The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) is a linguistic society dedicated to the study of languages and

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in mainland and insular

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. It was founded in 1991 by Martha Ratliff and Eric Schiller.

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is currently president.

Journal

The ''Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society'' is the society's

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covering research on the languages of mainland and insular Southeast Asia, including

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, Kra-Dai, Hmong-Mien, and Austronesian languages. It was established in 2009 and is published by the

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. The

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is Mark Alves ( Montgomery College). The journal was formally established at the SEALS 17 meeting in September 2007 at the

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. It supersedes the ''SEALS Conference Proceedings'', which were published by

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. The first volume was published in 2009. The journal uses a

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Conferences

The society holds annual conferences generally in late May. Usually, 50-100 papers are presented in 2–3 days. Papers and presentations are archived online, with the exception of some earlier conferences. SEALS conferences have been held since 1991.SEALS and JSEALS history
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Journal

Conferences

See also

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