Publications

2026

  • LFG meets diachronic typology in Indonesian Austronesian: how reciprocal meaning migrates under morphological attrition: I Wayan Arka, Marcelinus Y.F. Akoli, Charbel El Khaisi, Yustinus Ghanggo Ate, Emma Keith, Yuchen Li, Keira Mullan, and Yana Qomariana. 2026. Paper to be presented at LFG’26 (The 31st International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference), 28–30 July 2026, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. (under review).
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  • From Voice to Definiteness: Referential Restructuring in Western Austronesian: I Wayan Arka and Yustinus Ghanggo Ate. 2026. Paper to be presented at KOLITA 24 (Konferensi Linguistik Tahunan Atma Jaya), 17–19 June 2026, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. (under review).
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  • Fame’e Li as Ritual Speech in Traditional Nias Marriage: An Ethnolinguistic Study: Ni Wayan Sumitri and I Wayan Arka. 2026. Paper to be presented at KOLITA 24 (Konferensi Linguistik Tahunan Atma Jaya), 17–19 June 2026, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. (under review).
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  • Kinship Terms in the Nias Language as Carriers of Austronesian Culture and Their Existence in the Modern Context in North Sumatra Province (An Ethnolinguistic Perspective): Ni Wayan Sumitri and I Wayan Arka. 2026. Paper to be presented at The 3rd Linguistics, Literature, Culture, and Arts International Seminar (LITERATES III), 9 June 2026, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia. (under review).
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  • Causation with a Middle Twist: Voice and Causative-Middle Syncretism in Barrier Islands Austronesian and Beyond: I Wayan Arka, Marcelinus Y.F. Akoli, Charbel El Khaisi, Yustinus Ghanggo Ate, Emma Keith, Yuchen Li, and Keira Mullan. 2026. Paper to be presented at AFLA33 (The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association), Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. (under review).
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  • At the Edge of Voice: Sigulai Passive ni-, Prominence, and the Core–Oblique Continuum:
    Akoli, Marcelinus Y. F., and I Wayan Arka. 2026. Paper submitted to SEALS 35 Conference, 3-5 June 2026. Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
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  • Keeping U in Focus: A Barrier-Islands Micro-Typology of Patient-Salient Constructions:Mullan, Keira, I Wayan Arka, Marcelinus Y.F Akoli, Y Ghanggo Ate, Emma Keith, Yuchen Li, and George Lindsay. 2026. Paper to be presented at ALT 2006, CNRS, the Lumière University of Lyon, France.
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2025

  • Migrasi di Pulau Nias: kajian data arkeologis dan etnografis: Ketut Wiradnyana. 2025. Jakarta: BRIN.
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  • Nias Traditional Marriage Customs: Reflections on Austronesian Cultural Roots and Their Dynamics in a Contemporary Context (Ethnolinguistic Perspective): Ni Wayan Sumitri and I Wayan Arka. International Seminar and Oral Tradition Festival, Kolkata, India, 1–5 December 2025.
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  • Matrilocal Ideals, Flexible Lives: Enggano and Minang Matriliny, Austronesian debates, and modern Indonesia: Engga Zakaria Sangian and I Wayan Arka. 2025.(work in progres)
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  • Diversifying Science: Insights of Native- and Non-Native-Speaker Collaborations in Linguistic Descriptionsː I Wayan Arka. 2025.
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  • Proto-Mentawai: Emma Keith. 2025.(submitted for publication, under review).
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  • On the Typology of the Attrition and Loss of Proto-Austronesian (PAN) <um> AV Marking: A Mandailing-Batak Perspective: Yuchen Li and I Wayan Arka. ALS2025. (abstract submitted, accepted for oral presentation).
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  • Conservative But Not Frozen: Sigulai and the Diverging Austronesian Voice Systems of the Barrier Islands Languages: Marcelinus Yeri F. Akoli, I Wayan Arka and Yuchen Li. ALS2025. (abstract submitted, accepted for oral presentation).
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  • Person Marking in Barrier Islands Languages: Keira Mullan. ALS2025. (abstract submitted, accepted for oral presentation).
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  • The data science behind the curation of the Holle List: A case study from the Enggano Holle List and its neighbouring Barrier Islands Languages: Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg, I Wayan Arka, Cokorda Rai Adi Pramartha and Engga Zakaria Sangian. OCSEAN Conference, Denpasar, Universitas Udayana, 21 – 23 July 2025.
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  • Bridging Archaeogenetics, Linguistics, and Folklore: New Perspectives on Austronesian Migration to/within Nias: Ketut Wiradnyana, Ni Wayan Sumitri and I Wayan Arka. OCSEAN Conference, Denpasar, Universitas Udayana, 21 – 23 July 2025.
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  • Co-Indexing System and the Changing Face of Austronesian Voice: Insights from Sipora Mentawai: Emma Ketih and I Wayan Arka. LFG2025 (30th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference), Barcelona, 22 July 2025.
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  • Split intransitivity and voice in Mentawai and Balinese: Morphosyntactic integration and functional versatility: Emma Ketih and I Wayan Arka. KIMLI 2025 (Kongres Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia), Jakarta, Indonesia, 16–18 July 2025.
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  • Pronominal and Alignment Systems in Sikule: Marcelinus Yeri F. Akoli and I Wayan Arka. KIMLI 2025(Kongres Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia), Jakarta, Indonesia, 16–18 July 2025.
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2024

  • Attrition of Symmetricality in the Austronesian Voice System: Insights from Indonesia’s Barrier Islands Languages and Beyond: I Wayan Arka. 15th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 4-6 December 2024.
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  • Enhancing Language-Culture and Economic Wellbeing of Minority Ethnolinguistic Groups in Indonesia: Zulfadli Abdul Aziz and I Wayan Arka. 2024 Australian Linguistics Society (ALS) Conference, Canberra, Australia 28 November 2024.
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  • The place of the Barrier Islands Languages inside Austronesian: Evidence from contemporary Simalur: Keira Mullan. APLL16 (16th International Austronesian and Papuan languages and Linguistics Conference), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1 July 2024.
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  • Enggano middle voice: Evidence of Enggano as an Austronesian language: Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg, Charlotte Hemmings, and I Wayan Arka. 16-ICAL (International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics), De La Salle University, Manila, 20-24 June 2024.
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  • Morphosyntactic evidence for a Nuclear Barrier Islands subgroup: Erik Zobel. Paper submitted to 16-ICAL (the 16th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics) Manila, Philippines 20-24 June 2024.
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  • Unraveling (a)symmetry in grammar: reciprocity and reflexivity in Barrier Islands languages and beyond: I Wayan Arka. Invited presentation at KOLITA 22 (The 22nd Annual Atma Jaya Linguistic Conference), Atma Jaya Catholic University, 28-30 May 2024.
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