Workshop on linguistic and cultural diversity in the Northeast India-Myanmar-Southwest China region

* This event has already been held.

Date/Time

28 December, 2021 (Tue.), 10:30–16:30
29 December, 2021 (Wed.), 10:30–17:00

Venue

Online Meeting via Zoom

Program

28 December (Tue.)

10:30–10:40
Opening

10:45–11:35
Kosei OTSUKA (Osaka University)
“Lexical borrowing in Asho Chin”

11:45–12:35
Keita KURABE (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“Is Jinghpaw conservative or innovative? The lexical borrowing rate in Jinghpaw”

13:40–14:30
Randy LaPOLLA (Beijing Normal University)
“Manifestations of Jinghpaw influence among Rawang speakers”

14:40–15:30
Carmen Eva MARSEILLE (Nanyang Technological University)
“Variation within Tai Leng in Northern Myanmar”

15:40–16:30
Muhammad ZAKARIA (JSPS Research Fellow, Osaka University)
“Lexical and grammatical borrowings and replications in Hyow, a language of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area”

29 December (Wed.)

10:30–10:35
Announcement

10:35–11:25
Atsuhiko KATO (Keio University)
“On the homeland of Karenic languages: from the perspective of plant names”

11:30–12:20
Hiroyuki SUZUKI (Fudan University)
“Geolinguistic approach to the migration history in the south-eastern edge of the Tibetosphere: Methodological remarks”

13:20–14:10
Hideo SAWADA (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“Attempts to plot the source languages of village names on a map of Kachin State, Myanmar”

14:15–15:05
Bishakha Das
“Semantics of cultural lexicon of Tai Khamti spoken in North East India” (tentative)

15:10–16:00
Alexander COUPE (Nanyang Technological University)
“Accounting for language contact and linguistic diversity in Nagaland”

16:00–16:55
Discussion

16:55–17:00
Closing

Entry

Entry is open to anyone interested in this workshop. The Zoom link is available here.

Language

English

Jointly Organized by

• JSPS-NTU/NUS Joint Research Project “Ethnolinguistic contact across the Indo-Myanmar-Southwestern China mountains: migration routes, intercultural interactions, and linguistic outcomes”
• Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3 (LingDy3)”, ILCAA, TUFS