In December 1978 scholars gathered in Mysore for the Second International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (SICAL). This was a landmark event in Austroasiatic studies that saw discussions on fundamental ideas that laid the ground work for subsequent research into the Austroasiatic phylum. Congratulations are due to the organizers and participants.
Following the model of the Austroasiatic Studies volumes published in 1976 (after the 1st ICAAL, Hawaii 1973), Gérard Diffloth and David Stampe took responsibility for editing the proceedings volume. Half the papers typeset and ready and the others in a high degree of readiness, but for reasons that remain unclear, in 1983 the editors abandoned the project. Readers familiar with Huffman’s 1986 Bibliography and index of mainland Southeast Asian languages and linguistics will have noted the papers cited as SICAL ms.
Subsequently, some of the papers (some substantially revised) were published in journals or as book chapters. Below we list the known participants and links to papers/handouts that were presented/circulated. There are some discrepancies between the list provided by Michel Ferlus (who had attended SICAL) and a photocopied list we obtained via Anthony Grant (many thanks). Those lists have been aggregated, and we are keen for any information providing correction or additions; we are happy to post any additional SICAL related materials you might want to send in. A few papers have not yet been found, and several we have are still to be linked.
- Benjamin, Geoffrey Self and Other in Temiar Grammar
- Benjamin, Geoffrey Temiar terms of relationship and address (published as Temiar Kinship Terminology)
- Bouez, Marine Narrativity and event in a Santal folk-tale
- Diffloth, Gerard Proto East Austroasiatic short central vowels
- Diffloth, Gerard Ideological functions of Temiar oral literature
- Donegan, Patricia Austroasiatic vowel systems
- Dournes, Jacques Austroasiatic versus Austronesian
- Ferlus, Michel Evolution des obstruents mediales en vietnamien
- Henderson, Eugenie J. A. Problems and Pitfalls in the Phonetic Interpretation of Khasi Orthography
- Hercus, Louise (sur les aborigenes australiens)
- Hook, Peter Edwin The Compound Verb in Munda: an areal and typological overview
- Huffman, Franklin E. Synchronic Evidence for the History of Khmer Vowels
- Huffman, Franklin E. On the Centrality of the Katuic-Bahnaric to Austroasitic
- Janzen, Herman A Phonological Description of Pale in Comparison with Gold Palaung and Rumai Palaung
- Krishnamurti, Bh, Lincoln Moses, and Denglas Danforth A new approach to linguistic subgrouping
- Mahapatra, B. P. Munda Languages in Census
- Mahapatra, Khageswar Soraŋ Sompeŋ’: a Sora Script
- Mahapatra, Ranganayaki & B. P. Mahapatra Santali Script and Texts
- Mahapatra, K. & Norman Zide Gta nominal combining forms
- Mahapatra, Khageswar & Norman Zide The Gta? Demonstratives
- Manoharan, S. A Typological Study of Andamanese and Nicobarese Languages
- Matisoff, James Linguistic diversity and language contact in Thailand (published 1983)
- Matisoff, James Stars, moon and spirits: bright beings of the night in Sino-Tibetan
- Mitani, Yasuyuki Problems in the Classification of Palaungic
- Munda, Ram Dayal The Cultural Context of Mundari Poetry with Reference to Tribal Oral History.
- Nagaraja, K. S. Compounding in Khasi
- Nik Safiah , Karim & Ibrahim Ton Binti Semoq Beri – some preliminary Remarks
- Radhakrishnan, R. On central Nicobarese
- Radhakrishnan, R. Nancowry Numerals
- Radhakrishnan, R. Basic vocabulary in 7 Nicobarese languages
- Shorto, H. L. On Mon-Khmer Inter-Branch Relationships
- Simon, Ivan Khasi Adverbs
- Simon, Ivan Auxiliary Verbs and Two Verb-Pieces in Khasi
- Sinha, N. K. Aspect in Mundari: Some Semantic and Grammatical Observations
- Smith, Ken The Payoff from Rhyming Dictionaries: Distribution and Frequency of Word-final – VCs and a Bridge between Bahnaric and Katuic
- Smith, Ken An Automatic Typewriter Assist to Comparative Linguistics with Application to 30 Mon-Khmer Languages
- Stampe, David Kharia-juang phonology
- Stampe, David The Austroasiatic Word
- Starosta, Stanley Sora Noun Inflection Bib-Ref
- SUJARITLAK Wajanarat Classifiers in Mal (Thin)
- Thomas, David The place of Alak, Tampuan, and West Bahnaric
- Thomas, David Conditional Sentences in Chrau
- Vitebsky, Piers Sora “Tag-Words”
- Vitebsky, Piers Birth, entity and responsibility: the spirit of the sun in Sora cosmology
- Weidert, Alfons The Register System of Northwestern Khasi
- Zide, Arlene S-Loss in Sora-Gorum