Workshop at the EVOLANG conference, 7-10 April 2026
Conveners: Judith Verstegen, Sietze Norder, Nicholas Q. Emlen, Derek Karssenberg & Rik van Gijn
Linguistic diversity is unevenly distributed across the globe: hotspots of language, genealogical, and structural diversity are surrounded by large areas with a low linguistic variation. This non-random spatial distribution suggests that, mediated through cultural behavior, the biophysical environment plays a key role in the evolution of linguist
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Exploring contemporary English(es) using the BSLVC database
Thematic session at BICLCE11
Manfred Krug (University of Bamberg) manfred.krug@uni-bamberg.de
Lukas S枚nning (University of Bamberg) lukas.soenning@uni-bamberg.de
Fabian Vetter (University of Bamberg) fabian.vetter@uni-bamberg.de
In the past two decades, corpora have become a (if not the) primary source of evidence for research on contemporary English(es) (see Palacios Mart铆nez 2020; Kortmann 2021). This
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The book under review provides a typology of noun categorization devices 鈥� covering both grammatical gender and various types of classifiers 鈥� in the languages of the world. Its scope is comprehensive in terms of both the languages and the topics that it covers. First, it is based on data from a sample of over 2,500 languages (p. 19). Second, it provides information on morphology, (morpho)syntax, and semantics, as well as discourse functions, sociocultural aspects, diachrony, and the
Our next presentation will be this Tuesday, October 28, from 1-2 pm in room 002 and on Zoom. Massimo will present his work. Title: Patterns of variation in sibilant acoustic dynamics Abstract: According to conventional wisdom, sibilant fricatives require relatively long articulatory–and thus, acoustic–steady states due to their complexity. Recent studies have called this into question, however, finding gradual, continuous change in the […]
The second webinar of the 'Conversations on Language Policy in Africa' series will take place on Friday, 7 November 2025, at 4 pm CET. The format will be a short talk, followed by the opportunity for dialogue 鈥� approximately one hour in total.
The webinar will be hosted by Initiative Afrique of the University of Bern (Switzerland) and will use MS Teams. Prior registration is required.
Speaker is Menzi Thango of Wits - University of the Witwatersrand. He will speak on Workplace Communication -
Polysemy in the Evalutive Sphere is a seminar pertaining to the project Slurs and the Lexicon: A Rich-Lexicon Approach to Slurs and Other Evaluative Expressions - LEXISLUR (https://danzeman.weebly.com/lexislur.html) featuring monthly talks by specialists in polysemy. We cordially invite you to the first talk of the seminar series, to be given by Michelle Liu (Monash University) and entitled "Ad Hoc Concepts, Polysemy, and Verbal Disputes" (see the abstract below). The event takes place online on
You are warmly invited to submit an abstract for a symposium organised by the BAAL Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics Special Interest Group.
Date: 4th December 2025 (Thu)
Time: 9.30 am - 5 pm UK time
Platform: MS Teams
Keynote speaker: Prof James Thomas, UCL
Tentative title: How to select and evaluate AI tools for evidence syntheses?
The symposium will begin with an opening keynote (1 hour), followed by (parallel) paper presentation sessions throughout the day. Each paper prese
You are warmly invited to submit an abstract for a symposium organised by the BAAL Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics Special Interest Group.
Date: 4th December 2025 (Thu)
Time: 9.30 am - 5 pm UK time
Platform: MS Teams
Keynote speaker: Prof James Thomas, UCL
Tentative title: How to select and evaluate AI tools for evidence syntheses?
The symposium will begin with an opening keynote (1 hour), followed by (parallel) paper presentation sessions throughout the day. Each paper prese
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The New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the team of researchers working on a project funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund, entitled "Ng膩 R艒p奴 Kupu o Te Reo M膩ori / The Word Categories of Te Reo M膩ori." The research team comprises Dr Forrest Panther, Professor Jen Hay, Dr Heeju Hwang (all University of Canterbury) and Dr Gianna Leoni (Te Hiku Media).
In this project, we will look into the evidence o
This PhD thesis arises from the lack of an in-depth study about Corrective Feedback (CF) in the Foreign Language (FL) classroom in Portugal. The research reported in this thesis, which is part of the field of linguistics and language teaching, aimed at investigating learners and teachers鈥� beliefs on oral CF, the several types of CF provided by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and the effects of CF on the learners鈥� linguistic knowledge. The present research seeks to provide a signific
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We are delighted to announce that the Gallo-Romance Advances in Morphology & Syntax (GRAMS) workshop will be held in Trinity College Dublin on 25-26 May 2026.
