CIPL
Comité International Permanent des Linguistes
Permanent International Committee of Linguists

Annual Report 2015

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Introduction
Executive Committee
General Assembly
Linguistic Bibliography / Bibliographie Linguistique
20th International Congress of Linguists (CIL20)
Workshop on Linguistic Approaches to Endangered Languages
CIPSH XXXII
Future priorities
Finances

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Introduction
Over the years, CIPL has developed itself in a continuously changing world. Linguistics itself evolves
and embraces different models, ranging from theoretical to more applied approaches.

Linguistic Bibliography
2015 was a busy but very fruitful year for the editorial team during which the basic work was done
for greater efficiency in the production of the Linguistic Bibliography. The new content management
system, BALI2, was officially adopted and a new “self service” feature was developed. It was
successfully implemented during the summer of 2015 and immediately used to create partial proofs
for the external contributors, and complete proofs of the LB print 2014. Read more about the LB on
page 9.

The Bibliography of Slavic Linguistics, 2000-2014
Published at Brill in three volumes, thematically and geographically ordered in the sections General,
Slavic, South Slavic, West Slavic and East Slavic: The Bibliography of Slavic Linguistics, 2000-2014.

20th International Congress of Linguists
On the 30th of March 2015 , the first official meeting took place in Cape Town between the LOC andrepresentatives of CIPL. In July 2015, the president of CIL 20 and the SG met in Leiden and discussed
the possibility of a grant for CIL 20, and in November 2015 they met again in Spier, Stellenbosch tohave further discussions on the conference.

Workshop on Linguistic Approaches to Endangered Languages
The Linguistics Association of Turkey and the Department of Linguistics of Boḡaziçi
University organized a three-day workshop on Linguistic Approaches to Endangered Languages:
Theory and Description in Istanbul on July 28-30, 2015. The workshop was partially supported
by CIPL. Read more about this workshop on page 12.

CIPSH XXXIIProf David Bradley represented CIPL at the Conseil International de Philosophie et des Sciences
Humaines XXXII General Assembly in Beijing, China 7-9 December 2015 and the UNESCO Regional
Preparatory Meeting of the World Humanities Conference on 10-11 December 2015.

Membership
In 2015, the SG had preliminary discussions about membership with professor Mohammad Anani ,dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and dr. Marwan El-Wuwalla, president of the University of
Petra in Amman, Jordan and with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Finances
The financial report for 2015 has been approved by the auditor and can be consulted on page 15.

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Executive Committee
Prof. D. Bradley, President
The Australian Linguistic Society, La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics, VIC 3086, Australia.
• E-mail:d.bradley@latrobe.edu.au

Prof. Ik-Hwan Lee, Vice-President
The Linguistic Society of Korea, Dept. of English, Yonsei University, Seoul 12-749, Korea.
• E-mail: ihlee@yonsei.ac.kr

Prof. P.G.J. van Sterkenburg, Secretary-General
C.I.P.L., P.O. Box 3023, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. • E-mail: pvansterkenburg@planet.nl

Members:
Prof. M.S. Anwar
Misr Linguistic Circle, 40 Sameer Abdul Rauf St, Extension of Makram Ebeid, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
• E-mail: elghawalbi@yahoo.com

Prof. Kai von Fintel
Linguistic Society of America, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 32-D808, Cambridge MA 02139, USA. • Email: fintel@mit.edu

Prof. Chr. Lehmann
Philosophische Fakultät, Universität, Postfach 900221, 99105 Erfurt, Germany.
• E-mail: Christian.Lehmann@uni-erfurt.de

Prof. J. Moeschler
The Swiss Linguistics Society, Université de Genève, Faculté des Lettres, Département delinguistique, 2, rue de Candolle, 1211 Genève 4, Switserland • E-mail: jacques.moeschler@unige.ch

