Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association

The Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) is a learned society that hosts forums for collaborative research on Austronesian languages. Founded in 1994 at the University of Toronto,[2] AFLA is now administered from the University of Western Ontario. Conferences are held annually at a multitude of institutes across the globe, including Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (AFLA 2016), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (AFLA 2000), and Academia Sinica (AFLA 2018) located in Taipei, Taiwan.[3] The most recent 2019 conference was held in its home administration at the University of Western Ontario. Due to COVID-19, the AFLA 2020 conference was postponed and tentatively rescheduled for August 20 at the National University of Singapore.[4]

Distribution of Austronesian languages and primary subdivisions[1]

Founders

Anna Maclachlan - author of "Optimality and three western Austronesian case systems"[5] and 13 other research papers on Austronesian language

Diane Massam - professor in the department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto where she is involved in many research efforts[6]

Richard McGinn - accomplished linguist who taught a numerous universities including Ohio University. McGinn died at the age of 78[7]

Barry Miller - attended York University in Toronto an co-founded AFLA with Massam[8]

Lisa Travis - currently a professor of Linguistics at McGill University[9]

Timeline

AFLA Conference I (1994): Held at the University of Toronto, with attendees being students and faculty.

AFLA Conference II (1995): Held at McGill University

AFLA Conference III (1996): Held at the University of California at Los Angeles

AFLA Conference IV (1997): Held at the University of California at Los Angeles

AFLA Conference V (1998): Held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

AFLA Conference VI (1999): Held at the University of Toronto

AFLA Conference VII (2000): Held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

AFLA Conference VIII (2001): Held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AFLA Conference IX (2002): Held at Cornell University

AFLA Conference X (2003): Held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

AFLA Conference XI (2004): Held at Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung

AFLA Conference XII (2005): Held at the University of California at Los Angeles

AFLA Conference XIII (2006): Held at the National Tsing Hua University and Academia Sinica

AFLA Conference XIV (2007): Held at McGill University

AFLA Conference XV (2008): Held at the University of Sydney

AFLA Conference XVI (2009): Held at the University of California, Santa Cruz

AFLA Conference XVII (2010): Held at Stony Brook University, New York

AFLA Conference XVIII (2011): Held at Harvard University

AFLA Conference XIX (2012): Held at the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica & Linguistic Society of Taiwan

AFLA Conference XX (2013): Held at the University of Texas at Arlington

AFLA Conference XXI (2014): Held at the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica & Linguistic Society of Taiwan

AFLA Conference XXII (2015): Held at McGill University

AFLA Conference XXIII (2016): Held at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

AFLA Conference XXIV (2017): Held at the University of Washington

AFLA Conference XXV (2018): Held at the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan

AFLA Conference XXVI (2019): Held at the Inter-faculty Program in Linguistics, University of Western Ontario

AFLA Conference XXVII (2020): Expected to be held at the National University of Singapore (postponed due to COVID-19)[10]

See also

Notes and references
  1. Knoblauch, Aline; Gander, Antoine (2019-04-18). "Figure 1 from: Knoblauch A, Gander A (2019) Distribution of a residual population of the Dytiscid Graphoderus bilineatus (de Geer, 1774) in the Grande Cariçaie nature reserves, Switzerland. Alpine Entomology 3: 83-91. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.3.30417". doi:10.3897/alpento.3.30417.figure1. Cite journal requires |journal= (help); External link in |title= (help)
  2. "Welcome to AFLA", official website, Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association, accessed 27 May 2009.
  3. "Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association". uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  4. "AFLA 27 – National University of Singapore, August 2020". Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  5. "Anna Maclachlan - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  6. "Diane Massam". homes.chass.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  7. "Linguistics Mourns Loss of Dr. Richard McGinn". Ohio University | College of Arts & Sciences. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  8. Paul, Ileana. (2000). Formal Issues in Austronesian Linguistics. Phillips, Vivianne., Travis, Lisa. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-017-1580-5. OCLC 851379467.
  9. "Lisa Travis". Linguistics. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  10. "Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association". uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  1. "Search Results for "AFLA"". Ling alert. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. Knoblauch, Aline; Gander, Antoine (2019-04-18). "Figure 1 from: Knoblauch A, Gander A (2019) Distribution of a residual population of the Dytiscid Graphoderus bilineatus (de Geer, 1774) in the Grande Cariçaie nature reserves, Switzerland. Alpine Entomology 3: 83-91. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.3.30417". doi:10.3897/alpento.3.30417.figure1. Cite journal requires |journal= (help); External link in |title= (help)
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