ICAAL 12
This website is a report on ICAAL 12.
An archival version of the original ICAAL 12 website is available here.
Summary of ICAAL 12
The 12th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 12) was held in hybrid format, hosted by the Linguistics Department, International College, Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 23-25, 2024 and organized by Ryan Gehrmann. ICAAL is the principal regular meeting for presenting and discussing research on Austroasiatic languages and linguistics. This meeting was particularly exciting, as it was the first in-person ICAAL meeting since ICAAL 8 in 2019.
The meeting was held in comfortable surroundings in the Singtoh Chantrakul seminar room, Sirindhorn Learning Center, Payap University. The technical elements of the conference were exceptionally smooth, thanks to the efforts of two dediated officers from Payap University’s IT department.
The conference began with registration, where in-person participants received welcome gifts including a hard copy of Austroasiatic Linguistics in honour of Gérard Diffloth (1939-2023) (see below). The conference was then opened with remarks from Ryan Gehrmann, ICAAL Continuity Committee member and organizer of ICAAL 12, and from Paul Sidwell, ICAAL Continuity Committee chair. The first day’s program then began with a keynote presentation from Paul Sidwell. A keynote address was given each day of the conference, with presentations by Gregory D.S. Anderson at the beginning of day two and by Marc Brunelle & James Kirby to close out the conference on day three. Finally, the conference ended with a business meeting, in which it was resovled that ICAAL 13 should continue the successful hybrid format of ICAAL 12 and that it should be held in 2025, continuing the recent pattern of holding ICAAL conferences on an annual basis. Another notable resolution coming out of the business meeting was that a memorial volume in honour of Michel Ferlus should be produced before ICAAL 13, with Paul Sidwell & Mathias Jenny volunteering to serve as co-editors.
Minutes of the ICAAL 12 Business Meeting
Keynote Talks
In a first for ICAAL, three keynote talks we arranged for ICAAL 12. Each of these provided a synthesis and update on a long-term research project that is closely associated with ICAAL. These scholars’ efforts have led to insights that are of substantial benefit for the field of Austroasiatic linguistics and beyond. These are projects that the ICAAL community should know about!
Day 1:
Paul Sidwell
Proto-Austroasiatic Reconstruction: Progress, Challenges, Prospects
Day 2:
Gregory D.S. Anderson
Munda Languages Initiative
Day 3:
Marc Brunelle & James Kirby
How does the Breathy Register Develop? Insights from Austroasiatic and Chamic Languages
Presentations
Session 1: History & Classification
Keynote Talk
Paul Sidwell (keynote speaker)
Proto-Austroasiatic reconstruction: Progress, challenges, prospects
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Nathaniel Hiroz & Nathan Badenoch
Bit-Khang within Austroasiatic
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Andrew Hsiu
The Austroasiatic layer in Proto-Hmong-Mien
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Nathaniel Hiroz
Mal-Prai and Proto-Khmuic Reconstruction: The case of final *-s, *-h, *-ʔ
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 2: Phonology & Semantics
Geoffrey Benjamin
Irrealis -m- in Temiar and elsewhere
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Sothornin Mam, Pittayawat Pittayaporn & Sireemas Maspong
Chanthaburi Khmer (Baan Plaeng) vowel system: A new analysis
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 3: Areality & Typology
Mathias Jenny
The relevance of Monic in areal studies
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Tobias Weber
In what ways are Aslian languages uncommon in the Austroasiatic context? A typological and diachronic investigation
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Roger Blench
The reconstruction of basket types in Austroasiatic
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 4: Munda Documentation & Grammar
Keynote Talk
Gregory D.S. Anderson (keynote speaker)
Munda languages initiative
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Opino Gamang, S.B. Rathna Kumar, Lokesh Dehariya & Mendem Bapuji
Deictic expression in Lanjia Sora language
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Bikram Jora & Gregory D.S. Anderson
Perfective and imperfective systems in Kherwarian languages
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 5: Language & Culture
Hanis Izzati Musa
Kinship terminology in the Kensiu language
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Sofia Oborskaya
Modern loanwords in the Khmer language
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 6: Syntax
Duong Do Hong
The structure of Vietnamese sentences in texts from the 17th and 19th centuries
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Yi-Ling Irene Liao & Tzong-Hong Jonah Lin
The syntax of the adverbs lai and nữa in Vietnamese
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Rachel Weymuth
Elements and structure of the Rumai noun phrase
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 7: Vietnamese Grammar
Linh Pham & Andrew Simpson
Coreferential properties of the anaphor minh: an experimental study
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Trần Phan
On three particle uses of verb-based đi in Vietnamese
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Thi Thu Huong Ho
Vietnamese passives from a lexical mapping perspective
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 8: Khasi Language & Culture
Syed Faraz Ahmad
Negotiating language ideologies and socialization practices: A case study of Khasi expressives in urban Shillong
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Bianca Nongkynrih
Code-mixing and its impact on the Khasi language
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Session 9: Phonology of Register & Tone
Tạ Thành Tấn, Albert Badosa Roldós & Trần Quang Minh
An analysis of the tonal system in Mã Liềng (Vietic)
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Mathias Jenny, Han Tin, Rachel Weymuth & Alexandra Herdeg
Sandhi or not? Tone assimilation in Htanaw
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Tạ Thành Tấn & Marc Brunelle
A description of tone system in Cuối Chăm (Vietic)
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Keynote Talk
Marc Brunelle & James Kirby
How does the breathy register form? Insights from Austroasiatic and Chamic languages
(Abstract) – (Slides) – (Video)
Book Release:
Austroasiatic Linguistics in honour of Gérard Diffloth (1939-2023)
This book is available to download free of charge
At ICAAL 11, it was decided that the ICAAL community would undertake to produce an edited volume in memory of our departed colleague Gérard Diffloth. We are pleased to report that this project has been completed successfully, and released Austroasiatic Linguistics in honour of Gérard Diffloth (1939-2023) during ICAAL 12. All in-person participants received a print version of the book, and a pdf version has been made available here on the website (see link above). Many thanks to those who contributed chapters, to those who commented on drafts and a special thanks to Paul Sidwell for his editorial leadership, which made this project possible.
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