Prof Yukinori Takubo
Linguistic Society of Japan, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
• E-mail: ytakubo@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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General Assembly
ALBANIA» The Institute of Linguistics and Literature: Prof. Enver Hysa, "Naim Frasheri" Street No. 7, Tirana,
Albania. • Email: enverhysa@yahoo.com
AUSTRALIA» The Australian Linguistic Society: Prof. D. Bradley, La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics,
VIC 3086, Australia. • Email: d.bradley@latrobe.edu.au
AUSTRIA» Wiener Sprachgesellschaft: Prof. B. Hurch, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Graz,
Merangasse 70, A-8010 Graz, Austria. • Email: bernhard.hurch@uni-graz.at» International Network for Terminology (TermNet): Prof. Frieda Steurs, President,
Mooslackengasse 17, 1190 Vienna, Austria. • Email: termnet@termnet.org
BELARUS» The Byelorussian Association for Communicative and Cognitive Linguistics: Prof. A.M. Gorlatov,
Minsk State Linguistic University, Zakharova Street 21, 220064 Belarus, Minsk.
• Email: gorlatov@tut.by
BELGIUM» The Linguistic Society of Belgium: Prof. Timothy Colleman, President of the Linguistic Society ofBelgium, Ghent University, Linguistics Department, Dutch Section, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent,
Belgium. • Email: timothy.colleman@UGent.be» International Pragmatics Association (IPrA): Prof. Jef Verschueren, University of Antwerp,
Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. • Email: jef.verschueren@ua.ac.be
BRAZIL» Brazilian Association of Linguistics (ABRALIN), Prof. Aniela Improta Franca, UFRJ, Faculdade deLetras, Dep. de Lingüística e Filologia, Av. Hoácio Mecedo 2151, Sala D-104, Cidade Universitária,21.941-917, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. • Email: aniela@gmail.com
CANADA» The Canadian Linguistic Association: Prof. F.J. Newmeyer, Department of Linguistics, University ofVictoria, P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2, Canada. • Email: fjn@u.washington.edu
CHINA» Institute of Linguistics/Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Prof. Shen Jiaxuan, 5 Jianguomennei
Dajie, Beijing 100732. • Email: jiaxuanshen@sina.com

