On the final day of InterAb 14, ABRALIN announced the results of the second edition of the ABRALIN Awards. One winner was selected in each category after deliberation by the Awards Committee. The decisions were based on a qualitative assessment of the reviews, the convergence among evaluators, the consistency of the recommendations, the academic and technical strength of the submissions, and the contribution each work offers within its category.
In the Best Article category, the award went to “Exploring variation and change in the distant past: /s/-variation and its implications for the reconstruction of Ancient Babylonian.” The committee noted the article’s originality, the robustness of its analysis, and its integration of variationist approaches to language change with historical reconstruction and computational support.
The Technology and Innovation Award was given to SAFE — Speech Alignment and Feature Extractor, developed by Leônidas Silva Jr. The committee emphasized the technical maturity of the tool, its complete processing pipeline, documentation prepared for reuse by other researchers, and its practical applicability with attention to reproducibility.
The Joaquim Mattoso Câmara Award (Best Book) was awarded to Da Subjacência à superfície: a contribuição de Leda Bisol para a Fonologia e a Linguística brasileiras. The evaluation recognized the book’s comprehensive account of Leda Bisol’s academic trajectory, its educational value for the field of phonology and linguistics in Brazil, and its long-term scholarly impact.
The Roseta Award was granted to the exhibition “A criança na língua: passo a passo” (The Child in Language: Step by Step), presented in both traveling and virtual formats. The committee praised the project’s authorial design, pedagogical clarity, multimodal format, and its capacity to communicate linguistic knowledge to broader audiences while maintaining conceptual rigor.
Among the works that received particular attention during the evaluation process was the poster “Kinship Terms in the Makurap Language: Contributions to Documentation.” The poster received top scores in two review records, accompanied by detailed comments emphasizing the urgency of the topic and the importance of documenting and safeguarding endangered languages. The recognition given to this work also draws attention to the scientific value of research dedicated to Indigenous languages and language documentation.
With this edition, the ABRALIN Awards continue to recognize articles, books, technological tools, and public-facing initiatives that advance linguistic research and its dissemination.