Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages (FASAL) is the main North American venue dedicated to the presentation and discussion of linguistic research on South Asian languages. We welcome submissions that draw on data from South Asian languages (including Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, and Tibeto-Burman languages) using a wide range of methodologies.Submissions on under-researched and endangered South Asian languages, submissions from minority groups, and submissions from researchers based in South Asia are encouraged.

Mini workshop

FASAL 15 will include a mini workshop on Discourse Dynamics in South Asian Languages. Over the past decade and a half, there has been increasing interest in investigating discourse phenomena in South Asian languages - with studies  investigating question particles, intonational strategies, evidentiality, and discourse particles. We welcome submissions that contribute to this growing area of research including but not limited to work on clause-type signals, their modifiers, intonation, and discourse particles in South Asian languages that explore the role of such strategies in constraining and updating contexts.

Specifications/formatting

Font no smaller than 11pt Times New Roman or similar; 1-inch/2.5cm margins; 2 pages, letter size or A4, including references, examples and title; Examples and graphics interspersed with the body of the abstract rather than collected at the end

Key dates

Submissions open: October 10, 2024

Submission deadline: December 31, 2024, 11:59pm anywhere on Earth

Notifications sent: January 25 2024