Call for Papers

The 33rd Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-33)

Nanyang Technological University, July 21 – July 23, 2027

Call for papers

  • The 33rd annual meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-33) will take place on July 21-23, 2027, hosted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
  • Abstracts are invited for talks on any fields of Chinese linguistics or linguistic studies of languages in China. Each talk will be 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author.

Abstract format

  • Abstracts should take the form of a PDF and DOCX document, and all non-standard fonts should be embedded in the document. Abstracts should not be more than 2 pages (using 2.5 cm or 1 inch margins on all sides), including examples and (selected) references.
  • Abstracts should be anonymous, and can be written in English or Chinese:
    • For English: Please use standard Times New Roman font, size 12 pt
    • For Chinese: Please use Songti font 宋体 or SimSun, size ‘small 4’

Submission guidelines

  • Abstracts should be submitted online through
  • Please indicate that you wish to have your abstract considered for one of the panels or workshops listed above in addition to the general conference sessions.
  • Please name the file in the following way:
    • For single-authored papers: LastName_FirstName.pdf
    • For co-authored papers: LastName_FirstName_co.pdf (list only the first author)
    • (For example, San Zhang would name his file as Zhang_San.pdf, or Zhang_San_co.pdf for co-authored paper)
  • Abstracts for regular presentations should be submitted no later than January 31, 2027, 11:59 pm, Singapore Time (GMT +8).
  • The result will be notified around March 12, 2027.

Formal Semantics of Chinese

  • A Themed Panel at IACL 33
  • The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

We invite abstracts for a themed panel on Chinese semantics at IACL 33, hosted by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The panel highlights the contribution of logical and mathematical approaches to understanding Chinese grammar and the role of Chinese in advancing semantic theory. It aims to promote dialogue between close empirical investigation and explicit formal analysis.

We welcome original, unpublished contributions from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Studies may draw on formal analysis, fieldwork, corpus research, experiments, or computational methods. Comparative research is welcome where Chinese data play a central role in the argument.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Quantification, scope, distributivity, and plurality;
  • Reference, definiteness, nominal interpretation, and anaphora;
  • Tense, aspect, event structure, and temporal interpretation;
  • Modality, conditionals, attitude reports, and evidentiality;
  • Questions, alternatives, focus, and information structure;
  • Negation, polarity, comparison, and degree constructions;
  • Presupposition, implicature, discourse particles, and context dependence;
  • Lexical meaning and the syntax–semantics and semantics–pragmatics interfaces;
  • Experimental, corpus-based, and computational approaches to Chinese semantics.

Invited Speaker:

  • Professor PAN Haihua, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Professor LIN Jowang, Academia Sinica

Organizer:

  • LI Haoze, NTU
  • LUO Zhuosi, Beijing Foreign Studies University