LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Eighth International Conference on South Asian Languages (ICOSAL-8) is being organized by the Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India from Janiuary 3-5, 2008. Kindly click the link given below to read the details. Linguists around the world specializing in South Asian Linguistics are invited to attend this important International Conference.

Eighth International Conference on South Asian Languages (ICOSAL-8), January 3-5, 2008 in Aligarh University.

BRIEF GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, ETC. FOR PUBLICATION IN LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Thanks, my dear friend! You are most welcome to send articles for publication in Language in India www.languageinindia.com. Our Board of Editors consists of distinguished linguists with many years of contributions to Indian Linguistics. We will evaluate every article before we accept any for publication. We are very happy that you did a good job in your last article.

You must do the following:

1. Must include your address including e-mail address on the first page of your article. You did not do so in the last article, and as a result your e-mail address does not appear in the PDF full text. After many hours of search, I located your original e-mail and included your e-mail address in the opening introduction to your article. By that time, your pdf text was already formatted. And I could not spare time to re-do it with your e-mail address. It is for the authors to take care of this important part if they want others to correspond with them on the subject.
2. You must give the declaration as to the authenticity of the work that you submit. This declaration should state that your article or work submitted for publication in LANGUAGE IN INDIA www.languageinindia.com is an original work by you and that you have duly acknolwedged the work or works of others you either cited or used in writing your articles, etc. Remember that by maintaining academic integrity we not only do the right thing but also help the growth, development and recognition of Indian scholarship. This applies also to all who submit their articles for publication from other nations as well.
3. You must not paginate your article submitted in the Word format. www.languageinindia.com will paginate it.
4. If your article involves a lot of diacritic marks and complex presentation that is difficult to reproduce, you may like to submit your article in PDF format. While doing so, please do not paginate it. The title page will be somewhat like this in pdf. Title of the paper in bold, Times New Roman in 16 point, immediately followed by the name/s of the author/s, with each author's name followed by their educational qualification such as Ph.D., M.Phil., or M.A., etc., in 14 point, and then after one line space, a line in bold. After this, give one line space and begin your article. It is better to check how pdf files are formatted in Language in India www.languageinindia.com and proceed accordingly. While in doubt, please send an e-mail to mthirumalai@comcast.net or mallikarjun@ciil.stpmy.soft.net.
5. Please include your educational qualification such as M.Phil., immediately after your name in the first page of the article.
6. Give complete details of your address, with postal number, if any. We call it zip code in the United States. In India, it is called pin code.
7. Please tell all your friends, colleagues, supervisors, and relatives that your article is published in Language in India www.languageinindia.com so that they will log in and see it for themselves. You do not become known easily unless your work is publicized first in your circles of friends and relatives!
8. Encourage your co-workers also to write articles for Language in India www.languageinindia.com.
9. If you can support this publication by donations, you are most welcome to do so, and we will receive the gifts with gratitude and appreciation. Remember, it does cost a lot of money and time, even to perform good works! I am doing it all these years with very little support! However, donations will not influence the decision to accept or not accept any submission for publication in www.languageinindia.com.
10. Remember that Language in India www.languageinindia.com is interested in publishing articles that bring out the application of concepts and principles to Indian languages including English language teaching and writing in India and other South Asian nations. We also welcome papers on other languages from other nations as well, following the age-old Indian tradition of welcoming knowledge from everywhere and to serve all. If you've used any one particular concept, idea, or theory, etc., please write about your experience in using these concepts, ideas, or theories, etc., and bring out how you, your co-workers, and your students have either benefited or not. Also include how you modified and/or used these concepts in your classrooms, etc. If what I say is difficult to follow, please see some of the recent articles in Language in India www.languageinindia.com that apply concepts to Indian and South Asian contexts, etc. We are not interested in publishing a mere compendium of ideas from various sources. We are interested in publishing articles on all aspects of language structure and use.

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES IN MAJOR INDIAN LANGUAGES

Language in India www.languageinindia.com begins, with this issue, publication of articles in major Indian languages. These articles in Indian languages will be published in the PDF format for easy accessibility.

For guidelines, please contact the Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D. via e-mail mthirumalai@comcast.net.

Authors are advised to send their articles in the PDF format to the editors as given below:

Prof. Lakhan Gosain: Hindi, Rajasthani
Prof. A. R. Fatihi: Hindi, Urdu
Prof. Ranjit Singh Rangila: Punjabi
Prof. B. Mallikarjun: Kannada
Prof. Sam Mohanlal: Tamil and Malayalam
Prof. K. Karunakaran: Tamil and Telugu
Prof. M. S. Thirumalai: All Other Major Indian Languages

With best wishes
M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Managing Editor
Language in India, www.languageinindia.com
mthirumalai@comcast.net

Language In India is a monthly online journal devoted to the study of the languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent. We wish to present the scholarly research findings on these languages in popular language. Our focus is on language use in mass media, education and administration, speech and hearing, sociolinguistic and political aspects relating to these languages and the society in the Indian subcontinent. We wish to present the linguistic descriptions, interdisciplinary research, and current issues of importance relating to Indian languages. Following the age-old tradition of Indian scholarship, the pages of this journal are open to scholarly articles on any language. We believe in co-operation and mutual help to foster amity between all peoples and their languages. This online journal publishes not only articles, but also book-length reports and studies. We want to be a blessing to Indian languages, praying for "strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow." We sincerely believe that every Indian language deserves our whole-hearted support for growth and that every one can find its place in a mosaic of unity and understanding, serving each other and singing the glory of God.