The program for NARNiHS 2026 -- the Eighth Annual Meeting of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics -- is now set:
https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3160
We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans for a full day of robust discussion of Historical Sociolinguistics at the LSA Annual Meeting on 9 January 2026. And then all are welcome to join us for the NARNiHS General Meeting the next day.
If you can't make it to the conference, check out the abstracts linked to t
After the successful 5th edition in Kolding in 2024, the 6th international conference Thinking, Doing, Learning: Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning (TDL6) will take place at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, on 14鈥�16 October 2026.
TDL6 brings together researchers exploring second language learning through usage-based, empirical, and theoretically grounded approaches. These perspectives view language as an embodied, semiotic, and interactional system, and understa
After the successful 5th edition in Kolding in 2024, the 6th international conference Thinking, Doing, Learning: Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning (TDL6) will take place at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, on 14鈥�16 October 2026.
TDL6 brings together researchers exploring second language learning through usage-based, empirical, and theoretically grounded approaches. These perspectives view language as an embodied, semiotic, and interactional system, and understa
This issue of RANAM (Recherches Anglaises et Nord-Am茅ricaines) aims at exploring the expression of volition, wish and/or desire in English, in all its manifestations. Several levels of analysis can therefore be of interest: lexical, phraseological, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic.
It will thus be possible to study the various existing linguistic forms expressing volition and its degrees from a lexical and/or phraseological point of view: lexical words such as the three given in the title, but
https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/onomastica/announcement/view/545
The use and form of proper names in sign languages 鈥嬧�媋re deeply rooted in both the structure of these languages 鈥嬧�媋nd the conventions of the deaf community. Thus, the study of proper names allows us to glimpse the peculiarities of sign languages 鈥嬧�媋nd deaf culture. In these languages, proper names fulfill the same basic functions as in spoken languages, the main one being to identify and refer exclusively to specific ent
Workshop description:
We are delighted to announce that the 8th edition of Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) will take at the Hohent眉bingen Castle, T眉bingen, Germany, on 19-20 August 2026. The workshop brings together researchers using empirical methods to investigate ellipsis and related phenomena across languages. It will provide an opportunity to discuss how corpus-based and experimental approaches can advance our understanding of how various components of grammar
Keynote Speakers:
Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck, Leipzig)
Martin Hilpert (Uni. of Neuch芒tel)
Sophie Pr茅vost (CNRS 鈥� Lattice)
Graeme Trousdale (Uni. of Edinburgh)
Keynote Discussant:
Bernd Heine (Uni. of Cologne)
鈥楪rammaticalization鈥� (a term introduced by Meillet in 1912) has been the subject of numerous studies, which have highlighted regularities in the emergence of grammatical forms across typologically diverse languages. Grammaticalization refers both to a type of change (and somet
We are tremendously excited to announce Sinologists in Bydgoszcz: The 3rd International Conference on Chinese Languages, Literature, and Culture (SinB-2026), which will be conducted online via Zoom from May 22-23, 2026. Participation in SinB-2026 is free of charge. We welcome submissions from various perspectives on Chinese language teaching and learning, Chinese studies, including Chinese languages and linguistics, literature, and culture.
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Due: March 01,
Workshop description:
We are delighted to announce that the 8th edition of Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) will take at the Hohent眉bingen Castle, T眉bingen, Germany, on 19-20 August 2026. The workshop brings together researchers using empirical methods to investigate ellipsis and related phenomena across languages. It will provide an opportunity to discuss how corpus-based and experimental approaches can advance our understanding of how various components of grammar
Keynote Speakers:
Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck, Leipzig)
Martin Hilpert (Uni. of Neuch芒tel)
Sophie Pr茅vost (CNRS 鈥� Lattice)
Graeme Trousdale (Uni. of Edinburgh)
Keynote Discussant:
Bernd Heine (Uni. of Cologne)
鈥楪rammaticalization鈥� (a term introduced by Meillet in 1912) has been the subject of numerous studies, which have highlighted regularities in the emergence of grammatical forms across typologically diverse languages. Grammaticalization refers both to a type of change (and somet
We are tremendously excited to announce Sinologists in Bydgoszcz: The 3rd International Conference on Chinese Languages, Literature, and Culture (SinB-2026), which will be conducted online via Zoom from May 22-23, 2026. Participation in SinB-2026 is free of charge. We welcome submissions from various perspectives on Chinese language teaching and learning, Chinese studies, including Chinese languages and linguistics, literature, and culture.
