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Wed, 07/30/2025 - 05:05
We are excited to announce the Call for Presentations for the upcoming international conference "Backlash? Gender-Inclusive Language in a Time of Resistance", taking place online on Friday, 23 January 2026. As always, to ensure fair access, the conference will be held online and free of charge. Please find all relevant information, including proposal guidelines and key deadlines here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguistics/research/gender-inclusive-language/backlash-conference/ Please

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 05:05
No wonder sugar is on everyone’s lips (pun intended): it is just an omnipresent item and a hotly debated topic. But there are many facets to it: sugar is an agricultural product, a food item, a nutrient, and a biochemical component of our bodies. The meanings of sugar are thus constructed in many different discourses, with different aspects being foregrounded. Many of these aspects are problematic and controversial, whether the role of slavery and the exploitation of people and the environment i

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 05:05
The main aim of the Workshop on Linguistic Variation at Interfaces III – VARINT26 is to widen our understanding of the empirical phenomena displaying linguistic variation, their relevance for the design of the overall grammatical architecture, and the current status of approaches to variation in terms of (micro) parameters and networks. Descriptive-formal generative approaches to variation are founded on the hypothesis that variation among languages is understood as the interaction between a

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 17:05
Vieregge, Annika. Bewertung und Variation der Präpositionalkasus im Deutschen: Der Einfluss metapragmatischer Urteile auf die Rektion von Präpositionen. Open Germanic Linguistics, 10. Berlin: Language Science Press. ISBN 978-3-98554-126-3. 45€. SUMMARY Vieregge’s Bewertung und Variation der Präpositionalkasus im Deutschen (“Evaluation and variation of cases governed by prepositions in Germanâ€) consists of seven chapters, of which the final one is a brief outlook chapter, a researcher in

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 15:05
Dear all, We’re happy to share that the proceedings of the 8th Workshop on the Use of Computational Methods in the Study of Endangered Languages (ComputEL-8) have now been published by the ACL Anthology. You can access the proceedings here: https://aclanthology.org/volumes/2025.computel-main/ For those who missed the workshop, presentation recordings and slides are also available here: https://computel-workshop.org/computel-8-presentation-slides/ Many thanks to all authors, reviewers

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 15:05
Does Brazilian Portuguese allow P-stranding?A syntactic and lexical argument for P-orphaning Hi everyone, I’m preparing to present a version of my MA thesis this October at the Konstanz Linguistics Conference and would really appreciate your thoughts and feedback before then. The topic concerns the syntax of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) prepositions that appear without adjacent complements — often analyzed as P-stranding, but I argue these are better analyzed as P-orphaning, involving a lexic

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 05:05
Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics (AIRiAL) 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop AIRiAL 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop Workshop Title: Speech Processing and Analysis with Foundation Models for Applied Linguistics Research and Practice Hosted by: The ALTESOL Language & Technology Research Group @ Teachers College, Columbia University Workshop Presenter: Ikkyu Choi, Educational Testing Service Date & Time: Thursday September 25, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Cost: $65

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 05:05
English below Das Programm für unsere Konferenz Jenseits von Elbisch: Konstruierte Sprachen in phantastischen Welten ist veröffentlicht und kann auf unserer Website angesehen werden: https://phantastik.eu/events/41-wetzlarer-tage-der-phantastik-2025/ Die Anmeldung ist ebenfalls freigeschaltet. Der Tagungsbeitrag beträgt 50€ (ermäßigt 30€). Die Konferenz wird in Zusammenarbeit der Phantastischen Bibliothek Wetzlar und Inklings-Gesellschaft für Literatur und Ästhetik e. V. ausgerichtet. Konf

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 08:05
We are pleased to invite submissions for AnatoLinks, a PhD / early career two-day conference dedicated to the study of Ancient Anatolia through the lenses of Linguistics, Philology, History, and Archaeology, to be held at the University of Oxford on 4–5 December 2025. The conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and encourage meaningful exchange between different approaches to the ancient Anatolian world. We particularly welcome joint presentations by researchers from different fi

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 07:05
The GILE Journal of Skills Development (GJSD) invites submissions for its upcoming issue. GJSD is an open-access, international, double-blind peer-reviewed journal committed to exploring and advancing personal and professional skills development, particularly among youth and early-career professionals. What We Publish: We welcome a variety of contributions, including: - Scientific research articles (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods) - Case studies - Action research - Citizen scie

