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Full Title: North East Indian Linguistics Society
Short Title: NEILS

Date: 13-Jan-2009 - 17-Jan-2009
Location: Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Contact Person: Stephen Morey
Meeting Email: s.morey@...
Web Site: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Neils/Neils.htm

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Sep-2008

Meeting Description:

The Fourth Meeting of the North East Indian Linguistics Society
(NEILS) will be
held at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong, Meghalaya,
India from
13-17 January 2009. There will be a two day workshop followed by three day
conference meeting.

Papers which treat any aspect of North East Indian languages and
linguistics are
invited for submission. We particularly welcome papers which make use
of primary
descriptive data, and/or which approach their topic from a descriptive,
functional, and/or typological perspective.

Abstracts are sought by 15th September 2008, and should be sent to
s.morey@...

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the Fourth International Meeting of the
North East
Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS), to be held January 13-17, 2009 at the
North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, Assam, India.

As last year, NEILS 2009 will include paper presentations over three days,
preceded by an optional two-day programme of workshops, as well as an
optional
cultural excursion. Details and a provisional schedule will be
available shortly
on the NEILS website: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Neils/Neils.htm.

Scholars wishing to present a paper at NEILS 2009 should send an
abstract of no
more than 500 words (exclusive of data, figures/tables and references,
if any)
via email on .pdf (preferred), .doc or .txt attachment, or as inline
text by
September 15, 2008 to s.morey@..., or via post to NEILS,
Department
of Linguistics, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam 781041, India.

Paper presentations will be limited to thirty minutes, inclusive of
question
time. Papers which treat any aspect of North East Indian languages and
linguistics are invited for submission, however we particularly
welcome papers
which make use of primary descriptive data, and/or which approach
their topic
from a descriptive, functional, and/or typological perspective. Paper
whose sole
or primary aim addresses purely formal and/or theoretical concerns are not
likely to be accepted for presentation. If you do not wish to submit
an abstract
at this time, but would like to consider attending without presenting
a paper,
please notify the organizers to ensure that you continue to receive email
communications relating to NEILS 2009 organization. The organizational
fee of
Rs. 2000 (international non-student) Rs. 1000 (international student/local
non-student) Rs. 200 (local student) remains unchanged from last year,
and may
be paid on arrival.

Any questions may be directed to the email address listed above, or to
m.post@.... We look forward to a productive and enjoyable
meeting,
and especially, to seeing you there.

With our warmest regards,

NEILS 4 Organizing committee

North East Indian Linguistics Society:
Dr. Jyotiprakash Tamuli (Co-Chair)
Dr. Stephen Morey (Co-Chair)
Mark Post (Secretary) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Neils/Neils.htm