Starting with volume 18, Martin East (University of Auckland) will succeed John M. Norris (ETS Japan), and join Marta G贸nzalez-Lloret (University of Hawai鈥檌 at Manoa) and Andrea R茅v茅sz (University College London) as Editor of the John Benjamins bookseries Task-Based Language Teaching.
Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is an educational framework for the theory and practice of teaching second or foreign languages. It is based on a constellation of ideas issuing from philosophy of education,
Dear all,
The Language Attrition Network invites you to our next session on the 24th of February at 2pm CET (1pm UK time) on Microsoft Teams.
If you are not yet on the mailing list, please send us an e-mail to attrition.network@gmail.com
We will discuss the paper entitled "Language Attrition Network: Is first language attrition possible without second language knowledge?" with the presence of the authors.
Abstract: The study explores whether Russian immigrants in Israel with no knowled
The International Journal of the Sociology of Language was first published in 1974 under the editorship of Joshua Fishman and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024. Anniversaries deserve celebration (many celebrations, in fact), but they are also key moments to reflect on what we do, why we do it, with whom and for whom, and how we do it, as well as to examine the challenges and issues inherent in our work. Such introspection, when applied to a scientific journal that has published 285 iss
We are delighted to inform you that, just over four years after the publication of our first issue, Applied Corpus Linguistics (ACORP) has now been included in Web of Science鈥檚 Emerging Sources Citation Index database. The journal is expected to receive its first Impact Factor in mid-2025. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, and editorial board members whose contributions have been instrumental in achieving this milestone. We look forward to a bright and exciting fut
!!Deadline extension - 3 February !!
2nd Call for Posters:
PLIN Linguistic Day 2025
Genre-based approaches to academic and specialized languages:
from analysis to pedagogy
Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 18 April 2025
The PLIN Linguistic Day is a biennial one-day thematic conference organized by the Linguistics Research Unit (PLIN) of the Language and Communication Institute (IL&C) at UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). Over the years, the conference has established itself as a
鈥淭he 6th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography鈥� will be held on October 31-November 1, 2025 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), which is jointly organized by the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK, the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK, the Department of Japanese Studies, CUHK, the T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre, and the International Association of Syntactic Cartographic Studies.
Keynote Speakers
鈥� Prof. C.-T. James HUA
鈥淭he 6th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography鈥� will be held on October 31-November 1, 2025 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), which is jointly organized by the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK, the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK, the Department of Japanese Studies, CUHK, the T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre, and the International Association of Syntactic Cartographic Studies.
Keynote Speakers
鈥� Prof. C.-T. James HUA
Registration is needed. Please fill out the registration form by February 22:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o4ASG2VQ0eT9qStWM_rL56sigD-viB67tUTOXKQ8m9Q/
Most of the talks will be recorded and uploaded on the video platform that registered participants can access for two weeks.
Program (Japan Standard Time (JST) = UTC/GMT +9 hours)
10:00-10:30 Welcome
10:30-10:35 Opening
10:40-11:10 Aritz Irurtzun (CNRS-IKER) Linearization of syntactic structure: Developmental biases and de
Registration is needed. Please fill out the registration form by February 22:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o4ASG2VQ0eT9qStWM_rL56sigD-viB67tUTOXKQ8m9Q/
Most of the talks will be recorded and uploaded on the video platform that registered participants can access for two weeks.
Program (Japan Standard Time (JST) = UTC/GMT +9 hours)
10:00-10:30 Welcome
10:30-10:35 Opening
10:40-11:10 Aritz Irurtzun (CNRS-IKER) Linearization of syntactic structure: Developmental biases and de
Scholars from across disciplines have analyzed the connections between language and power.
As an expressive resource, language empowers us to elicit emotions, tell stories, persuade
others, solve problems, and display a stance. In learning and using particular languages, such as
Indigenous and heritage languages, we have the power to connect to our communities
and imagine our futures. By using language, we also express our multiple, dynamic, and
simultaneous identities.
This conference b
Scholars from across disciplines have analyzed the connections between language and power.
