# Forum on Languages in South China (FoLiSC)

FoLiSC

# FoLiSC-3 (July, 2023)

# 1. Introduction

The 6th Pan-Cantonese Offline Meeting of Lingnaam Jyutjam and the 3rd Forum on Languages in South China (or FoLiSC-3) will be organised by Jyutdict Editorial Board. The basic information of the forum is as follows:

  • Date: 29 July 2023 (Saturday)
  • Time: 13:40pm - 18:00pm (HKT, UTC+8)
  • Venue: Online Zoom meeting (For room number and passcode, please refer to the attached Program and Abstracts below)

# 2. Objectives

We hope to:

  1. Conduct annual academic sharing and discussions before (or after) the Pan-Cantonese Offline Meeting to provide a more formal academic exchange platform for Lingnaam Jyutjam;
  2. Incubate more achievements through regular exchanges.

# 3. Topics

Welcome scholars worldwide to participate in discussions and present linguistic research findings related to languages in South China, such as Yue, Hakka, Min and even ethnic languages. These research findings may include but are not limited to phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, typology, language acquisition, psycho-linguistics, neurolinguistics, computational linguistics, and corpus linguistics. In addition, we welcome ongoing projects, preliminary research, and academic papers from current semesters that have not yet been published.

# 4. Reporting Format

The reporting format for this discussion will adopt a roundtable meeting approach, with each report not exceeding 30 minutes. For instance, the first 5 minutes are for a brief description and summary, and the remaining 25 minutes are for a detailed explanation of the content, during which the audience can ask questions and make comments at any time.

The report language is allowed and limited to Cantonese, Mandarin, or English.

FoLiSC-3 Program and Abstracts: View online (opens new window) | GitHub archive (opens new window)

# FoLiSC-2 (July, 2022)

# 1. Introduction

The 5th Pan-Cantonese Offline Meeting of Lingnaam Jyutjam and the 2nd Forum on Languages in South China (or FoLiSC-2) will be organised by Jyutdict Editorial Board. The basic information of the forum is as follows:

  • Date: July 24, 2022 (Sunday)
  • Time: 14:30pm - 17:35pm (UTC+8)
  • Venue: Online Zoom Meeting (For room number and passcode, please refer to the attached Program and Abstracts)

# 2. Objectives

We hope:

  1. To provide a relatively formal platform for the exchange of Lingnaam Jyutjam through annual academic sharing and discussion before (or after) the regular Pan-Cantonese Offline Meeting.
  2. To incubate more achievements through regular exchanges.

# 3. Topics

Scholars from all over the world are welcome to participate in the discussion or to report on their research findings (including but not limited to phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, typology, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics) related to languages in South China (e.g. Yue, Hakka, Min and even ethnic languages) or on their unpublished research progress, especially ongoing projects, preliminary studies, term papers, etc.

# 4. Report Form

This forum is a round-table discussion, with each report lasting no more than 30 minutes. The first 5 minutes for a brief description and summary, and the second 25 minutes for a detailed explanation of the content, during which the audience can ask questions and make comments at any time.

Cantonese, Mandarin or English are allowed as reporting languages.

FoLiSC-2 Program and Abstracts: View online (opens new window) | GitHub archive (opens new window)

# FoLiSC-1 (July, 2021)

# 1. Introduction

The 4th Pan-Cantonese Offline Meeting of Lingnaam Jyutjam and the 1st Forum on Languages in South China (Internal) (or FoLiSC-1) was organised by Jyutdict Editorial Board. The basic information of the forum is as follows:

  • Date: July 31, 2021 (Saturday)
  • Time: 14:30 pm to 17:15 pm
  • Venue: Online Zoom Meeting

# 2. Objectives

We hope:

  1. To provide a relatively formal platform for the exchange of Lingnaam Jyutjam through annual academic sharing and discussion before (or after) the regular Pan-Cantonese Offline Meeting.
  2. To incubate more achievements through regular exchanges.

# 3. Report Form

This forum is a round-table discussion, with each report lasting no more than 30 minutes. The first 5 minutes for a brief description and summary, and the second 25 minutes for a detailed explanation of the content, during which the audience can ask questions and make comments at any time.

FoLiSC-1 Program and Abstracts (opens new window)


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