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Tue, 01/13/2026 - 08:05
The 23rd Old-World Conference in Phonology (OCP23) will take place at Gonville & Caius College in Cambridge (United Kingdom) from 14 January to 16 January 2026. We invite submissions reflecting various perspectives on phonology, including but not limited to formal, typological, and laboratory approaches. Abstracts based on first-hand empirical data, especially field data on lesser-resourced languages, are particularly encouraged. The conference will be held in person, though an online option

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 07:05
Call for Papers: Keynote Speakers: - Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh) on the biological basis of cognition - Isabelle Dautriche (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université) on conceptual operations before and outside language - Ira Noveck (CNRS, Université de Paris) on logical terms and figurative uses - Tadeusz Zawidzki (George Washington University) on mindshaping Each keynote talk will be followed by a related interdisciplinary symposium. The Society invites the submission o

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 07:05
Global Digital Applied Linguistics Association (GloDAL) & Methodology SIG, Kansai Chapter, Language Education and Technology (LET), Japan May 16–17, 2026 · Macao Polytechnic University · On‑site only About the Conference: Advancing theory, methodology, and practice in Applied Language Sciences. Hosted by Global Digital Applied Linguistics Association (GloDAL) & Methodology SIG, Kansai Chapter, Language Education and Technology (LET), Japan, ALS-RM 2026 convenes a global community to ad

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 07:05
This book is a comprehensive grammatical description of the Hewramî variety of Tekht, grounded in current linguistic methods. Hewramî is one of the most morphologically complex West Iranian languages. It is spoken by several thousand people in the high mountainous Hewraman region situated between Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan. This work is primarily based on a corpus of 46 narratives, collected during several trips to the Hewraman region between 2016 and 2023. This corpus was supplemented by el

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 06:05
Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has started reshaping what it means to work as a professional translator in an industry that is becoming increasingly automated. This prompts us to interrogate, once again, the role and agency of human translators in the translation process or, in other words, the intrinsically human value and values they add to it. A natural corollary is that GenAI forces us translator educators to (re-)interrogate what we

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 06:05
This book investigates the development of indefinites like cualquiera in European and Argentinian Spanish, tracing their path from modal meanings like free choice and random selection to evaluative and even pejorative uses. Drawing on corpus data, variation across dialects, and formal semantic tools, the study probes how transparent these shifts are and what they reveal about the mechanisms of meaning change. The findings will interest linguists working on indefinites, variation, or the interfac

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 16:05
A new version of the EXMARaLDA tools has been released and can be downloaded free of charge from https://www.exmaralda.org. EXMARaLDA is a time-tested system for transcribing and annotating audiovisual language data, and for managing and analysing spoken language corpora. It is used, among others, in conversation and interaction analysis, language acquisition research, dialectology, socio-linguistics, and language documentation. A blog post describes what is new in this version: https://exmarald

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 15:05
About Linguistics is an interesting resource for curious minds who love learning about language. As a Linguist, I have always wanted to belong to a place where linguistics is reflected on and celebrated in all its forms, from the scientific observations of acoustic phonetics to the subjective interpretations of 'how does this word sound to you?'. My goal is to make this place be that place, and to interact with a community that shares the same interests. https://aboutlinguistics.com/

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 15:05
As the conference dates approach, we are pleased to share some important updates regarding the 6th International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL 2026), which will take place on January 21, 22, and 23, 2026, at the Faculty of Philology, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). We are honoured to confirm our keynote speakers and their presentations: - Dr. Patricia Bou-Franch (University of Valencia): Medical gaslighting and epistemic activism in Instagram - Dr. Franc

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 15:05
Call for Papers: We are excited to welcome you to the inaugural Research in Editing and Publishing Conference, held August 6-7, 2026, at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. Submissions are still open, and the deadline has been extended to January 23. Additionally, we are making a special extension for students. Please let your students know that they have until February 28 to submit presentations or posters. The full CFP can be found at https://reap.byu.edu/call-for-proposals/ Reg

