Scientific committee

The ETT 2026 organising committee would like to express its sincere gratitude to the members of the scientific committee, who generously contributed their time, expertise, and support to the conference.

This year’s scientific committee brings together linguists from different parts of the world, including both senior researchers and doctoral students. Their contributions include abstract reviewing, mentorship, and academic guidance throughout the organisation of the conference.

List of reviewers in alphabetical order
Aynur Abish, KIMEP University (Kazakhstan)
Marc Allassonnière-Tang, Diversité et évolution culturelles & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Albert Alvarez Gonzalez, Universidad de Sonora (Mexico)
Umberto Ansaldo, VinUniversity (Vietnam)
Yana Aquilina, Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Peter Arkadiev, Universität Potsdam (Germany)
Laurène Barbier, Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Walter Bisang, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Tom Bossuyt, University of Freiburg and the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (Germany)
Antonio Castillo Ramirez, Universidad de Sonora (Mexico); Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Masha Cheremisinova, University of Texas at Austin (United States)
Katia Chirkova, Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l'Asie orientale (France)
Östen Dahl, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Michael Daniel, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)
Dan Dediu, University of Barcelona (Spain)
Mark Dingemanse, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Nina Dobrushina, Laboratoire DDL, CNRS (France)
Gauthier Dubois, Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
David Ginebra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain); Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Martin Haspelmath, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany)
Kees Hengeveld, Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Qi Huang, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Ian Joo, Otaru University of Commerce (Japan)
Anetta Kopecka, Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Yunfan Lai, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Randy J. LaPolla, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Filip Larsson, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany)
Danny Law, University of Texas at Austin (United States)
Xiang Li, Nanfang College Guangzhou (China)
You-Jing Lin, Peking University (China)
Xiaoyu Lu, Beijing Normal University (China)
Andrej Malchukov, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara (United States)
Nora Muheim, University of Helsinki (Finnland)
Rigele Na (Nargil), Université Lumière Lyon 2 & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Tatiana Nikitina, Laboratoire LaCiTO, CNRS (France)
Brigitte Pakendorf, Laboratoire DDL, CNRS (France)
Anastasiia Panova, Stockholm University (Sweden)
François Pellegrino, Laboratoire DDL, CNRS (France)
Bastian Persohn, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)
Sergey Say, Universität Potsdam (Germany)
Karl Seifen, Université Aix-Marseille & Laboratoire LPL (France)
Lameen Souag, Laboratoire LaCiTO, CNRS (France)
Linlin Sun, Huazhong Agricultural University (China)
Denys Teptiuk, University of Tartu (Estonia)
Alimujan Tusun, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Matthias Urban, Laboratoire DDL, CNRS (France)
Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Alexander Zahrer, Universität Münster (Germany)
Ting Zhang, Shenzhen University (China)
Zhencao Zhong, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Chenlei Zhou, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)

List of mentors in alphabetical order
Marc Allassonnière-Tang, Diversité et évolution culturelles & Laboratoire DDL (France)
Pier Marco Bertinetto, Scuola Normale Superiore (Italy)
Željko Bošković, University of Connecticut (United States)
Michael Daniel, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)
Pattie Epps, University of Texas at Austin (United States)
Matthew Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara (United States)
Martin Haspelmath, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany)
Kees Hengeveld, Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Filip Larsson, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany)
Randy J. LaPolla, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Andrej Malchukov, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Tatiana Nikitina, Laboratoire LaCiTO, CNRS (France)
Kelsey Neely, Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (Germany)
Brigitte Pakendorf, Laboratoire DDL, CNRS (France)
Bastian Persohn, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)
Lameen Souag, Laboratoire LaCiTO, CNRS (France)
Jesse Wichers Schreur, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Eva Schultze-Berndt, University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Linlin Sun, Huazhong Agricultural University (China)
Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Alexander Zahrer, Universität Münster (Germany)

Figure 1. Countries represented by reviewers of ETT 2026.