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CUBA
» Association de Linguistas de Cuba: Prof. M.E. Figueroa-Esteva, Escuela de Lengua y Literaturas
Hispánicas (UMSNH), Madero Ote. 580, Col. Centro, 58000 Morelia, Mich., Mexico.
• Email: max@unimedia.net.mx
CZECH REPUBLIC» The Center for Computational Linguistics/Charles University Czech republic: Prof. E. Hajicova,
Malostranske nam. 25, 11800 Prague 1, Czech Republic. • Email: hajicova@ufal.mff.cuni.cz
EGYPT» Misr Linguistic Circle: Prof. M.S. Anwar, 40 SameerAbdul Rauf St, Extension of Makram Ebeid,
Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. • Email: elghawalbi@yahoo.com
FINLAND» The Linguistic Association of Finland: Prof. Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, School of Languages andTranslation Studies, University of Turku, Fennicum (Henrikinkatu 3), 20014 Turku, Finland.
• Email: mlhelas@utu.fi
FRANCE» Société de Linguistique de France: Prof. A. Lemaréchal, Université de Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1
rue Victor Cousin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. • Email: catherine.secretan@wanadoo.fr» Société d'histoire et d'épistémologie des sciences du langage (SHESL): Prof. Camiel Hamans,
Baronielaan 185, 4818 PG Breda, The Netherlands. • Email: hamans@telfort.nl
GABON» Université Omar-Bongo: Prof. J. Kwenzi-Mikala, B.P. 13131, Libreville, Gabon.
GERMANY» International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics: Prof. Martin Haase, Otto-FriedrichUniversität Bamberg, An der Universität 5 Zi. 107, 96045 Bamberg, Germany.
• Email: martin.haase@uni-bamberg.de
HUNGARY» Research Institute for Linguistics/Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Prof. F Kiefer, Benczur utca 33,
H-1068 Budapest, Hungary. • Email: Kiefer@nytud.hu
IRELAND» The Irish Academy for the Sciences and Humanities: Prof. B. Ó Buachalla, Cnoc na Sí, An Charraig
Dhubh, Co. Átha Cliath, Ireland. • Email: bobnui@eircom.net
ISRAEL» Societatis Linguisticae Europaeae Sodalicium Israelense: Prof. Y. Tobin, Dept. of Foreign Lit. and
Linguistics & Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105
Be'er Sheva, Israel. • Email: yishai@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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ITALY
» Società Italiana di Glottologia and the Società di Linguistica Italiana: Prof. E. Banfi, Cattedra di
Linguistica Generale, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126
Milano, Italy. • Email: emanuele.banfi@unimib.it
JAPAN» Linguistic Society of Japan: Prof. Yukinori Takubo, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. • Email: ytakubo@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp
KOREA» Linguistic Society of Korea: Prof. Ik-Hwan Lee, Dept. of English, Yonsei University, Seoul 12-749,
Korea. • Email: ihlee@yonsei.ac.kr
LATVIA» Latvian Language Institute: Dr. Agris Timuska, University of Latvia, Akademijas laukuma 1, LV-1050
Riga, Latvia. • Email: agris.timuska@vvc.gov.lv
NETHERLANDS» Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics: Prof. P. Seuren, P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The
Netherlands • Email: pieter.seuren@mpi.nl» Frisian Academy: Prof. R. Salverda, Director-manager, P.O. Box 54, 8900 AB Leeuwarden, The
Netherlands. • Email: rsalverda@fryske-akademy.nl» Societas Linguistica Europaea: Prof. Camiel Hamans, Baronielaan 185, 4818 PG Breda, The
Netherlands. • Email: hamans@telfort.nl
NIGERIA» Linguistic Association of Nigeria: Prof. Eno-Abasi Urua, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian
Languages, University of Uyo, PMB 1017, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
• Email: enoabasi@gmail.com
NORWAY» Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: Prof. John Ole Askedal, University of Oslo,
Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, P.O. Box 1003 Blindern, N-0315
Oslo, Norway. • Email: j.o.askedal@german.uio.no
POLAND» Polish Academy of Sciences: Prof. Elzbieta Manczak-Wohlfeld, Institute of English Philology,
Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Krakow, Poland. • Email: manczak@uj.edu.pl
ROMANIA» Institut de Linguistică, Academia Română: Dr. M. Sala, Calea 13 Septembrie 13, 76100, sector 5,
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SOUTH AFRICA» Linguistic Society of South Africa: Prof. Rajend Mesthrie, School of African and Gender Studies,
Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Cape Town. • Email: rajend.mesthrie@uct.ac.za
SPAIN» Sociedad Española de lingüística: Prof. M. Leonetti, Departamento de Filología, Facultad deFilosofía y Letras, Universidad de Alcalá, Edificio S. José de Caracciolos, C/Trinidad, 5, 28801 - Alcalá(Madrid), Spain. • Email: manuel.leonetti@uah.es
SWITZERLAND» The Swiss Linguistics Society: Prof. J. Moeschler, Université de Genève, Faculté des lettres,
Département de linguistique, 2, rue de Candolle, 1211 Genève 4, Switserland.
• Email: Jacques.moeschler@unige.ch
TAIWAN» Linguistic Society of Taiwan: Prof. Miao-Ling Hsieh, Department of English, National Taiwan
Normal University, 162 Heping East Road, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan 106.
• Email: annmiaolinghsieh@gmail.com
TURKEY» Turkish Linguistics Community: Prof. A. Sumru Ozsoy, Bogazici University, English Language andLiterature, 34342 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey. • Email: ozsoys@boun.edu.tr
UNITED KINGDOM» The Philological Society and the Linguistics Society of Great Britain (LAGB):
Prof. Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF, United
Kingdom. •Email: wmb1001@cam.ac.uk» International Society for Historical Linguistics (ICHL): Mr. John Charles Smith, St Catherine's
College, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UJ, United Kingdom. • Email: johncharles.smith@stcatz.ox.ac.uk
USA» Linguistic Society of America: Prof. Kai von Fintel, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 32-D808, Cambridge MA 02139,
USA. • Email: fintel@mit.edu

