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UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM ASSOCIATION FOR LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY First Call for Abstracts The Third SYMPOSIUM ON MALAY / INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS 24-25 August 1999 Amsterdam, The Netherlands ### Persons wishing to present a paper at the symposium are invited to submit a one-page abstract, by regular mail, email, or fax, to David Gil, at any of the following addresses: Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany email: gilMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueeva.mpg.de fax: 49-341-9952119 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 May 1999 ### Early submission procedure: Abstracts may be submitted right away, or at any time before the 15 May deadline. Persons submitting their abstracts early will be notified immediately whether their paper has been accepted for presentation at the symposium, and, in case of acceptance, will immediately be sent an official letter of invitation. (The early submission procedure is designed to make it easier for some participants to apply for funding and leave.) ### Papers to be presented at the symposium should be concerned with the Malay / Indonesian language in ANY of its varieties. In addition to the standardized versions of Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia, papers are particularly welcome dealing with non-canonical varieties such as Peranakan Malay, Bazaar Malay, and regional dialects of Malay and Indonesian. Papers may be in any of the subfields of linguistics, and may represent variegated approaches and diverse theoretical persuasions. Presentations at the symposium will be delivered in English. ### For further information, and occasional updates, visit the symposium webpage: http://www.ling.udel.edu/pcole/MalayIndonesian3/index.htm ### Co-organizers: Peter Cole, University of Delaware David Gil, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Uri Tadmor, University of Hawaii ### The Symposium is being held immediately prior to the Third Meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology, 26-29 August 1999, also at the University of Amsterdam. Visit the ALT webpage: http://148.88.14.7:80/alt/.