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45th LSN International Conference

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Call for Papers

 Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) organizes an annual conference on 26-27th November every year. The conference is one of the major activities of the Society which provides a platform for those who have been working on different aspects of languages. LSN has been organizing the annual conferences since 1979 unfailingly bringing various linguists and practitioners together from home and abroad concentrating on the studies of Nepalese languages.

This society would like to request all the linguists and practitioners from home and abroad to submit an abstract for the conference on theoretical as well as applied aspects of language in the following or any other relevant topics of linguistics:

§  Phonetics

§  Phonology

§  Morphology

§  Syntax

§  Morpho-syntax

§  Semantics and lexical studies

§  Pragmatics

§  Historical linguistics

§  Sociolinguistics

§  Anthropological linguistics

§  Language contact and linguistic typology

§  Applied linguistics

§  Indigenous languages and identity

§  Corpus and computational linguistics

§  Cognitive linguistics

§  Natural language processing

§  Language teaching

§  Language policy and planning

§  Discourse analysis

§  Language and technology

§  Ethnolinguistics and language ideology

§  Language documentation

§  Translation studies

§  Psycholinguistics

§  Neurolinguistics

§  Geolinguistics

§  Subaltern linguistics

§  Linguistic human rights

§  Language, power and politics

§  Language and tourism

§  Mother-tongue and multilingual education

§  Any other relevant areas

There will be oral presentations and poster presentation sessions. The details of the abstract and full presentation or poster presentation are as follows:

Abstract:

  1. An abstract will contain 250-300 words including examples and references (the title and author information will not be counted in this word limit).
  2. The title should be followed by the name of the author/authors, author’s affiliation, address, email, and phone number (mobile phone number preferred).
  3. The abstract should contain information about the data, methodology, and findings of the research (but no separate headings).
  4.   The paper should be in English or Nepali. For English medium paper, the abstract should be in English in Roman script; and for Nepali medium paper, it should be in Nepali in the Devanagari Unicode.
  5. Examples from other languages, in English medium paper, should be presented in IPA Unicode. Other scripts can also be used in the example if it is necessary, however, it should be in Unicode.
  6. Abstract should be both in the MSWord and PDF format.
  7.  Submit an electronic copy of the abstract via email to linguisticsocietynepal@gmail.com

The accepted abstracts will be included in the abstracts and program booklet after the registration process has been completed. The presenters will be asked to submit their full presentation when their abstracts are accepted.

The full presentation submission will be as follows:

Full oral presentation: 10-15 slides or 3-4 page write-up for a 20-minute presentation followed by a 5-minute discussion.
Full poster presentation: Poster or 3-4 page write-up of the matter to be included in the poster
Poster size: 91 cm wide and 122 cm tall (A0 paper size)
Font size: Between maximum 78 pt (for main title) and minimum 24 pt (for body text).

 Important dates:

Submission deadline: 20th August 2023
Notification of acceptance: 31st, August 2023
Conference: 26-27 November 2023

Venue: Kathmandu, Nepal

 The society will keep on posting the information on the website as well.
Please visit: http://www.lsn.org.np  

 For further details, please contact:

Dr. Tara Mani Rai
Email:  tara.rai@cdl.tu.edu.np

General Secretary
Linguistic Society of Nepal
Contact: (+977) 9841237533

http://www.lsn.org.np

Call for Articles (CFA)

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Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) invites you to submit your research article on different aspects of language and linguistics in prescribed format for the upcoming (36th) volume of its annual journal, Nepalese Linguistics. The manuscript should be original and not submitted elsewhere for publication. Priority will be given to the articles based on the papers presented at the 41st and 42nd Annual Conferences of Linguistic Society of Nepal. The submitted manuscripts will go through Double-Blind peer-review, and the contributors will be notified for further modifications, if needed. The final decision will be based on the quality, originality, and the possible contribution to the knowledge of language and linguistics. Note that articles received after the deadline will not be entertained.

Format to be followed

  1. Abstract: Maximum 100 words (italics)
  2. Keywords: Maximun 5
  3. Maximum number of pages: 12
  4. Minimum number of pages: 6
  5. Column: Double
  6. Column spacing:  0.75 cm
  7. Page size: 18 cm × 24 cm
  8. Orientation: Portrait
  9. Margins: 1.5 cm in all sides
  10. Line spacing: Single
  11. Paragraph spacing: 6 point before and 0 point after; but no paragraph space between the lines in the same example (including gloss, and free translation). Please note that each example will be considered as a paragraph.
  12. Header and Footer: Must be within 1.5 cm margin
  13. Fonts: Times New Roman (10 point) for description
  14. Data need to be in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Unicode (Font size 10 point).
  15. Reference style: APA 7th Edition
  16. Headings and subheadings need to be numbered in decimal format and example data must be numbered in small brackets such as (1), (2), (3).
  17. If other scripts are necessary (on orthography, dictionary, etc.), please use the fonts compatible with Unicode.
  18. Leipzig Glossing Rules (LGR) will be basic guidelines for glossing.
  19. You are requested to submit both DOC/DOCX and PDF files.
  20. Headings/captions of the tables, figures, maps need to be numbered and placed at the top
  21. All the titles and sub-titles need to be in sentence case

Please, put the author’s information (Author: given name(s) and family name; Affiliation, Country, Email, and specified primary contact in case of multiple authors) in a separate page.

