We are pleased to invite you to a two-day conference of different academic and activist perspectives that will tug at the ideological threads woven into intercomprehension and unfasten it from its purely linguistic interpretation to achieve a transdisciplinary understanding.
In the Global North, linguistic intercomprehension is understood as the process of an interlocutor understanding unknown languages within the same linguistic family as their primarily used languages (Melo-Pfeifer: 2015).
The final program of the conference is available here:
https://possession.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/LA_POSSESSION_Programme_4.pdf
The website of the conference:
https://possession.sciencesconf.org/?forward-action=index&forward-controller=index&lang=en
Languages spoken at the conference: French and English
Organising committee:
Angelina Aleksandrova (Universit茅 Paris-Cit茅)
V茅ronique Lagae (Universit茅 Polytechnique Hauts-de-France)
Vassil Mostrov (Universit茅 Polytechnique Hauts-de-
Focus: This Special Issue explores鈥痬ultilingual policies in early childhood education (ECE), an under-researched area in language policy studies.
Rationale: While multilingualism has received growing attention,鈥疎CE remains a blind spot鈥痙espite its critical role in shaping children鈥檚 early attitudes, identities, and competencies.
Scope: We seek research from across the鈥疓lobal North鈥痑nd鈥疓lobal South鈥痶o examine how language policies are developed, implemented, and experienced in early learn
We are pleased to invite you to a two-day conference of different academic and activist perspectives that will tug at the ideological threads woven into intercomprehension and unfasten it from its purely linguistic interpretation to achieve a transdisciplinary understanding.
In the Global North, linguistic intercomprehension is understood as the process of an interlocutor understanding unknown languages within the same linguistic family as their primarily used languages (Melo-Pfeifer: 2015).
Our next MCQLL meeting will take place Nov 24th at 2pm in room 002. Alessio’s talk is titled聽Prominence strengthening in Todos Santos Mam.
This week’s MCQLL talk will take place Nov 17th at 2pm in room 002. Massimo will present his work, titled: Apparent vocal tract length vs /s/ acoustics in a large multilingual corpus.
How can popular media and fictional worlds be integrated into classroom activities to enhance language learning?
Join Multilingual Matters on 26 November (10am UK time) for a discussion with Osman Solmaz about his newly-published book "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes: Merging Fan Practices and Linguistic Landscapes for Language Classrooms".
Get your questions ready for the audience Q&A!
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Chapter proposals are invited for an edited volume titled Culinary Linguistics: Taste, Language, and Identity in Transcultural Contexts. This volume aims to foreground linguistic, semiotic, and discursive perspectives on culinary contexts. The focus is on how language constructs, mediates, and negotiates meaning in food-related settings, rather than on food as a cultural object in itself. Contributions are expected to address the role of language in shaping identity, multilingual practices, ling
Focus: Theme: 'English in transition: Socio-cultural encounters across time and space'
Description:
The ISLE Summer School 2026 will take place at Uppsala University, Sweden, from 7th to 13th June 2026. The Summer School theme is 'English in transition: Socio-cultural encounters across time and space'. The academic programme includes courses, plenaries, roundtable disucssions, poster sessions, expert consultancy, and a day trip to see selected runic inscriptions in the area.
Our six co
Our next presentation will be on Tuesday, Nov 18, from 1-2 pm in room 002 and on Zoom. Jeanne will present her thesis ideas in sociophonetics. All relevant documents (presentation schedules, abstracts, papers and slides/handouts) are available on this Google Drive.
