The Department of Linguistics of Cornell University is pleased to announce the Ninth Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL9), to be held on August 23-25, 2013. Abstracts are invited for 20 minute talks (plus 10 minute discussion) on topics dealing with formal aspects of any area of theoretical Altaic linguistics, including syntax, phonology, morphology, and semantics. The term ‘Altaic’ is understood to include Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages, as well as Korean and Japanese, and abstract submissions on the linguistics of any members of this group are welcome.

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to April 1.

The proceedings will be published by MITWPL.

9th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics

August 23-25, 2013

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Invited Speakers:


Guglielmo Cinque, Università Ca’Foscari Venezia


Bruce Hayes, UCLA


Susumu Kuno, Harvard University


Sponsored by:

The Mellon Upstate Humanities Corridor

The Department of Linguistics, Cornell University

The Program in Linguistics, Syracuse University

The East Asia Program, Cornell University

The National Institute of Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)



For registration, please click here.


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