As an expressive resource, language empowers us to elicit emotions, tell stories, persuade
others, solve problems, and display a stance. In learning and using particular languages, such as
Indigenous and heritage languages, we have the power to connect to our communities
and imagine our futures. By using language, we also express our multiple, dynamic, and
simultaneous identities.
This conference b
The workshop "Third Factors in Language Design: the view from Heritage Languages" will be held in Paris (Inalco) on June 6 2025. It is organized within the IRN project "Heritage Languages in Europe" (CNRS & University of Paris 8)
Invited speaker: Roberta D'Alessandro (University of Utrecht)
Organizers: Elena Soare (Univ. Paris 8 & CNRS), Alexandru Mardale (Inalco & CNRS) and Larisa Avram (Univ. Bucharest)
General description
Since Chomsky鈥檚 (2005) seminal paper on language design, the ro
The workshop "Third Factors in Language Design: the view from Heritage Languages" will be held in Paris (Inalco) on June 6 2025. It is organized within the IRN project "Heritage Languages in Europe" (CNRS & University of Paris 8)
Invited speaker: Roberta D'Alessandro (University of Utrecht)
Organizers: Elena Soare (Univ. Paris 8 & CNRS), Alexandru Mardale (Inalco & CNRS) and Larisa Avram (Univ. Bucharest)
General description
Since Chomsky鈥檚 (2005) seminal paper on language design, the ro
NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: MAY 10, 2025
Meeting Description:
The aim of this conference is to examine the notion of possession and its various forms (alienable/inalienable possession, part-whole relationships), with a focus on corpus linguistics. Given the advent of the theoretical framework of Construction Grammar (Goldberg 1995), and in the era of digital humanities, new statistical methods (calculations of sparsity, density of occurrences, productivity, visualisations with decision tr
Focus: What is the Multilanguage Seminar?
A theoretical and practical exploration of second language acquisition (SLA) and performance-based self-instructional methods led by an expert in African languages and cultures, linguistics, and second language acquisition. Designed for graduate students who are already at a high proficiency level in a less commonly taught language (such as African, Southeast Asian, and South Asian languages) and/or those learning a language not otherwise available in
Focus: Southeast Asian Languages
Description:
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and non-traditional students. Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities.
Languages offered through SEASSI include:
Burmese
Filipino
Hmong
Indonesian
Javanese
Khmer
Lao
Thai
Vietn
Following the very successful Interdisciplinary Workshop on Language and Trauma in March 2023 and 2024, we would like to follow-up the conversation with you! In order to accommodate researchers from different regions, we opted for joint, yet geographically dispersed workshops 鈥� and we are looking forward to receiving your ideas for contributions. Potential topics include:
- Conceptualizing trauma in a multilingual perspective
- Linguistic violence: Language (or its absence) in the making of tr
Following the very successful Interdisciplinary Workshop on Language and Trauma in March 2023 and 2024, we would like to follow-up the conversation with you! In order to accommodate researchers from different regions, we opted for joint, yet geographically dispersed workshops 鈥� and we are looking forward to receiving your ideas for contributions. Potential topics include:
- Conceptualizing trauma in a multilingual perspective
- Linguistic violence: Language (or its absence) in the making of tr
2nd Call for Papers:
THE 26th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
29-31 May 2025
Papers are invited in:
- Theoretical Linguistics (syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics and the interfaces, language acquisition)
- Applied linguistics and translation studies
Invited speakers
- Susi Wurmbrand (Paris Lodron University of Salzburg)
- Robert Truswell (University of Edinburgh)
- Di
Thirty-First Manchester Phonology Meeting
29-31 MAY 2025
Deadline for abstracts: 10th February 2025
To be held in-person in Manchester, England.
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/mfm/31mfm.html
With a special session entitled 'PROSODIC MORPHOLOGY AND TEMPLATIC PHONOLOGY', featuring the following invited speakers:
* Noam Faust (Universit茅 Paris 8)
* Laura Kalin (Princeton University)
* Suzanne Urbanczyk (University of Victoria)
There will also be a separately-orga