GRAMS embraces the full diversity of the Gallo鈥慠omance continuum, such as French and its regional varieties, the lesser-studied O茂l dialects (e.g., Gallo, Picard, Franc-Comtois), and the Oc varieties of southern France (e.g., Proven莽al, Auvergnat, Languedocien). Other indigenous Gallo-Romance languages include Gascon, Francoproven莽al, a
La geograf铆a ling眉铆stica es un m茅todo de investigaci贸n dialectal que florece a finales del siglo XIX con el fin de servir de apoyo para comprobar las hip贸tesis sobre la evoluci贸n del cambio ling眉铆stico a partir de la representaci贸n de la lengua en mapas. Desde su surgimiento son muchos los cambios acaecidos en la investigaci贸n de la variaci贸n ling眉铆stica y en la elaboraci贸n de los atlas ling眉铆sticos. Los m谩s notables se han producido en las 煤ltimas d茅cadas gracias a la aplicaci贸n de las nuevas t
We are delighted to announce that the Gallo-Romance Advances in Morphology & Syntax (GRAMS) workshop will be held in Trinity College Dublin on 25-26 May 2026.
GRAMS embraces the full diversity of the Gallo鈥慠omance continuum, such as French and its regional varieties, the lesser-studied O茂l dialects (e.g., Gallo, Picard, Franc-Comtois), and the Oc varieties of southern France (e.g., Proven莽al, Auvergnat, Languedocien). Other indigenous Gallo-Romance languages include Gascon, Francoproven莽al, a
This issue of Status Quaestionis seeks to investigate contemporary political communication from a sociolinguistic perspective, with particular attention to the phenomena of post-truth and populist discourse. In recent years, the relationship between language, politics, and society has been profoundly reshaped by the impact of social media, the spread of polarizing narratives, and the erosion of the traditional link between factual truth and public credibility. In this context, where 鈥渇ake news鈥�,
Angesichts der tiefgreifenden Wandlungsprozesse, die die heutige Geisteswissenschaft allgemein und die Romanistik im Besonderen pr盲gen, lohnt es sich, den Begriff des Kontinuums neu zu beleuchten.
Die Systematisierung von Forschungsgegenst盲nden, Daten, Texten, Erfahrungen鈥� stellt einen zentralen Aspekt wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens dar. In diesem Zusammenhang kommen wir f眉r die Beschreibung von zueinander in Relation stehenden Entit盲ten immer wieder auf die Idee des Kontinuums zur眉ck. Dabei ge
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We are very excited to announce the call for abstract for the Young Researchers' Conference on Negation, taking place in Frankfurt am Main, 7鈥�8 May 2026!
The conference has two main goals:
- to foster exchange among doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on negation,
- and to explore negation from a wide range of theoretical and empirical perspectives.
Call for Abstracts:
We are pleased to open the call for talks and posters, inviting young researchers to s
Angesichts der tiefgreifenden Wandlungsprozesse, die die heutige Geisteswissenschaft allgemein und die Romanistik im Besonderen pr盲gen, lohnt es sich, den Begriff des Kontinuums neu zu beleuchten.
Die Systematisierung von Forschungsgegenst盲nden, Daten, Texten, Erfahrungen鈥� stellt einen zentralen Aspekt wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens dar. In diesem Zusammenhang kommen wir f眉r die Beschreibung von zueinander in Relation stehenden Entit盲ten immer wieder auf die Idee des Kontinuums zur眉ck. Dabei ge
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The inaugural SilkRoadNLP workshop provides a platform for advancing Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) for the Iranian linguistic family鈥攁 diverse group of languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, Central and South Asia, and the Caucasus. We welcome work that bridges computational methods with linguistic, social, and cultural perspectives to ensure that the technologies shaping the future of language reflect this region鈥檚 diversit
APLL is a conference for the presentation of research on any aspect of the linguistics of Austronesian and Papuan languages.
Invited Speakers:
- Mary Walworth
- Yusuf Sawaki
We invite you to present at APLL18 on any aspect of the linguistics of Austronesian and Papuan languages. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
To apply for a timeslot for your talk, please send us an abstract of your topic. Abstracts can be up to one A4 page, including everything excep