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WELCOME!

ICAL is coming to the Philippines for the second time and to Manila for the first time!

The 16th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics will be held in Manila, Philippines on 20-24 June 2024.

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ABOUT ICAL

The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. Malagasy is a geographic outlier, which is spoken on Madagascar. Austronesian has ten primary subgroups, nine of them found in Taiwan (the Formosan languages) and one ancestral to all other members of the family (Malayo-Polynesian languages). Austronesian is one of the largest language families in the world, both in terms of number of languages (1244 according to Ethnologue) and in terms of the geographical extent of the homelands of its languages (from Madagascar to Easter Island).

AVSTER

south

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νῆσος

island

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austronesisch
Austronesian

The term Austronesian was coined by Wilhelm Schmidt. It comes from the Latin auster and the Ancient Greek nêsos in reference to the islands south of the Asian mainland.

ICAL

The International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (ICAL) gathers scholars who work on all aspects of Austronesian languages from varying theoretical and methodological perspectives. It serves as a significant platform for sharing new knowledge and ideas, and for discussing emerging research trends in the context of Austronesian Linguistics. Consequently, it aims to sustain the conversations and discussions on one of the world’s largest and most diverse language families in the areas of historical and comparative linguistics, morphosyntax, language documentation and description, and other relevant subfields of linguistics. ICAL started as a quadrennial conference in 1974, and is now held periodically every 2-3 years and has already been hosted by various institutions around the world.

16-ICAL

Following the success of the past ICALs, and in commemoration of its 50th year of inception, the Sixteenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (16-ICAL) is returning to the Philippines and will be held at the De La Salle University, Manila on 20-24 June, 2024. This 5-day event is jointly hosted by the Department of English and Applied Linguistics, De La Salle University (DLSU-DEAL); the Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP), and the Department of Linguistics, University of the Philippines Diliman (UP-LINGG).

PAST ICAL CONFERENCES

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1-ICAL

January 2-7, 1974

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Parliament House

2-ICAL

January 4-12, 1978

Canberra, Australia

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3-ICAL

January 19-24, 1981

Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

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4-ICAL

August 13-18, 1984

Suva, Fiji 

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5-ICAL

January 11-16, 1988

Auckland, New Zealand

ICAL STEERING COMMITTEE

Until 16-ICAL:

  • Alexander Adelaar (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

  • Laura Arnold (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

  • Isabelle Bril (CNRS, France)

  • Shirley Dita (De La Salle University, the Philippines)

  • Emily Gasser (Swarthmore College, USA)

  • David Gil (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany)

  • Atsuko Kanda Utsumi (Meisei University, Japan)

  • Daniel Kaufman (The City University of New York, USA)

  • František Kratochvíl (Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia)

  • Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, Australia)

  • Narivelo Rajaonarimanana (University of Antananarivo, Madagascar)

  • Baholisoa Simone Ralalaoherivony (University of Antananarivo, Madagascar)

  • Antonia Soriente (University of Naples "L’Orientale", Italy)

  • Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

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THE 16-ICAL COMMITTEE

Shirley N. Dita
De La Salle University
Convenor, 16-ICAL

Chair, DLSU-DEAL

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Aldrin P. Lee
University of the Philippines Diliman
Co-Convenor, 16-ICAL
President, Linguistic Society of the Philippines

Maria Kristina S. Gallego
University of the Philippines Diliman
Co-Convenor, 16-ICAL
Chair, UP-LINGG

16-ICAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

  • Aireen Arnuco (DEAL, De La Salle University)

  • Robin de los Reyes (Linguistic Society of the Philippines)

  • Honeylet Dumoran (Linguistic Society of the Philippines)

  • Divine Angeli Endriga (Department of Linguistics, UP Diliman)

  • Rynj Gonzales (Linguistic Society of the Philippines)

  • Rodney Jubilado (Linguistic Society of the Philippines)

  • Rochelle Irene Lucas (DEAL, De La Salle University, Philippines)

  • Naonori Nagaya (University of Tokyo, Japan)

  • Philip Rentillo (DEAL, De La Salle University)

  • Francisco Rosario, Jr. (Department of Linguistics, UP Diliman)

  • Vincent Christopher Santiago (Department of Linguistics, UP Diliman)

  • Michael Tanangkingising (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan)

  • Louward Zubiri (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)

THE 16-ICAL CO-HOSTS

The Department of English and Applied Linguistics (DEAL) under the Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education (BAGCED) primarily houses the English and applied linguistics programs and research pursuits of De La Salle University. DEAL leads in providing outstanding language education, research and support programs in the country and will emerge as a model of academic achievement, research excellence and genuine social commitment in the Asia-Pacific region by utilizing the best teaching practices and the latest thrusts and trends in language education.

Through a dynamic teaching and learning environment, the Department fosters the holistic development of both teachers and learners by engaging them in socially-oriented activities such as community exposure and outreach programs in private and public institutions as well as establishing linkages and partnerships with government, educational, and other sectors of society that create opportunities for scholarly, relevant, and meaningful sharing and application of knowledge and skills.

Get in touch with DEAL via:

The UP Department of Linguistics (UP Lingg), established on 28 August 1922, is the premier academic institution that specializes in Philippine Linguistics. The Department is distinctly focused on the scientific study, preservation, and promotion of Philippine languages and dialects through teaching, archiving, research, and publication. It is also mandated to use its research expertise to address language issues in the country.
Home to the oldest linguistics program in the Philippines, it is the only department in the country that houses degree programs at the BA, MA, and PhD levels.
 
The Department conducts research and provides instruction on a wide range of theoretical, data-driven, and interdisciplinary research. The descriptive and comparative studies conducted by the Department on various Philippine languages and dialects aim to assess the status of these languages and trace their history and development. The research outputs of its faculty, researchers, and students are disseminated through various platforms, including The Archive journal and the occasional Philippine Linguistics Congress.

Aside from Philippine Linguistics, the Department is also recognized as an expert in the teaching of the national languages of Asia. It is designated as a Center of Excellence in Foreign Languages by the country’s Commission on Higher Education. It currently offers a roster of courses in Asian languages, such as Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, and Thai.

The Department also has a University-instituted extension program that offers various public services for Filipinos interested in learning more about Philippine linguistics (through the Summer Seminars in Linguistics) and Asian languages (through the Asian Language Extramural Classes). It also provides consultative services to the academe, the government, and the industry.

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