Intro/Lead- the founding of the conference; how often it is held, etc
changed platforms.
Also include Austronesian languages and their respective regions, I think this is on the stub. Be sure to note that AFLA was founded specifically to study these languages from a formal perspective specifically, because there were other Austronesian societies in existence beforehand. Make note of the fact that all aspects of the languages are discussed at AFLA.
Maybe move the citation for the timeline to the end of the list rather than having it at the beginning.
Lead edit
The Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) is a learned society that provides forums for collaborative research of Austronesian languages. (keep the current first sentence that's on the stub as well? it's pretty good). Potentially change "provides" to "host" or a more appropriate verb.
While the AFLA was founded at the University of Toronto in 1994, conferences are now 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. The most recent 2019 conference was held in its home administration at the University of Western Ontario, and the 27th planned 2020 AFLA conference was postponed and given a tentative August 20 date due to COVID-19, and is presumed to be held at the National University of Singapore.
Countries included:
- Taiwan
- Island Southeast Asia
- Micronesia
- Coastal New Guinea
- Island Melanesia
- Polynesia
- Madagascar
Founders edit
Anna Maclachlan- author of "Optimality and three western Austronesian case systems"[1] 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[2]
Richard McGinn- accomplished linguist who taught a numerous universities including Ohio University. McGinn died at the age of 78[3]
Barry Miller- attended York University in Toronto an co-founded AFLA with Massam[4]
Lisa Travis- currently a professor of Linguistics at McGill University[5]
Timeline edit
AFLA Conference I (1994): Held at the University of Toronto, with attendees comprised of students and faculty.[6]
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): Will be held at the National University of Singapore (postponed due to COVID-19)
References edit
https://lingalert.com/?s=AFLA&submit=Search
Austronesian Language Map[7]
Austronesian Language Family[8]
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- ^ "Anna Maclachlan - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Diane Massam". homes.chass.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Linguistics Mourns Loss of Dr. Richard McGinn". Ohio University | College of Arts & Sciences. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ Paul, Ileana. (2000). Formal Issues in Austronesian Linguistics. Phillips, Vivianne., Travis, Lisa. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-017-1580-5. OCLC 851379467.
- ^ "Lisa Travis". Linguistics. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association". www.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ Coretta, Stefano (2015-08-29), English: Map showing the distribution of the Austronesian languages and primary subdivisions. Map data from: amcharts.com. Language data from: Blust, R. (2013). The Austronesian languages. Rev. ed. Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access monographs, A-PL 008. Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics., retrieved 2020-05-06
- ^ "The Austronesian Language Family". linguistics.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
