The International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL) is the only international professional organization devoted to the promotion of scientific research on Chinese linguistics/languages, and has held its annual conference at various leading institutions in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia since its establishment in 1992. The event serves as an important occasion for scholars and researchers working on Chinese linguistics across the globe to present original and unpublished research work in all subfields of linguistics on a great variety of the Chinese languages or other languages of China.  

Hosted by Nanyang Technological University, IACL-33 marks a special homecoming: the conference returns to Singapore more than three decades after its inaugural meeting was held here. Building on this historical connection, IACL-33 will bring together established and emerging scholars to exchange ideas and explore new directions in Chinese linguistics. Alongside the main conference programme, several themed workshops and panels will provide focused opportunities for discussion, including  

These sessions will complement the conference’s broad disciplinary coverage and encourage collaboration across theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary boundaries.