Full Title: The 3rd Conference on Evidentiality and Its Related Categories

Date: 15-Nov-2025 - 16-Nov-2025
Location: Macao, China
Contact Person: Wenjiang Yang
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics; Semantics; Typology

Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2025

Dates: 15 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025
Venue: University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao SAR, China
Working Language: English
Contact Person: Wenjiang Yang
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Meeting Description:
Following the success of the first conference hosted by Sun Yat-sen University in 2018 and the second conference hosted by Beijing Normal University in 2023, the 3rd Conference on Evidentiality and Its Related Categories is scheduled to take place on 15-16 November 2025 at the University of Macau (UM). This conference is to be organized by the Department of Japanese, and co-organized by the Centre for Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UM.

The conference will be conducted on-site. Presenters are responsible for their own transportation and accommodation expenses. There will be no registration fee for all presenters. The organizers can assist in booking rooms at the UM Guest House, but availability is limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Invited Speakers:
Prof. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Central Queensland University)
Prof. Seongha Rhee (Mahidol University / Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Prof. Heiko Narrog (Tohoku University)

Scientific Committee:
Elvis Yang Huang (Southwest Jiaotong University)
Hongyong Liu (University of Macau)
Chia-Jung Pan (Beijing Normal University)
Mingyuan Shao (Sun Yat-sen University)
Wenjiang Yang (University of Macau)

Call for Papers:
This conference brings together researchers interested in the study of linguistic evidentiality. We invite submissions on various aspects of evidentiality, including:

1. Detailed analysis of evidential systems or markers in specific languages;
2. Typological studies or comparative analysis of evidentiality across languages;
3. Exploration of the interactions between evidentiality and its related categories such as epistemic modality, egophoricity, mirativity, tense, aspect, person, among others;
4. Investigations into the grammaticalization of evidentiality;
5. Examination of evidentiality in any theoretical framework.

We adhere to the narrow definition of evidentiality, i.e., grammatical encoding of information source, so please be advised that research solely concentrated on lexical expressions of information source will not be accepted. While the conference spotlights the study of evidentiality in East Asian Languages, submissions concerning languages from other regions are also welcome.

Submission of Abstracts:
Each talk will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Please send your abstract to [email protected]. The abstract should not exceed 2 pages in length (A4 or letter-size) with 1-inch/2.5-cm margins, inclusive of examples and selected references. Please use Times New Roman font, size 12 pt, and maintain single spacing throughout. Submissions must include TWO versions of the abstract: one containing your name and affiliation (in both PDF and WORD formats) and another version without the information (in PDF format). All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Only accepted abstracts will be invited for presentation.

Important Dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 July, 2025, 23:59 Beijing Time UTC+8
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 10 August, 2025
On-site registration: 14 November, 2025
Conference dates: 15-16 November, 2025