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 14:05
Final Call for Papers: INSTILS – the International Network for Skills Training in Intergenerational Language Sustainability – invites you to its inaugural conference on Discoveries and Insights in Skills Training in Intergenerational Language Sustainability (DISTILS-01). A key element of intergenerational language sustainability is building capacity within communities to define and meet their own language goals. To support these aspirations, numerous programs and initiatives (including CoL

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 14:05
2nd Call for Papers: We are pleased to announce the 37th edition of the International Conference on Foreign / Second Language Acquisition (ICFSLA), to be held in Szczyrk, Poland, in May 2026. Organised annually by the Institute of Linguistics at the University of Silesia in Katowice, ICFSLA has, for over three decades, served as a vibrant forum for scholars from around the world to engage in discussions on current developments in second and foreign language acquisition, applied linguistics, m

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 14:05
The fifth meeting on Sound Systems of Latin America (SSLA 5) will be held at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico City, from May 20 to 22, 2026. Plenary Speakers: Charles Reiss-Concordia University Pafnuncio Antonio-Universidad de Sonora Ben Eischens-UCLA The objective of SSLA is to bring together an international group of linguists to address theoretical and descriptive issues related to the phonetics and pho

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 13:05
We invite submissions to the 2nd Workshop on Ecology, Environment, and Natural Language Processing. We are particularly interested in contributions that push the boundaries of linguistics and NLP research in the context of ecological and environmental crisis and that foster interdisciplinary collaboration. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Sentiment, Argument, and Stance Analysis of Environmental Topics: Evaluating public opinions, emotions, and stances on ecologic

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 13:05
We are happy to announce that the sixth Progress in Colour Studies (PICS 2026) conference will be held in Wrocław, Poland, on 10–12 September 2026, following the AIC 2026 Meeting in Florence. The conference will be organized jointly by the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and the University of Wrocław. The aim of the PICS 2026 conference is to provide a forum for discussing studies on colour conducted by researchers representing different disciplines: linguistics (semantics, psycholinguistics,

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 13:05
Call for Papers: The central theme of this conference is Creative Interpretation of Variability, pertaining to the enrichment of intrinsic variation found in languages. We especially encourage submissions pertaining to this theme. We also invite submissions on any aspect of South Asian languages and Linguistics. A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest is as follows: - Comparative and typological studies - Computational Linguistics - Corpus and quantitative Linguistic studies

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 12:05
Call for Papers: This conference is the third of the DiLegMa series, after editions hosted in Paris in 2024 and in Bern in 2025. The conference aims to bring together descriptive/documentary linguists who engage with legacy materials on their language (or language group) of specialization. Hosted by Université Paris Cité's Histoire des théories linguistiques research group, the conference will provide opportunities for exchange with historians of linguistics, and its themes are therefore situ

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 12:05
Call for Papers: Workshop Overview: The International Workshop on Grammaticalization and Syntactic Representations (IWGSR), organized by the Center for Sustainable Development of Linguistic Diversity, will be held October 16 (Friday) – 17 (Saturday), 2026, at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. We welcome submission of presentations that explore the dynamic field of grammaticalization and syntactic theory. The workshop will feature two distinguished keynote speakers, namely, Anna

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 12:05
2nd Call for Papers: Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16 (FASAL 16) will be hosted by the Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina. FASAL reaches out to all researchers that do high-quality linguistic study of any South Asian language adopting a wide range of methodologies. We welcome submissions on under-researched and/or endangered South Asian languages in areas including, but not limited to phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, computa

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 11:05
Emory University's Program in Linguistics is hosting the seventh annual Emory Undergraduate Linguistics Conference (EULC7) virtually. The conference welcomes abstract submissions from undergraduate students and recent B.A./B.S. graduates in all subfields of linguistics. Submissions will be considered for both poster and oral presentations. In your submission, you may indicate your preference for either or both presentation formats in the comment box. All abstracts will undergo anonymous revie

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