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Linguistic Bibliography / Bibliographie Linguistique
The LB team has changed its focus from the print edition to the monthly online updates. This meansthat they check and correct all new entries monthly before the update. Up until last year thecorrections were done during the two months leading up to the publication of the print version,
which meant that corrections were often made a month after online
publication. Now entries have always been corrected at the time of online
publication and a lot of work can be saved later on when the production of
the print volume starts.
The online edition also saw some small improvements that will help withenhancing the user experience. These include new search pages for“Publication Type” and “Theory”; a new page with information about setting up free trial access; anda new page for the recruitment of contributors to LB. As of January student-oriented textbooks areadded as a new category of publications. This category will be exclusive to the online version.

The Bibliography of Slavic Linguistics
A lot of time was spent on the Bibliography of Slavic Linguistics which
was published in November in 3 large volumes (the online version is togo live on the 6th of April 2016).
This was the first spin-off publication and some important lessons
were learned, especially about the amount of work still needed to getolder articles up to standard.
The work has been received quite well in the market in the shortperiod since publication. Slavic languages constitute around 23% of allcontent in LB and any other spin-offs will be significantly smaller.

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20th International Congress of Linguists (CIL20)
On the 30th of March 2015, the first official meeting was held at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
and the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The Local Organising Committee (LOC)
met with the President and SG of CIPL.
The following members of the Scientific Committee (SC ) were chosen: Prof David Bradley (President)
and Prof Mesthrie (President of the Conference). As CIPL-members of the LOC were chosen: Prof van
Sterkenburg and Prof Frieda Steurs (especially for fundraising in Europe).
It was decided that it would be good to have an honorary figure to represent the conference as
Ambassador”. The suggestion of Ayo Bamgbose of Nigeria (a member and past vice-president of
CIPL) was accepted by all present.
The dates of the conference were set from the 2nd till the 6th of July 2018. There was an exchange ofideas on the topics, the invited speakers and the keynote speakers.
It was agreed that the Congress will have 10 paper sessions each with its own focus speaker, up to 30
workshops, and several poster sessions. While speakers and topics are drawn from a wide
international pool, ICL 20 will take the additional opportunity of showcasing African language
research. It will also cover applied linguistic areas of research of vital importance to the African
continent and the 21st century at large, with a special extended session on Multilingualism,
Education, Policy and Development.
A visit to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) made it clear that this location is
the ideal one for the congress since it deposes of large and small rooms, a hotel and several hotels
nearby. The price for the rent may be a problem; if the financial negotiations with the CTICC are notsuccessful UCT remains an option. However in the meantime this problem was solved. See below.
Cape Town offers a range of accommodation options from luxury hotels to mid-range hotels andguest houses, and lower-range backpacker hostels.
It was agreed that fundraising was a vital aspect of conference organization. Frieda Steurs outlined acomprehensive plan to target European funding for specific aspects of the conference.
The languages of the conference will be English, French, Afrikaans and Zulu. The preface of thecongress book and the title page of the conference leaflets should reflect these languages. However,
the main texts of the book would be in English.
In July the SG discussed with the President of the congress the possibility to grant a subsidy for the
congress. After consultation with the President of CIPL during the conference in Istanbul, this subsidy
was granted.

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On the 25th of November, a meeting of the LOC took place in Spier (Stellenbosch). On that occasion,
the contract was signed between the LSSA and CIPL and handed over to the conference and thevenue (CTICC) were confirmed. The keynote speakers to be invited were discussed once again as
were the workshops to be organized. It was noted that Gesture and Sign Language were to be kept
apart. Finally the dates for the call of papers and workshops were finalized, as well as the timing forthe congress book that has to be ready before the start of the congress.