Important dates

Submission: August 20, 2022

Notification with reviewers’ comment: September 20, 2022

Resubmission with revision (if needed): September 30, 2022

Publication: November 26, 2022 (for hard copy),Online will be published before that date Email address to submit the article: linguisticsnepalese@gmail.com

Call for Papers for 43rd Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal (43rd LSN), Kathmandu

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Call for Papers

Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) has been organizing its annual conference on almost the same schedule, viz., 26-27th November since its inception in 1979. Despite the COVID pandemic, this society successfully held its 41st   and 42nd Annual conferences virtually.  The society is going to organize its 43rd Annual Conference in Kathmandu on 26-27 November, 2022 with a view to providing a platform for the people working on different aspects of languages of the world. This time the society is going to organize the conference physically and virtually (Further information will be posted in the website). 

This society would like to request all the linguists and practitioners from home and abroad to submit an abstract for the conference on theoretical as well as applied aspects of language in the following or any other relevant topics of linguistics:

§  Phonetics

§  Phonology

§  Morphology

§  Syntax

§  Morpho-syntax

§  Semantics and lexical studies

§  Pragmatics

§  Historical linguistics

§  Sociolinguistics

§  Anthropological linguistics

§  Language contact and linguistic typology

§  Applied linguistics

§  Indigenous languages and identity

§  Corpus and computational linguistics

§  Cognitive linguistics

§  Natural language processing

§  Language teaching

§  Language policy and planning

§  Discourse analysis

§  Language and technology

§  Ethnolinguistics and language ideology

§  Language documentation

§  Translation studies

§  Psycholinguistics

§  Neurolinguistics

§  Language, power and politics

§  Language and tourism

§  Mother-tongue and multilingual education

§  Any other relevant areas

There will be oral presentation and poster presentation sessions. The details of the abstract and full presentation or poster presentation are as follows:

Abstract:

  1. An abstract will contain 150-200 words including examples and references (the title and author information will not be counted in this word limit).
  2. The title should be followed by the name of the author/authors, author’s affiliation, address, email and phone number (mobile phone number preferred).
  3.  The abstract should contain the information about the data, methodology and findings of the research (but no separate headings).
  4. The paper should be in English or Nepali. For English medium paper, the abstract should be in English in Roman script; and for Nepali medium paper, it should be in Nepali in the Devanagari Unicode.
  5.  Examples from other languages, in English medium paper, should be presented in IPA Unicode. Other scripts can also be used in the example if it is necessary, however, it should be in Unicode.
  6. Abstract should be both in the MS Word and PDF format.
  7. Submit electronic copy of abstract via email to linguisticsocietynepal@gmail.com

The accepted abstracts will be included in the abstracts and program booklet after registration process has been completed. The presenters will be asked to submit their full presentation when their abstracts are accepted.

The full presentation submission will be as follows:

Full oral presentation: 10-15 slides or 3-4 page write up for 20-minute presentation followed by 5-minute discussion.
Full poster presentation: Poster or 3-4 page write up of the matter to be included in the poster
Poster size: 91 cm wide and 122 cm tall (A0 paper size)
Font size: Between maximum 78 pt (for main title) and minimum 24 pt (for body text).

Important dates:


Submission deadline: 1st July, 2022
Notification of acceptance: 30th July, 2022

Conference: 26-27  November 2022

Venue: Kathmandu, Nepal

The society will keep on posting the information on the website as well.
Please visit: http://www.lsn.org.np  

For further details, please contact:

Dr. Ambika Regmi
Email:  ambikaregmi@gmail.com
General Secretary
Linguistic Society of Nepal
Contact: (+977) 9841091143

http://www.lsn.org.np

Call for papers for 42nd Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal

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42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF NEPAL (42ND LSN), KATHMANDU
NOVEMBER 26-27, 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS

Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) has been organizing its annual conference on almost the same schedule, viz., 26-27th November since its inception in 1979. Despite the COVID pandemic, this society successfully held its 41st Annual conference as a virtual conference. The society is going to organize its 42nd Annual Conference in Kathmandu on 26-27 November, 2021 with a view to providing a platform for the people working on different aspects of languages of the world.
This society would like to request all the linguists and practitioners from home and abroad to submit an abstract for the conference on theoretical as well as applied aspects of language in the following or any other relevant topics of linguistics:
 PHONETICS
 PHONOLOGY
 MORPHOLOGY
 SYNTAX
 MORPHO-SYNTAX
 SEMANTICS AND LEXICAL STUDIES
 PRAGMATICS
 HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
 SOCIOLINGUISTICS
 ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS
 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY
 APPLIED LINGUISTICS
 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND IDENTITY
 CORPUS AND COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
 COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
 LANGUAGE TEACHING
 LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING
 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
 LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY
 ETHNOLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY
 LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION
 TRANSLATION STUDIES
 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
 NEUROLINGUISTICS
 LANGUAGE, POWER AND POLITICS
 LANGUAGE AND TOURISM
 MOTHER-TONGUE AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION
 Any other relevant areas

There will be oral presentation and poster presentation sessions. The details of the abstract and full presentation or poster presentation are as follows:
ABSTRACT:
1. An abstract will contain 150-200 words including examples and references (the title and author information will not be counted in this word limit).
2. The title should be followed by the name of the author/authors, author’s affiliation, address, email and phone number (mobile phone number preferred).
3. The abstract should contain the information about the data, methodology and findings of the research (but no separate headings).
4. The paper should be in English or Nepali. For English medium paper, the abstract should be in English in Roman script; and for Nepali medium paper, it should be in Nepali in the Devanagari Unicode.
5. Examples from other languages, in English medium paper, should be presented in IPA Unicode. Other scripts can also be used in the example if it is necessary, however, it should be in Unicode.
6. Abstract should be both in the MS Word and PDF format.
7. Submit electronic copy of abstract via email to linguisticsocietynepal@gmail.com
The accepted abstracts will be included in the abstracts and program booklet after registration process has been completed. The presenters will be asked to submit their full presentation when their abstracts are accepted.
THE FULL PRESENTATION SUBMISSION WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
Full oral presentation: 10-15 slides or 3-4 page write up for 20-minute presentation followed by 5-minute discussion.
Full poster presentation: Poster or 3-4 page write up of the matter to be included in the poster
Poster size: 91 cm wide and 122 cm tall (A0 paper size)
Font size: Between maximum 78 pt (for main title) and minimum 24 pt (for body text).
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline: 1st July, 2021
Notification of acceptance: 30th July, 2021
Conference: 26-27 November 2021
Venue: Kathmandu, Nepal

The society will keep on posting the information on the website as well.
Please visit: http://www.lsn.org.np
FOR FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Dr. Ambika Regmi
Email: ambikaregmi@gmail.com
General Secretary
Linguistic Society of Nepal
Contact: (+977) 9841091143

साधारणसभासम्बन्धी सूचना

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भाषाविज्ञान समाज नेपालको वार्षिक साधारणसभासम्बन्धी अत्यन्त जरूरी सूचना

भाषाविज्ञान समाज नेपालको आठौँ वार्षिक साधारणसभा निम्न मिति र समयमा निम्न स्थानमा गरिने हुँदा सम्पूर्ण आजीवन सदस्यज्यूहरूलाई उपस्थितिका लागि अनुरोध गरिन्छ।

मितिः २०७७ फाल्गुन १ गते, शनिवार

स्थानः भाषा विज्ञान केन्द्रीय विभाग (त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय, कीर्तिपुर, काठमाडौँ) को सभा हल

समयः दिनको ११ बजे

Call for Papers (41st LSN)

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41st Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal (41st LSN)

Kathmandu

November 26-27, 2020

  Meeting Description:

Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) organizes its annual conference on 26-27th November every year. The conference is one of the major activities of the Society which provides a platform for those who have been working on different aspects of languages. LSN has been organizing the annual conferences with special focus on (but not limited to) the studies in Nepalese languages since 1979 bringing various linguists and practitioners together from home and abroad.

In view of the current pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, we will be conducting the 41’st LSN conference online.

