Background
    International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL), the flagship conference of the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (ILAS) and the Linguistic Society of Taiwan (LST) is a conference for researchers and graduate students of the linguistics community to report and discuss the latest progress in all scientific aspects of Chinese language and linguistics. It was initiated in 1990 and organized for two successive years (1990, 1991) by ILAS. From 1992, local universities on the island began to join hands in the event, alternating the organization with ILAS and at the same time making it a biennial event.
    Among the previous twelve conferences, IsCLL 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 were organized by ILAS whereas IsCLL 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 were organized by National Tsing Hua University, National Chengchi University, National Chung Cheng University, National Taiwan University, and National Chiao Tung University, respectively. Over the years, it has also become one of the largest and most comprehensive conferences on Chinese Linguistics in this region, participated by bother international and local researchers.