The Syntax-Semantics Group will be meeting on Tuesday, November 18, at 3-4pm in Room 117 of the 9I制作厂免费 linguistics department. Online participants can join with this link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/bQ4IXlJxTTShVcMHOosNtQ Anna Carolina Almeida, Raimundo (Ray) Cox-Casals, and Michael Wagner will be presenting 鈥淐umulative agreement in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.鈥�
The聽Montreal Underdocumented Languages Linguistics Lab (MULL-Lab)聽is meeting聽Thursday, November 20 at 4PM in Pavillon Lionel-Groulx (3150 Jean Brillant St) room C-9019 of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al聽(great chance to use the new REM line!). We will have three presentations, followed by a social hour.聽 Talks include: IMPORTANT : For a chance to play a Kanien’k茅ha language learning […]
Description:
The DFG Research Unit 鈥楥yclic Optimization鈥�, starting its second phase on March 1 2026 with 13 new research positions, explores the interaction of cyclicity and optimization in all areas of grammar: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The position announced here is part of the subproject 鈥極ptimal Cycles鈥� (PI: Greg Kobele). This subproject investigates the degree to which syntactic structure is needed at the interfaces, with a particular emphasis on the syntax-semantics
The Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference (SCLC) promotes the study and teaching of languages in the Siouan and Caddoan language families. SCLC will be hosted in a hybrid format at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas from Wednesday, May 27 to Friday, May 26, 2026.
Lawrence, Kansas was ceded by the Kaw (Kanza) Nation (Ka谩鈦縵e) in the Treaty of 1825, but eastern Kansas has also been historically traversed by other tribes such as the Osage (饜搹饜摌饜摶饜摌饜摶饜摕) and Pawnee (p芒ri pak没ru鈥�). Many more
UCL Linguistics is organizing a one-day workshop on syntax with an emphasis on Chinese with Audrey Li (USC) and Coppe van Urk (QMUL) as invited speakers. The workshop will be held on Saturday 6 Dec 2025, 09:00 鈥� 17:30, in the following location:
Room 731, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL.
Program
9:00-10:00 Audrey Li (USC) How is "I am linguistics" good? - exploring a unique copula
10:00-10:45 Boyan Yin (UCL) Mandarin resultative V-DE involves clausal modifi
The Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference (SCLC) promotes the study and teaching of languages in the Siouan and Caddoan language families. SCLC will be hosted in a hybrid format at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas from Wednesday, May 27 to Friday, May 26, 2026.
Lawrence, Kansas was ceded by the Kaw (Kanza) Nation (Ka谩鈦縵e) in the Treaty of 1825, but eastern Kansas has also been historically traversed by other tribes such as the Osage (饜搹饜摌饜摶饜摌饜摶饜摕) and Pawnee (p芒ri pak没ru鈥�). Many more
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE RESEARCH CENTRE SEMINAR SERIES
Wednesday, 19 November, 13:00-14:00 GMT
Zoom link:
https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/92422611229?pwd=D4mDR54JUuTXIDUMo0aE4MUDL6V6re.1
This talk will unpack some of the myths around the asylum system, highlight ways in which the English language is being used both as a gatekeeping tool of migration policy and demonstrate how politicians are using language to scapegoat and 鈥渙ther鈥� migrants. It will then examine
Description:
University of Nottingham Ningbo China is seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics in School of Education and English.
About the Role:
The School of Education and English is now looking for an ambitious, talented, and experienced academic with a passion for teaching and a well-developed research profile to join its team of scholars in the field of Applied Linguistics. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching, curriculum develo
Studies on Indigenous African Signed and Spoken Languages (SIASSL)
An open-access, peer-reviewed journal
https://journal.i-hav.org/
Submission deadline: 28 February, 2026
Publication date: Rolling
About the Journal:
Studies on Indigenous African Signed and Spoken Languages (SIASSL) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarship on the description, documentation, and revitalization of Indigenous African languages鈥攂oth signed and spoken.
The journal is publis
We are living in a transformative era, characterised by technological innovation, social change, and widespread uncertainty. Global transformations and digital acceleration are affecting education and communication, opening new pathways for language teaching, learning, and intercultural engagement. In these complex times, Language Centres face growing demands: providing learners with effective communication skills, supporting inclusive education, and fostering intercultural understanding.
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