2nd Call for Papers:
We are pleased to announce the 2nd Call for Papers for the 9th edition of the Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2025), which will take place on 3-5 December 2025 at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 30 July 2025.
We invite contributions that explore how language, literature and culture intersect in digital spaces, with a focus on identity formation, social belonging and exclusion onl
The first Conference on Formal Models in Linguistics will be held on December 2nd-3rd 2025 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. It is organized by the Laboratory of Formal Models in Linguistics (HSE University, Moscow) together with the Centre for Language and Brain (HSE University, Saint-Petersburg). The FML Conference aims to provide a platform for discussion of formal studies of natural language, be it within the generative paradigm or outside it. We encourage the use of any valid methodological devi
Summary
This book offers an engaging ethnographic account of sea turtle ecotourism in Hawai鈥榠, providing a critical lens on how conservation practices, multispecies relations, and neoliberal environmental imaginaries are discursively constructed and contested.
Chapter 1 lays the empirical and theoretical foundation for Lamb鈥檚 ethnography of sea turtle ecotourism in Hawai鈥榠, focusing on the discursive production and commodification of conservation. Lamb critiques how sea turtles are spectac
Dear all,
The Language Attrition Network meets once a month in a 1h session online to discuss projects, papers and chapters related wit Language Attrition. We are now welcoming proposals for presentations and contributions for the upcoming academic year, starting October 2025. If you are interested in sharing your research or proposing a session, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us (attrition.network@gmail.com)
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The Franco-German project MICLE (Micro-cues of language evolution: A Multifactorial model of V2 loss in Central Romance, ANR-20-FRAL-0001-01 / DFG-449439301), led by Pierre Larriv茅e and Cecilia Poletto between 2021 and 2024, is happy to announce the availability of another corpus. The open access, syntactically annotated set of Medieval Venetian legal texts is accessible in two locations: on searchable interface https://txm-crisco.huma-num.fr/txm/, where it joins the Medieval French comparable c
Focus:
1. Courses on Python for linguists, machine learning for linguist, database development for linguist
2. Workshops on choosing the best instrument for language documentation and LaTeX for linguists
3. Coterie on building a successful career as linguists who want to go to tech
4. Ingathering from a linguist who is present using their linguistics skill in the industry
5. A talk with language technology founders for those who desire to have startups
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Africa Computationa
REVIEW
This book about the linguistic study of sounds is an excellent resource to introduce students of linguistics and new linguists into the field of phonetics and phonology. Not only does it include theoretical explanations which are beautifully contextualised, but it also includes practice activities in the book and on a website.
It consists of 24 chapters grouped into six different parts. At the end of each chapter, further readings to expand on the topics presented are suggested. Fur
Call for Book Chapters
Title: Critical Perspectives on Inclusion in English as a Foreign or Second Language
Organizer: Antonio Henrique Coutelo de Moraes 鈥� antonio.moraes@ufr.edu.br
To be published by the Federal University of Rondon贸polis (UFR), Brazil
This e-book, to be published by the Federal University of Rondon贸polis (UFR) in Brazil, aims to bring together critical reflections, research, and practical experiences that explore the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or
Sonja Eisenbei脽 (Universit盲t zu K枚ln), Nicole Marx (Universit盲t zu K枚ln), Matthias Schwendemann (Universit盲t Leipzig)
AG 14 bei der 48. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f眉r Sprachwissenschaft in Trier (https://www.uni-trier.de/universitaet/fachbereiche-faecher/fachbereich-ii/forschung-und-zentren/dgfs2026)
Abstract:
Aktuell machen Zugewanderte etwa 13% der Gesamtpopulation im Alter von 5-20 Jahren in Deutschland aus, wobei ca. 9% erst im schulpflichtigen Alter immigriert sind 鈥� ein
Sonja Eisenbei脽 (Universit盲t zu K枚ln), Nicole Marx (Universit盲t zu K枚ln), Matthias Schwendemann (Universit盲t Leipzig)
AG 14 bei der 48. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f眉r Sprachwissenschaft in Trier (https://www.uni-trier.de/universitaet/fachbereiche-faecher/fachbereich-ii/forschung-und-zentren/dgfs2026)
Abstract:
Aktuell machen Zugewanderte etwa 13% der Gesamtpopulation im Alter von 5-20 Jahren in Deutschland aus, wobei ca. 9% erst im schulpflichtigen Alter immigriert sind 鈥� ein
The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) and the Osnabr眉ck University are pleased to announce the 鈥�59th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE 2026)鈥�, to be held in Osnabr眉ck, 26-29 August 2026.
