ICSTLL53 will be hosted via ZOOM by the University of North Texas Oct. 2-4, 2020 with a pre-conference meeting of the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages on Oct 1st from 5pm-7pm. 

The International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL) is the premier meeting for linguistic researchers on Sino-Tibetan language family, a family with over 400 languages and second only to IndoEuropean in numbers of speakers worldwide. ICSTLL has been held in 13 different countries.  Twenty-four of the meetings have been held in the United States with the first meeting taking place at Yale in 1968.

Submission Guidelines

We invite submission of abstracts for presentations covering all aspects of linguistic research on Sino-Tibetan and other area languages. Papers may treat issues in any subfield of linguistics, they may present field reports, or they may involve research in allied fields, such as linguistic anthropology, or prehistory.  Papers will be allotted twenty minutes for presentation followed by ten minutes for questions and discussion. Papers should be presented in English. 

Abstracts should conform to the following guidelines:  

• No longer than 500 words written in English. 

• Should not include the name and affiliation of the presenter  

• Please submit your abstract through EasyChair 

 Deadline for abstract submission: April 20, 2020.

Special Sessions

The 2020 meeting of ICSTLL will include three sessions focusing on:

• Session 1:  Standards and procedures for the creation of Interlinear Gloss Texts (IGT)

• Session 2:  A generalized ontology for annotating linguistic concepts for ICSTLL languages

• Session 3:  Metadata for linguistic concepts in digital and legacy archival material

If you are interested in participating in these sessions, please contact Shobhana Chelliah (shobhana.chelliah@unt.edu).

Committees

Advisory Committee

• Mark Turin, Professor, Anthropology, University of British Columbia
• Kristine Hildebrandt, Associate Professor, English, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• Alexis Palmer, Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of North Texas
• Ken Van Bik, Assistant Professor, English, California State University

Organizing committee

• Shobhana Chelliah (Lead Organizer), Associate Dean and Professor, College of Information, University of North Texas
• Sadaf Munshi, Professor and Chair, Linguistics, University of North Texas
• Taraka Rama, Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of North Texas
• Oksana Zavalina, Associate Professor, Information Science, University of North Texas
• Mary Burke, Information Science, University of North Texas
• Evaline Blair, Lingusitics, University of North Texas
• Adam Chavez, UNT College of Information, Web Content Manager
• Ava Jones, UNT College of Information, Communications Specialist

Venue

The pre-conference and conference will be hosted virtually via ZOOM. Information on how to access and participate in the meeting will be provided with your notice of acceptance.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icstill@unt.edu and shobhana.chelliah@unt.edu

Sponsors

UNT Department of Linguistics

College of Information