Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16 (FASAL 16) will be hosted by the Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina.
In the interest of including as many colleagues from around the world as possible, this year FASAL will have both an in-person component on April 10-11, 2026 at the USC campus in Columbia, SC and a fully online component on April 18, 2026. Researchers submitting abstracts should indicate for which component(s) they are would like to be considered.
FASAL reaches out to all researchers that do high-quality linguistic study of any South Asian language adopting a wide range of methodologies. We welcome submissions on under-researched and/or endangered South Asian languages in areas including, but not limited to phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, and historical linguistics. We particularly encourage submissions from researchers located in South Asia.
To REGISTER for the in-person meeting on April 10-11 (not for presenters): Please register to join us in Columbia so we can know to expect you!Â
To REGISTER for the online meeting April 18 (not for presenters): Please register for the online portion of our meeting on April 18 to receive the appropriate links.
NOTE: FASAL is not charging a registration fee for either in-person or remote attendance.
Invited Speakers
Troy Messick (Rutgers)
Diti Bhadra (University of Minnesota)
Sameer ud Dowla Khan (Reed)