ICAAL 13

The 13th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 13) will be held in online format via Google Meet over three days, October 29-31, 2025. ICAAL is the principal regular meeting for presenting and discussing research on Austroasiatic languages and linguistics. We are looking forward to bringing Austroasiatic scholars together once again this year.

Those who submitted abstracts overwhelmingly indicated a preference for online participation. In response, the organizers have decided not to go ahead with an in-person meeting this year. We want to thank the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Udont Thani Rajabhat University for their willigness to host the meeting.


Abstract Book

The ICAAL 13 abstract book may be downloaded here.


Attendance

Attendance is free of charge without prior registration for non-presenters. Please follow the links below to attend the conference via Google Meet.

Wednesday, 29 October

https://meet.google.com/dju-mmpj-vsc

Thursday, 30 October

https://meet.google.com/bdb-kzan-eib

Friday, 31 October

https://meet.google.com/tjb-icgu-zbf

Please note:

  • If you have not used Google Meet before, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with it before the meeting (it is somewhat different to Zoom).
  • During sessions, please keep your microphone muted until invited to speak. 
  • Questions and comments can be submitted at any time using the chat function.
  • Sessions are programmed to run 9am-5pm Indochina Time (UTC+7).


Program

ICAAL13 Conference Schedule

ICAAL13 Conference Schedule

International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics

Morning Session
9:00 – 9:30
Opening Remarks & Book Launch
Panel: Language & Society | Chair: Paul Sidwell
9:30 – 10:00
Digital Multilingualism in Vietnam’s Austroasiatic Communities
Le Thi Kieu Van
10:00 – 10:30
The Current Situation of Language Use of the Bru-Van Kieu People in Quang Binh, Vietnam
Bùi Thị Ngọc Anh
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Panel: Vietnamese | Chair: Paul Sidwell
10:45 – 11:15
Topicalization in Vietnamese: A Reinterpretation of the “Double Subject”
Mayumi Adachi
11:15 – 11:45
On Applicative Constructions in Vietnamese and Some Southern Chinese Varieties
Trần Phan, Xin-Tian Lau, Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai
11:45 – 12:15
Symbolic Naming in Vietnam’s Urban Landscape: Language, Identity, and Aspirational Discourse
Luong Thi Hien, Nguyen Duc Long
Afternoon Session
Panel: Meghalayan | Chair: Mathias Jenny
1:30 – 2:00
Writing with Feeling: Paralinguistic Strategies for Emotion and Intonation in Khasi YouTube Comment
Clarissa Rajee, Ruth Rymbai
2:00 – 2:30
Capturing Khasi Voices: Language Documentation Through Folktale Storytelling
Evarisha Syiem
2:30 – 3:00
Phonetic Analysis of Whistling Names in Kongthong: Patterns and Contexts
Rymphang Rynjah, Sarah Lyngdoh
3:00 – 3:15
Coffee Break
Panel: Meghalayan | Chair: Mathias Jenny
3:15 – 3:45
The Grammatical Role of Aesthetic Components in Pnar Discourse
Gamidalah War
3:45 – 4:15
Dearth of Case-Marking in Noun Incorporation (NI) in Pnar
Imontre Sutnga
Morning Session
Panel: Historical | Chair: Gregory Anderson
9:00 – 9:30
The Origins and Development of the So-Called Incopyfixation in Aslian Languages
Hyung-Soo Kim
9:30 – 10:00
Vowel Length and Glottalization in Proto-Austroasiatic “Open” Syllables
Ryan Gehrmann
10:00 – 10:30
Au Revoir *oa — Moins c’est Plus
Paul Sidwell
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Panel: Historical | Chair: Toby Weber
10:45 – 11:15
Vowels in Early Chinese Loanwords in Vietnamese with Comparative Data from Vietic
Mark Alves
11:15 – 11:45
The Sound Changes of D in Vietnamese
Nathan Nguyen
11:45 – 12:15
Proto-Khmuic Presyllable Contrasts
Nathaniel Hiroz
Afternoon Session
Panel: Historical | Chair: Nathaniel Hiroz
1:30 – 2:00
Word Order in Austroasiatic: Evidence from a Parallel Corpus
Hiram Ring
2:00 – 2:30
Traps and Trapping in Early Austroasiatic
Roger Blench
2:30 – 3:00
Towards a Diachronic Typology of Nicobarese Languages
Tobias Weber
3:00 – 3:15
Coffee Break
Panel: Morphosyntax | Chair: Paul Sidwell
3:15 – 3:45
Causative Constructions in Tampuan
Irina Samarina, Sergey Dmitrenko
3:45 – 4:15
Relative Expressions in Htanaw
Mathias Jenny, Han Tin, Rachel Weymuth, Alexandra Herdog
4:15 – 4:45
The Intensive Prefix kʌp- in Rumai Palaung
Rachel Weymuth
Morning Session
Panel: Munda | Chair: Mathias Jenny
9:00 – 9:30
Outstanding Issues in Santali Vocalism and Vowel Harmony
Luke Horo, Gregory Anderson
9:30 – 10:00
Exploring the Pronominals in South Munda Languages: A Comparative Study
Ngaineiting Baite et al.
10:00 – 10:30
On the Etymology of the Word kıttuŋ ‘god’ in Sora
Evgeniya Renkovskaya
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Panel: Phonology | Chair: Paul Sidwell
10:45 – 11:15
Contact-Driven Phonological Divergence in Lawa: The Role of Internal Change and External Pressure
Pawarut Kratognok
11:15 – 11:45
The Distribution of Pitch Accents in Khasi Intonation Structure
Ruth Rymbai, Barika Khyriem
11:45 – 12:15
A Phonological Sketch of War-Jaintia
Umarani Pappuswamy, Gamidalah War, S.Sulochana Singha, Vidyarati Joshi, Sujoy Sarkar, Aleendra Brahma
Afternoon Session
Panel: Phonology | Chair: Nathaniel Hiroz
1:30 – 2:00
Revisiting Register Contrast in Mon: Production and Perception
Sireemas Maspong, Patrick McCormick, James Kirby
2:00 – 2:30
The Tonemes of Malieng
Albert Badosa, Tạ Thành Tấn, Trần Quang Minh
2:30 – 3:00
Tone and Syntactically Conditioned Tone Alternations in Vax (En): An Acoustic Study
Shane Devereux, Ryan Gehrmann
3:00 – 3:15
Coffee Break
Panel: Agreement | Chair: Toby Weber
3:15 – 3:45
Finiteness and Subject-Verb Agreement in Santali Relative Clauses
Medha Sara Sam
3:45 – 4:15
Comparison of Agreement Phenomenon in Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman Languages
Sharma & Bhattacharya
4:15 – 4:45
Business Meeting


Book Release:

Austroasiatic Linguistics in honour of Michel Ferlus (1935-2024)

This book will be available to download free of charge here on icaal.net after release

At ICAAL 12, the ICAAL community resolved to produce the next edited volume in the Austroasiatic Linguistics series in memory of our departed colleague Michel Ferlus. We are pleased to announce that Austroasiatic Linguistics in honour of Michel Ferlus (1935-2024) will be released at ICAAL 13. All registered participants have had the option to purchase a print version of the book, and a pdf version will be made available here on ICAAL.net after the conference. We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the the volume through contributions, reviews and editorial service.