36.3362, Calls: 19th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (Germany)

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Subject: 36.3362, Calls: 19th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (Germany)

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Date: 03-Nov-2025
From: Cem Keskin [keskin at leibniz-zas.de]
Subject: 19th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics


Full Title: 19th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
Short Title: WAFL19

Date: 30-Jun-2026 - 02-Jul-2026
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact Person: Cem Keskin
Meeting Email: keskin at leibniz-zas.de
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/view/wafl19

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Phonology; Pragmatics; Semantics;
Syntax
Language Family(ies): Altaic

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2026

Call for Papers:
We are pleased to announce that the 19th Workshop on Altaic Formal
Linguistics (WAFL19) will take place on 30 June – 2 July 2026 at the
Leibniz-Center General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany.
We invite abstracts for in-person talks (20-minute presentation +
10-minute discussion) or poster presentations on any topic in
theoretical Altaic linguistics, including phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, or pragmatics, as well as work based on
experimental approaches of theoretical relevance. The term ‘Altaic’ is
understood here to include Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages,
as well as Japonic and Koreanic.
In addition to the more customary themes relevant to Altaic
linguistics, WAFL19 will include a highlighted focus on hybridization
in grammar. Many Altaic languages have been – and continue to be – in
sustained contact with typologically distinct neighbors (e.g. Slavic,
Iranian, Sinitic), creating conditions for the emergence of mixed,
hybrid, or blended structures. Contact-induced subordination patterns
in Balkan Turkic that blend Turkic and Balkan subordination templates
provide one illustrative domain. We especially welcome contributions
that address such phenomena.
All updates (including program, practical information, etc.) will be
posted on the event website: https://sites.google.com/view/wafl19
Local organizers:
- Cem Keskin (keskin at leibniz-zas.de)
- Kazuko Yatsushiro (yatsushiro at leibniz-zas.de)
Submission Details:
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Site: https://openreview.net/group?id=WAFL/2026/Conference
Note: We strongly encourage creating an OpenReview profile early due
to the moderation policy for newly created profiles: New profiles
created without an institutional email go through a moderation process
that can take up to two weeks, whereas new profiles created with an
institutional email are activated automatically.
Abstracts:
- must be anonymous
- at most 2 pages in length, including examples, tables, figures, and
references
- 12pt font and 1 inch margins (US letter) or 2.5 cm margins (A4) on
all four sides
- maximum of two per person, one of which must be co-authored



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