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 06:05
Ce colloque international vise à rassembler des personnes du monde de la recherche intéressées par le rôle du numérique dans le cadre de l’enseignement-apprentissage des langues. Il porte plus précisément sur les usages effectifs et potentiels d’applications numériques, en donnant un éclairage particulier aux opportunités qu’elles offrent (inclusion de divers types de publics, accessibilité et flexibilité des apprentissages, etc.). Il est également prévu d’explorer les limites d’applications num

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 06:05
La setena edició de les Jornades de Lingüística Catalana a Viena se celebrarà del 28 al 29 de maig de 2026. La temàtica se centrarà en els marcadors discursius i en els processos de pragmaticalització. Les propostes de presentació cal que s'enviïn en format PDF a l'adreça indicada i han d'incloure un àbstract anònim que no ha de superar dues pàgines, amb bibliografia inclosa. La data límit d'enviament és el 18 de gener de 2026. Com a nota addicional, ens plau d'anunciar que ja hem confirmat l

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 06:05
We are pleased to invite submissions for AnatoLinks, a PhD / early career two-day conference dedicated to the study of Ancient Anatolia through the lenses of Linguistics, Philology, History, and Archaeology, to be held at the University of Oxford on 4–5 December 2025. The conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and encourage meaningful exchange between different approaches to the ancient Anatolian world. We particularly welcome joint presentations by researchers from different fi

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 05:05
Description: The Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites applications for a new full-time, tenure-track position, beginning on August 25, 2026. This is a university-year appointment and will be at the level of advanced assistant professor or tenured associate or full professor. Artificial intelligence developments are upending the scientific landscape and creating unprecedented research opportunities in linguistics. This is a fast growing research area t

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 05:05
Call for Papers: Queer Linguistics applies insights from Queer Theory to linguistics. More specifically, it seeks to explore the intersections of language and social identity informed by a non-binary, social constructionist and interactional perspective on gender and sexuality. Queer linguistic research investigates how speakers use language to subvert and reconfigure linguistic and socio-cultural hegemonies. As a growing area of inquiry, it critically explores variation, creativity, and the

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 05:05
We are delighted to announce that Applied Linguistics Compass is now open to Special Issue Proposals for any issue of Volume 2, to be published in 2026, within the broad area of Applied Linguistics. Scholars and researchers interested in serving as Guest Editors are warmly invited to submit their proposals via email to: applied_linguistics_compass@editorial-alcjournal.com Proposals should be 500–800 words in length and clearly outline: - The main objectives of the proposed special issue

Sun, 07/27/2025 - 15:05
Author: Karin McClellan Reviewer: Marjan Abbasian Subject: English Prosody in First and Second Language Speakers A contrastive interlanguage analysis across intonational dimensions SUMMARY Chapter One gives an overview of English prosody, emphasizing its vital function in meaning conveying in both first and second languages. It talks about the differences in prosody amongst speakers and the difficulties faced by L2 learners as a result of prosody being overlooked in English langua

Sat, 07/26/2025 - 17:05
SUMMARY Lesley Gourlay’s The University and the Algorithmic Gaze (2025) is a critical approach to the reality of university education and its increasing digitization, caused by a desire for transformation and quantification that is motivated by ideologies that have permeated different realms of public life, including the campus. In this sense, the book, which expands throughout six chapters, criticizes the overarching nature of an algorithmic gaze which acts upon people’s lives to influence h

Fri, 07/25/2025 - 13:05
(English version below) Das Panel ist eine Fortsetzung des ersten Panels „Digitale Slawistik“, das 2024 im Rahmen der 48. ÖLT stattfand und Slawist*innen aus Belarus, Litauen, Polen, Tschechien, Deutschland sowie österreichischer Universitäten (Wien, Graz, Innsbruck) zusammenbrachte (die Tagungsbeiträge erscheinen demnächst in Scripta & e-Scripta). Das Panel zielt darauf ab, Forschende zu vernetzen, die an der Schnittstelle zwischen Digital Humanities (inklusive Computerlinguistik) und Sla

Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:05
GLAC is the annual conference of the Society for Germanic Linguistics (SGL), an organization serving the broad community of scholars teaching and researching in Germanic linguistics and philology. Papers submitted to GLAC may be on any linguistic or philological aspect of any historical or modern Germanic language or dialect, including English (to the Early Modern period) and the extraterritorial varieties. ​ SHEL (Studies on the History of the English Language) has been meeting biennially fo

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