Tuesday 3 October 2017

Symposium on Himalayan Languages @ University of Lucknow

Call for Papers
24th Himalayan Languages Symposium
Department of Linguistics, University of Lucknow
Lucknow, India
8 – 10 June 2018

Concept Note

A previous HLSymposium 
South Asia has an abundance of languages; each one a linguistic marvel in its own with the one-of-a-kind culture of its people reflecting in it. The Himalayan region is no exception. With languages that developed uniquely due to difficult terrains, equally difficult weather conditions or maybe contact with tourists through the ages, the Himalayan languages have their own beautiful stories to tell. The Himalayan Languages Symposium is the platform to share these stories because HLS is a multidisciplinary conference that covers a broad range of topics of the Himalayan languages.

This year, the platform is at Lucknow. The 24th Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS24) will be held at University of Lucknow, hosted by the Department of Linguistics. In accordance with what is mentioned in the official website of Himalayan Languages Symposium (http://www.himalayansymposium.org/), we are now accepting abstracts of research work conducted in any language of the greater Himalayan region, e.g. Burushaski, Kusunda, Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Iranian, Austroasiatic, Kradai, Andamanese, Nihali, Dravidian etc. Contributions are also invited from related disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology and prehistory focusing on the greater Himalayan region.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or
conference. Abstracts of full papers in the topics mentioned in this Call for Papers and related to the Himalayan linguistic area are invited.

List of Topics

Phonetics and Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Language Technology Development
Writing systems and typography
Migration pattern of the Himalayan region
History of linguistic research
Speech Technology
Second Language Acquisition
Language Documentation

Committees
Organizing committee
Kavita Rastogi
K Srikumar
Madri Kakoti
Advisory Board (Tentative)
Prof. Van Driem, University of Berne, Switzerland
Prof. Anvita Abbi,  Formerly at JNU
Prof. U.N.Singh, Amity University, New Delhi
Prof. R. C. Sharma, University of Delhi
Prof. Pramod Pandey, JNU, New Delhi
Dr. Umarani Pappuswamy, CIIL, Mysore
Prof. Jana Fortier,University of California, San Diego
Prof. Imtiaz Hasnain, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Prof. Yogendra Yadav, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prof. Dhruv Sen Singh, University of Lucknow
Prof. BRK Reddy, Hyderabad

Venue

HLS24 will be held at the beautiful, heritage campus of Uttar Pradesh's pioneer university, the University of Lucknow. Lucknow has several things to offer, including scrumptuous cuisine and magnificent handiwork by local artisans. The company of scholars in the field combined with the pleasant June weather is sure to make your Lucknow stay a memorable one!

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to kakoti_m@lkouniv.ac.in

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