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Due: March 01,
Other Specialties: multilingualism, language contact, foreign language acquisition
Description:
The professorship will focus on language acquisition in the Romance languages (L1, L2, foreign language acquisition, multilingualism) both in research and teaching. We expect a PhD in this field of research covering at least one of the three languages French, Italian and Spanish. The candidate is expected to represent at least two, ideally all three languages in research and teaching. The candid
Description:
Starting from April 1, 2026, the section of English Linguistics in English and American Studies at TU Braunschweig offers a position for a
Postdoctoral Researcher in English Linguistics (m/f/d)
(part-time or full-time, 50%-100% - German pay scale TV-L EG 13)
The position is for a period of 3 years initially, subject to a successful evaluation of progress at the end of the first year. Salary ranges from 27k to 58k Euros per year depending on the applicant鈥檚 experience. The
This is a PhD position in the project 鈥淓xpressing time without verbs: non-verbal copula constructions in Southern Bantu and beyond鈥�. The aim of this project is to describe and analyse the system of non-verbal copula constructions in Xhosa and Southern Bantu. It will explore what kind of inflection can be expressed on a noun or other part-of-speech, by means of a copula that is different per noun class and hence not a verb. The project will answer questions about the use of the noun as a predicat
Verbal valency is the number of core arguments a verb can take, hence instantiating a particular valency frame. There are for instance zero-valent verbs e.g. to rain (Eng. it rains); monovalent verbs e.g. to sleep (Eng. I sleep); bivalent verbs e.g. to kiss (Eng. the girl kisses the boy); trivalent verbs e.g. to give (Eng. the boy gives a present to the girl); etc. The project鈥檚 overarching aim is to map out and analyze the valency patterns of Germanic. This is done by selecting a number of repr
Congratulations to Siva Reddy who received a CS-Can Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher award! CS-Can聽is Canada’s national organization for advancing computer science research and education. This Early Career award recognizes CS faculty members at Canadian universities who, within 10 years of receiving their PhD, have made significant contributions in their academic careers, particularly to research. […]
Das Buch bietet den ersten Versuch weitere melanesische Sprachen neben der Fidschisprache n盲her zu untersuchen und die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen der melanesischen Sprachen unter sich und zu den polynesischen Sprachen zu erforschen. Die Ermittlung des grammatikalischen Charakters der Sprachen und Dialekte, der weit 眉ber einen reinen Vergleich der W枚rter hinausgeht, ist hierf眉r zentral.
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Samuel J. Evans wrote this 5th edition of his short grammar on Welsh in 1908. Originally this work was intended as a textbook for pupils and students. The grammar includes chapters on orthography and the alphabet and spelling, etymology (classification, inflection and derivation of words), gives information on nominal and verbal morphology with a special focus on the mutation of vowels and consonants, a special feature of Welsh and Celtic languages in general. The chapter on syntax includes word
Twenty-one linguistic families are counted in California. The authors conducted a vocabulary study to examine and structure these families in more detail. About two hundred and twenty-five English words were selected and compared with the known native equivalents to determine all similarities. Soon some similarities between almost all twenty-one tribes became apparent, and as the comparative vocabulary was completed, the number of similarities had become considerable. One group contained the int
In dem westlichen Teil der Provinz West-Preussen und in einigen D枚rfern der Kreise B眉tow, Stolp und Lauenburg in Pommern spricht die Landbev枚lkerung (180000 Personen) eine Sprache, 眉ber welche die Meinungen sehr geteilt sind. Von streng wissenschaftlichen Standpunkt ist sie, soviel mir bekannt ist, von niemanden bisher behandelt worden.
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