SLE meetings provide a forum for high-quality linguistic research from all (sub)domains of linguistics. The upcoming edition of the SLE meeting will also host a round table of experts to discuss topics of special linguistic interest.
Workshop Proposals: Submission Guidelines
Works
The French Cognitive Linguistics Association (AFLiCo) is pleased to announce its 10th international conference (AFLiCo10), to be held in Paris from June 22nd to June 24th 2026. The theme of the conference will be Interaction and Discourse.
Going back to Clark鈥檚 (1996) joint action hypothesis, language is seen as a joint activity, which draws on a common ground shared among speakers, who have to constantly coordinate with each other in order to make their intentions known to the discourse par
Is it the end of translation? Should we bid farewell to universality? Our era is not only one of artificial intelligence (AI); it is also marked by the fragmentation of societies, political entities, professions (particularly translation) and audiences. Translation and translation training are at the heart of these developments, which affect professionals, teachers, students, and translation audiences alike. We propose to examine how a narrower focus on a specific audience can lead to different
The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) and the Osnabr眉ck University are pleased to announce the 鈥�59th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE 2026)鈥�, to be held in Osnabr眉ck, 26-29 August 2026.
SLE meetings provide a forum for high-quality linguistic research from all (sub)domains of linguistics. The upcoming edition of the SLE meeting will also host a round table of experts to discuss topics of special linguistic interest.
Workshop Proposals: Submission Guidelines
Works
The French Cognitive Linguistics Association (AFLiCo) is pleased to announce its 10th international conference (AFLiCo10), to be held in Paris from June 22nd to June 24th 2026. The theme of the conference will be Interaction and Discourse.
Going back to Clark鈥檚 (1996) joint action hypothesis, language is seen as a joint activity, which draws on a common ground shared among speakers, who have to constantly coordinate with each other in order to make their intentions known to the discourse par
Is it the end of translation? Should we bid farewell to universality? Our era is not only one of artificial intelligence (AI); it is also marked by the fragmentation of societies, political entities, professions (particularly translation) and audiences. Translation and translation training are at the heart of these developments, which affect professionals, teachers, students, and translation audiences alike. We propose to examine how a narrower focus on a specific audience can lead to different
We are very pleased to share with colleagues the free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that we have created on the topic of Innovating in ELT through Decolonial Perspectives. While it is always available 'on demand', we will also be doing a 'live' run on the 14th of July! https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/decolonial-perspectives-innovating-english-language-teaching/1?fbclid=IwY2xjawLIpzxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFOZ2x4RXgwdXRhYkpHdXFpAR5kBc_6di8layAYmDVmDy0VKCGLdaDENxJgifDHbzrWk8r_Qz3pWcVEJhFZ6Q
Le toponyme, qui sert 脿 d茅signer un lieu, un territoire, rel猫ve de diff茅rentes dimensions et int茅resse plusieurs disciplines. Parmi celles qui en font un objet de recherche en soi, l'onomastique met en perspective diachronique le nom propre et s鈥檃ttache 脿 d茅crire son sens, son origine et son alt茅ration. La dimension synchronique qui privil茅gie l鈥櫭﹖ude de la motivation, de la remotivation (Akin 1999), de la r茅ception et les usages du nom de lieu mobilise la sociolinguistique, la sociopragmatique,
Le toponyme, qui sert 脿 d茅signer un lieu, un territoire, rel猫ve de diff茅rentes dimensions et int茅resse plusieurs disciplines. Parmi celles qui en font un objet de recherche en soi, l'onomastique met en perspective diachronique le nom propre et s鈥檃ttache 脿 d茅crire son sens, son origine et son alt茅ration. La dimension synchronique qui privil茅gie l鈥櫭﹖ude de la motivation, de la remotivation (Akin 1999), de la r茅ception et les usages du nom de lieu mobilise la sociolinguistique, la sociopragmatique,
Call for Papers:
We invite contributions to the upcoming workshop Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value, to take place at the University of Barcelona on November 6-7th, 2025. Invited speakers include:
- Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University)
- Justin Khoo (MIT)
- Nils Franz茅n (University of Ume氓)
- Carla Umbach (University of Cologne).
We will explore topics surrounding the phenomenon of the 鈥渁cquaintance inference" of aesthetic language. The use of aesthetic language to describe an objec