International Workshop “Current Trends of Linguistic Research of Indigenous Languages in Indonesia”

*This event has already been held.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on indigenous languages in Indonesia, to share information with each other, and to inform and motivate students or researchers who are contemplating or planning research in this area.

There are more than 600 languages in Indonesia, but many are becoming endangered due to language shift to Bahasa Indonesia and/or a more dominant regional language.

The unprecedented speed of the decline of local languages has inspired numerous projects of language documentation and conservation, and this workshop will focus on reporting the situation at present and discussing what has been achieved. We will also outline some of the interesting linguistic features recently found in languages there. We hope that the discussion will prove useful for students and junior researchers and may inspire them to conduct field research in this fascinating country.

Date

17 (Fri.)–18 (Sat.), February 2012

Venue

Room 306, 3F, ILCAA, TUFS

Admission

Free

Sponsored by

ILCAA Linguistic Dynamics Science Project (LingDy)

Speakers

• Alexander ADELAAR (Asia Institute of The University of Melbourne, National Museum of Ethnology)
• Anthony JUKES (RCLT, La Trobe University)
• Antonia SORIENTE (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
• Atsuko UTSUMI (Meisei University)
• Budi SUDARMANTO (Balai Bahasa Palembang)
• František KRATOCHVÍL (Nanyang Technological University)
• Hendrik PAAT (Manado State University)
• I Wayan Budiarta (STIBA Mentari Kupang; Mentari College for Foreign Languages, Kupang)
• Jermy BALUKH (STIBA Cakrawala Nusantara Kupang; Cakrawala College for Foreign Languages, Kupang)
• John BOWDEN (Jakarta Field Station of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
• Kazuya INAGALKI (Kyoto University)
• Kunio NISHIYAMA (Ibaraki University)
• Naomi TSUKIDA (Aichi Prefectural University)
• Nikolaus P. HIMMELMANN (University of Cologne)
• Simon MUSGRAVE (Monash University)
• Timothy MCKINNON (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Delaware)

Coordinators

• Anthony JUKES (RCLT, La Trobe University)
• Antonia SORIENTE (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
• Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA)
• Atsuko UTSUMI (Meisei University)

Program

• TIMETABLE
• ABSTRACTS/ HANDOUTS

TIMETABLE

17 February (Fri.)

Plenary Talks

Reports on research in individual regions

1) Maluku

2) NTT

3) Sulawesi

4) Kalimantan

5) Sumatra

6) Papua

18 February (Sat.)

A taste of Nusantara: linguistic diversity in the minority languages of Indonesia

ABSTRACTS/ HANDOUTS

Plenary Talks

• “Prosody in language description: Taking spoken language seriously”
  Nikolaus P. HIMMELMANN
  Abstract (10K), Handout (785K)
• “Siraya: the revival of a dormant Formosan language”
  Alexander ADELAAR
  Abstract (10K), Proceeding (996K) Handout (1.1M)

Reports on research in individual regions

1) Maluku

• “Local languages in Maluku: the historical context and current situation”
  Simon MUSGRAVE
  Abstract (4K), Handout (7.6M)

2) NTT

• “Current research into languages of Nusa Tenggara Timur”
  John BOWDEN
  Abstract (11K), Handout (6.0M)
• “Language Documentation in Southern Indonesia: Rote, Dhao, and Kupang”
  Jermy BALUKH
  Abstract (16K), Handout (619K)
• “Current Status of Language Documentation in the Alor-Pantar Archipelago”
  František KRATOCHVÍL
  Abstract (99K), Handout (3.3M)
• “Comment: Kemak Language: Current Language Documentation”
  I Wayan Budiarta
  Proceeding (1.0M),

3) Sulawesi

• “Language description and documentation in Sulawesi”
  Anthony JUKES and Hendrik PAAT
  Abstract (6K), Handout (30M)

4) Kalimantan

• “Kalimantan languages: An overview of current research and documentation”
  Antonia SORIENTE and Kazuya INAGAKI
  Abstract (24K), Handout 1 (2.2M), Handout 2 (2.0M)

5) Sumatra

• “State of Linguistic Research in (South) Sumatera”
  Budi SUDARMANTO
  Abstract (16K), Handout (446K)
• “Recent Work on Languages in Sumatra: in and around Jambi”
  Timothy MCKINNON

6) Papua

• “Language Documentation in Papua: The state of the art”
  Apriani ARILAHA, Nikolaus P. HIMMELMANN, Novita NDIKEN and Sutriani NARFAFAN
  Handout (1.2M)

A taste of Nusantara: linguistic diversity in the minority languages of Indonesia

• “Bantik Morphology: Postulating Subtypes of the bases”
  Atsuko UTSUMI
  Abstract (340K), Handout (29M)
• “Emotion and Cognition Predicates in Abui”
  František KRATOCHVÍL and Benidiktus DELPADA
  Abstract (61K), Handout (6.8K)
• “Continuum of Serial Verb Construction and Nominal Clause in Seediq”
  Naomi TSUKIDA
  Abstract (12K), Handout (243K)
• “What is Kerinci?：An closer look at the geography of its core properties”
  Timothy MCKINNON
  Abstract (40K)
• “Possessive Constructions in Lamaholot”
  Kunio NISHIYAMA
  Abstract (17K), Handout (883K)
• “Grammatical relations in Sou Amana Teru”
  Simon MUSGRAVE
  Abstract (17K), Handout (1.6M)
• “Patient / goal marking in Helong”
  John BOWDEN
  Abstract (42K), Handout (3.6M)
• “Comments: Research on Individual Languages in Indonesia”
  Ketut ARTARA and Jermy BALUKH