ALT 16 presentations

Photo: Christina Truong, Liv Bianchini, Carolyn Siegman, Cole Flottman, Shelece Easterday, and Jillian Breithaupt at ALT 16

UH Mānoa Linguistics students, faculty, and alumni made a strong showing at the 16th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT 16), held July 1-3 2026 in Lyon, France.

Liv Bianchini presented a paper titled "Divergent sound patterns in interjections: A
global study".

Jillian Breithaupt presented a paper titled "A cross-linguistic comparison of associated
motion and directionals in the languages of Micronesia".

Cole Flottman presented a paper titled "Is Austronesian palatalization divergent?".

Carolyn Siegman presented a paper titled "Many faces under one name: toward a better
understanding of trans-phonologization".