Call for Papers:

You are requested to submit an abstract for the conference paper on theoretical, descriptive, interdisciplinary, or applied aspects of language studies in the following or any other relevant topics of linguistics:

  • Phonetics
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics and lexical studies
  • Pragmatics
  • Historical linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Anthropological linguistics
  • Language contact and linguistic typology
  • Applied linguistics
  • Indigenous languages and identity
  • Corpus and computational linguistics
  • Cognitive linguistics
  • Natural language processing
  • Language teaching
  • Language policy and planning
  • Discourse analysis
  • Language and technology
  • Ethnolinguistics and language ideology
  • Language documentation
  • Translation studies
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neurolinguistics
  • Language, power and politics
  • Language and tourism
  • Mother-tongue and multilingual education
  • Any other relevant areas

There will be online oral presentation sessions. The details of the abstract and full presentation presentation are as follows:

Abstract:

  1. An abstract contains 300-350 words exactly including examples and references (the title and author information will not be counted in this word limit).
  2. The title should be followed by the name of the author/authors, author’s affiliation, address, email and phone number (mobile phone number preferred).
  3. The abstract should contain the information about the data, methodology and findings of the research (but no separate headings).
  4. The paper should be in English or Nepali. For English medium paper, the abstract should be in English in Roman script; and for Nepali medium paper, it should be in Nepali in Devanagari Unicode.
  5. Examples from other languages, in English medium paper, should be presented in IPA Unicode. Other scripts can also be used in the example if it is necessary, however it should be in Unicode.
  6. Abstract should be both in the MS Word and PDF format.
  7. Submit electronic copy of abstract via email to linguisticsocietynepal@gmail.com

* The accepted abstracts will be included in the abstracts and program booklet after the registration process has been completed. The notice regarding the details of registration fees and further processes will be published in the website later.

The presenters will be asked to submit their full presentation when their abstracts are accepted.

Important dates:

Submission deadline: 15th October, 2020

Notification of acceptance: 25th October, 2020

Submission of the full presentation: 10th November, 2020

Conference: 26-27th November 2020

We will keep on posting the information on the website as well.

Please visit: http://www.lsn.org.np

For further details, please contact:

Dr. Karnakhar Khatiwada

Email: karnakhatiwada@gmail.com

General Secretary
Linguistic Society of Nepal
Contact: (+977) 9851115913 ; (+977) 9841115918; (+977)-1-4332702

Call for Papers (41st LSN)

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41st Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal (41st LSN)

Kathmandu

November 26-27, 2020

  Meeting Description:

Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) organizes its annual conference on 26-27th November every year. The conference is one of the major activities of the Society which provides a platform for those who have been working on different aspects of languages. LSN has been organizing the annual conferences with special focus on (but not limited to) the studies in Nepalese languages since 1979 bringing various linguists and practitioners together from home and abroad.

In view of the current pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, we will be conducting the 41’st LSN conference online.

Call for Papers:

You are requested to submit an abstract for the conference paper on theoretical, descriptive, interdisciplinary, or applied aspects of language studies in the following or any other relevant topics of linguistics:

  • Phonetics
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics and lexical studies
  • Pragmatics
  • Historical linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Anthropological linguistics
  • Language contact and linguistic typology
  • Applied linguistics
  • Indigenous languages and identity
  • Corpus and computational linguistics
  • Cognitive linguistics
  • Natural language processing
  • Language teaching
  • Language policy and planning
  • Discourse analysis
  • Language and technology
  • Ethnolinguistics and language ideology
  • Language documentation
  • Translation studies
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neurolinguistics
  • Language, power and politics
  • Language and tourism
  • Mother-tongue and multilingual education
  • Any other relevant areas

There will be online oral presentation sessions. The details of the abstract and full presentation presentation are as follows:

Abstract:

  1. An abstract contains 300-350 words exactly including examples and references (the title and author information will not be counted in this word limit).
  2. The title should be followed by the name of the author/authors, author’s affiliation, address, email and phone number (mobile phone number preferred).
  3. The abstract should contain the information about the data, methodology and findings of the research (but no separate headings).
  4. The paper should be in English or Nepali. For English medium paper, the abstract should be in English in Roman script; and for Nepali medium paper, it should be in Nepali in Devanagari Unicode.
  5. Examples from other languages, in English medium paper, should be presented in IPA Unicode. Other scripts can also be used in the example if it is necessary, however it should be in Unicode.
  6. Abstract should be both in the MS Word and PDF format.
  7. Submit electronic copy of abstract via email to linguisticsocietynepal@gmail.com

* The accepted abstracts will be included in the abstracts and program booklet after the registration process has been completed. The notice regarding the details of registration fees and further processes will be published in the website later.

The presenters will be asked to submit their full presentation when their abstracts are accepted.

Important dates:

Submission deadline: 15th October, 2020

Notification of acceptance: 25th October, 2020

Submission of the full presentation: 10th November, 2020

Conference: 26-27th November 2020

 

We will keep on posting the information on the website as well.

Please visit: http://www.lsn.org.np

For further details, please contact:

Dr. Karnakhar Khatiwada

Email: karnakhatiwada@gmail.com

General Secretary
Linguistic Society of Nepal
Contact: (+977) 9851115913 ; (+977) 9841115918; (+977)-1-4332702