We are proud to announce that the International Workshop on Language Production (IWoLP) 2027 will take place from 6鈥�8 January 2027 at City University of Hong Kong. This marks the first time IWoLP will be hosted in the Asia-Pacific region, and we hope to bring together researchers and practitioners working on language processing, computational linguistics, natural language processing, and related interdisciplinary fields.
Our newly launched conference website is now live: https://lt.cityu.edu
Call for Papers:
The 58th Algonquian Conference will be held in St. John鈥檚, Newfoundland/Ktaqmkuk/Akami-assi at Memorial University, from Friday, 23 October to Sunday, 25 October, 2026.
This conference is an international meeting for Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and community members to share research and practice relating to Algonquian peoples, the largest First Peoples group in Canada. Fields of interest include anthropology, archaeology, art, biography, education, ethnography,
By the term non-standard languages we mean linguistic varieties defying a proper standard because they serve as minority language within a state or region, and/or they are used as alternative expressive means forming part of the repertoire of the community in which a standard language is spoken, and/or finally they deviate from the standard insofar as they function as regiolects, slang, or informal sociolects (Nic Craith 2006, Hogan-Brun & O鈥橰ourke 2019). While often stigmatized or deemed 鈥渋nfor
In mediated political talk, participants continuously position themselves and others in relation to each other as well as to broader political discourses that shape and constrain their interaction. Through such positioning practices, situated interaction becomes interwoven with and related to wider (trans-situational) discursive formations. This panel invites contributions that explore this intersection between interaction and discourse by focusing on positioning and stancetaking (cf. Du Bois 20
Sign languages and the diverse paths to their acquisition offer a unique opportunity to gain insight into linguistic theory and human cognition. Structurally, the visual-gestural modality has different affordances and demands than the oral-aural modality and these have implications for linguistic theory (Perniss 2018). Socially, signer demographics are extremely varied due to factors such as (familial) hearing status, language ideology, and access to a sign language community (De Meulder 2019).
By the term non-standard languages we mean linguistic varieties defying a proper standard because they serve as minority language within a state or region, and/or they are used as alternative expressive means forming part of the repertoire of the community in which a standard language is spoken, and/or finally they deviate from the standard insofar as they function as regiolects, slang, or informal sociolects (Nic Craith 2006, Hogan-Brun & O鈥橰ourke 2019). While often stigmatized or deemed 鈥渋nfor
In mediated political talk, participants continuously position themselves and others in relation to each other as well as to broader political discourses that shape and constrain their interaction. Through such positioning practices, situated interaction becomes interwoven with and related to wider (trans-situational) discursive formations. This panel invites contributions that explore this intersection between interaction and discourse by focusing on positioning and stancetaking (cf. Du Bois 20
Sign languages and the diverse paths to their acquisition offer a unique opportunity to gain insight into linguistic theory and human cognition. Structurally, the visual-gestural modality has different affordances and demands than the oral-aural modality and these have implications for linguistic theory (Perniss 2018). Socially, signer demographics are extremely varied due to factors such as (familial) hearing status, language ideology, and access to a sign language community (De Meulder 2019).
We are pleased to announce the 38th annual conference of the Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics (IATL), which will take place at Bar-Ilan University on October 18 and 19, 2026 (or a week later). We aim to hold the conference during the Israeli Science and Academia Week. The conference will consist of a general session and a special session on Computational Models for Linguistic Processing. Talks will be 30-minute long with 10 additional minutes for discussion. The conference will als
We are pleased to announce that the second conference on Formal Models in Linguistics (FML 2026) will take place on November 11-12, 2026, hosted by the Faculty of Humanities at HSE University. The conference focuses on the study of natural language within both generative and non-generative formal approaches, using any methodological tools (experimental, corpus-based, etc.).
We invite submissions of original work focusing on formal analysis of natural language data. Submitted abstracts will un
We are pleased to announce the 38th annual conference of the Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics (IATL), which will take place at Bar-Ilan University on October 18 and 19, 2026 (or a week later). We aim to hold the conference during the Israeli Science and Academia Week. The conference will consist of a general session and a special session on Computational Models for Linguistic Processing. Talks will be 30-minute long with 10 additional minutes for discussion. The conference will als
Call for Papers:
Confirmed Speakers:
Anna Papafragou (University of Pennsylvania)
Devyani Sharma (University of Oxford)
Sandrine Zufferey (University of Bern)
After the successful workshop Social Meaning and Grammar, which took place in Z眉rich in March 2026 (https://www.ds.uzh.ch/de/tagungen/social-meaning-and-grammar.html), we are now moving on to the second round. The term 鈥榮ocial鈥� plays a central role in the acquisition and learning literature in general (e.g., in broad topics such
We are pleased to announce that the second conference on Formal Models in Linguistics (FML 2026) will take place on November 11-12, 2026, hosted by the Faculty of Humanities at HSE University. The conference focuses on the study of natural language within both generative and non-generative formal approaches, using any methodological tools (experimental, corpus-based, etc.).
We invite submissions of original work focusing on formal analysis of natural language data. Submitted abstracts will un
Aspects offer a fast and contemporary alternative to publish cutting-edge research in a wide variety of areas in Linguistics and related fields. They present original, insightful subjects with a focus on emerging topics. More compact than a monograph, less limited than a regular journal article, Aspects offer authors a new way of publishing their work. Aspects are peer-reviewed under the aegis of existing book series with John Benjamins. The books are between 65 and 80 typeset pages long and are
Whether you're supporting literacy in a school, a community center, or at home, this book is for you. Designed for children and adults alike, it can be used anywhere from bustling cities to remote villages. Inside are participatory, low-tech games built from simple materials you can make or gather locally. Each one includes clear, step-by-step instructions, creative variations, and tips for adapting to different group sizes, languages, and scripts. These games are more than just fun. They are po
We are pleased to announce that the 12th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-12) will be organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and will be held on 21鈥�23 October 2027.
The ICLC conference series, running since 1998, aims to promote fine-grained cross-linguistic research involving two or more languages from a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Following the successful editions in Mannheim and Prague
We are pleased to invite submissions for the 3rd Tunisian Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (TSFLC 3). This edition focuses on the role of SFL in understanding and shaping social change, particularly through perspectives emerging from the margins and peripheries in diverse semiotic and social practices.
Systemic Functional Linguistics sees language as a social semiotic act that not only maintains and supports the existing eco-social order, but also 鈥渘udg[es] it in the directions in w
We are pleased to announce that the 12th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-12) will be organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and will be held on 21鈥�23 October 2027.
The ICLC conference series, running since 1998, aims to promote fine-grained cross-linguistic research involving two or more languages from a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Following the successful editions in Mannheim and Prague
We are pleased to invite submissions for the 3rd Tunisian Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (TSFLC 3). This edition focuses on the role of SFL in understanding and shaping social change, particularly through perspectives emerging from the margins and peripheries in diverse semiotic and social practices.
Systemic Functional Linguistics sees language as a social semiotic act that not only maintains and supports the existing eco-social order, but also 鈥渘udg[es] it in the directions in w
A common distinction in linguistics is between transactional uses of language, which serve the communication of information, and interactional uses, which express attitudes and social relationships (Jakobson 1971; Brown and Yule 1983; Hyland 2005). Within the latter domain, Heine (2023) identifies a range of interactional expressions, including attention signals (Hey!), directives (Look!), evaluatives (Great!), interjections (Oh), response elicitors (What?), response signals (Yes), social formul