 2012. The Himalayan Languages Symposium is an annual event that provides an open scholarly forum for scholars working on various aspects of languages of the greater Himalayas region: Burushaski, Kusunda, Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Iranian, Austroasiatic, Kradai, Andamanese, Nahali, Dravidian, or any other language of the area. The Symposium, in addition to Himalayan languages, also welcomes contributions from related disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology and prehistory of the greater Himalayan regions. (More details are available on the relevant links on the Symposium website: http://www.himalayansymposium.org/) Workshop: In addition, we also plan to hold a one-day workshop on 'Resource Creation and Technology Development in Himalayan/Lesser-known Languages'. Registration: All the participants are required to register by filling the registration form after receiving the invitation letter. Registration Fee: Rs. 5000/- (with accommodation), Rs. 3000/- (without accommodation). [Student participants may apply for partial fee waiver after receiving the invitation letter]. Registration fee, to be paid on arrival at BHU, includes symposium kits, breakfast and lunch. The accompanying person will also have to register. The participants are requested to make their own travel arrangements and arrange for funding from their parent organizations. International participants who need a visa to enter India may contact the Indian Consulate for visa procedures. The invitation letter may be attached with the visa application. Please complete your registration at http://www.himalayansymposium.org/. Call for Papers: We invite the prospective participants to submit an abstract of not more than 300 words (maximum one page) in 12 pt font including data on a topic from the following broad indicative areas via the Easy Chair facility on the website (http://www.himalayansymposium.org/). We also plan to bring out pre-symposium proceedings of the accepted papers. 1. Linguistic description (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics) 2. Historical linguistics 3. Biolinguistics 4. Typology 5. Field reports 6. Corpus-based analysis 7. Technology for Himalayan languages 8. Ethnology and folklore Works on anthropological, historical, or archaeological aspects dealing with a language or language community of the greater Himalayan region are also welcome. Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2012 Notification: 15 May 2012 Full paper submission deadline: 30 June 2012 Symposium dates: 10-12 September 2012 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-Feb-2012       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.