The workshop convener is Professor Anju Saxena, and confirmed speakers include Gregory Andersson from the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages; Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi from Deccan College; Henrik Liljegren, Stockholm University; and Claus Peter Zoller, Oslo University.
South Asia is home to 743 languages belonging to four major language families. However the typological profiles of even the major language families are not well covered in the literature. The workshop aims to start a more insightful discussion of the typological profiles of at least the major South Asian language families which will help to relate to studies in language typology, language contact and language change. Full information.
Uppsala University workshop on typological profiles of language families of South Asia
On 15-16 September 2016, the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University hosts a workshop to discuss issues concerning the typological profiles of the major language families of South Asia.