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Workshop on Linguistic Approaches to Endangered
Languages: Theory and Description
The workshop in Istanbul on July 28-30, 2015 brought together linguists working on linguistic analysisof endangered languages mainly, but not exclusively, of Eurasia. According to the UNESCO website
for endangered languages, 43% of living languages are endangered. These statistics underline thesignificance of linguistic analysis of endangered languages. While the documentation of theselanguages is crucial in preserving them for posterity, it is undeniable that rigorous analysis of the data
will enhance our understanding of the properties of human language, thus providing us with further
insight into the nature of the cognitive functions of the human mind.
During the opening session Prof. Taylan Akdoğan, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences of Boğaziçi
University, Prof. Didar Akar the vice-chair of the Linguistics Department, Prof. Dr. Ümit Deniz Turan of
the Linguistics Association of Turkey,
Prof. Dr. Piet van Sterkenburg, SG of
CIPL and Prof. Dr. A. Sumru Özsoy ofBoğaziçi University, the local organizerof the workshop, gave welcomingcomments.
The opening session was immediately
followed by the talk of the first keynote
speaker: Prof. Peter Austin who spoke
about Language Documentation andLanguage Revitalisation - partners orjust good friends? Prof. David Bradley, second keynote speaker, spoke about Language
Endangerment and Language Reclamation: Fostering Resilience.
During the course of the conference, in addition to the two sessions for the keynote speakers, there
were seven paper presentation sessions and a poster presentation session where poster presenterswere asked to give a brief introduction to their research.
The paper presentation sessions were thematically organized as follows: Session 1: Endangered
Languages: Methodology & Data; Session 2: The Verb and VP; Session 3: Syntax; Session 4:
Phonology; Session 5: Morphology/Syntax; Session 6: Language Contact; Session 7: Morphology.
A large number of language families were represented at the conference. These included Turkic,
Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan, Arabic, Khoisan, Yurakaré and Indo-European (Indic, Greek, Romance)
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CIPSH General Assembly XXXII and World Humanities
ConferenceProf David Bradley represented CIPL at the CIPSH (Conseil International de Philosophie et desSciences Humaines) General Assembly XXXII in Beijing, China 7-9 December 2015. CIPL is afoundation member of CIPSH and has been a member since 1949.
The CIPSH General Assembly decided to continue publishing its journal, Diogenes, and to admit four
new member organisations. The major decision was to organise the UNESCO World Conference ofthe Humanities in Liège, Belgium on 6-12 August 2017. Prof David Bradley and Prof Frieda Steurs
were invited to join the Scientific Committee of the conference, representing CIPL.
After the CIPSH General Assembly, the UNESCO Regional Preparatory Meeting of the World
Humanities Conference was convened from 10-11 December 2015, on the topic “International
Conference on Science and Civilization on the Silk Roads”.
Prof David Bradley presented a paper entitled “Linguistic History of Animals and Crops from theAncient Silk Road” during this conference, and also launched a new book, David Bradley & Pei Likun(eds.), 山海经世界地理与中国远古文明 / Shanhaijing World Geography and Ancient Chinese
Civilization. Beijing: Beijing Foreign Language Press [in English and Chinese].

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Future priorities
Linguistic Bibliography
For the future, the implementation of the new “self service” feature will result both in increased
efficiency and in lowering the annual costs for the production of both the online edition (withmonthly updates) and the print edition. Apart from some further improvements an important newfeature is the DOI field which will allow for a direct link to the original sources.

Linguistic Approaches to Endangered Languages
CIPL will continue to invest in endangered languages by initiating and subsidising summer schools,
projects and conferences on endangered languages. Our negotiations with SOAS on a contribution of
CIPL for a monograph series on endangered languages has been delayed.
UNESCO has no financial means to prepare a new edition of the atlas of endangered languages. Talks
are being held with different organisations about a new concept for this project. The idea is not tolimit the project to endangered languages, but to create an atlas for all languages. CIPL is concerned
about these developments, and prefers to place the highest priority focus on endangered languages,
and is willing to invest in this with people and finances.

Newsletter
CIPL is negotiating with Brill about a weblog, as the discussions about a contract with LinguistList
were not successful.

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Finances
Please see enclosed Financial Statements. The 2015 Annual Report was approved.

Leiden, 31 December 2015

Prof. D. Bradley, President CIPL

Prof. P. van Sterkenburg, Secretary-General CIPL

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