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"Language as an Ecological Phenomenon: Language and Biological Ecology in Human-Environment Relations" is a book in the field of ecological linguistics published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the series Bloomsbury Advances in Ecological Linguistics. The book was published in the United Kingdom in 2024. The content of this book is collected from 14 contributors and edited by Sune Vorke Stefansson, Martin Doring and Stephen J. Cowley. The book is divided into three parts: first the i
Our conference is dedicated to exploring current research, emerging perspectives and innovative approaches in the study of literature. This conference will bring together scholars, researchers and educators from around the world to exchange ideas, share insights, and engage in meaningful academic dialogue across a wide range of literary topics.
The conference programme includes plenary sessions, section meetings, and workshops on literary studies and creative writing. We invite contributions
Our conference is dedicated to exploring current research, emerging perspectives and innovative approaches in the study of literature. This conference will bring together scholars, researchers and educators from around the world to exchange ideas, share insights, and engage in meaningful academic dialogue across a wide range of literary topics.
The conference programme includes plenary sessions, section meetings, and workshops on literary studies and creative writing. We invite contributions
Call for Papers:
Extension of the deadline for submitting abstracts to 15 September 2026
International Conference: Europa-Universit盲t Flensburg, 16鈥�19 June 2027
鈥淟anguage abuse and language criticism in the history of linguistics / Sprachmissbrauch und Sprachkritik in der Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft / Abus des mots et critique du langage dans l'histoire de la linguistique鈥�
From 16鈥�19 June 2027, the international conference 鈥淟anguage abuse and language criticism in the history of
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RWTH Aachen University is one of Germany鈥檚 pre-eminent Universities of Excellence and is renowned for its high-quality teaching and world-class research. Assuming profound responsibility towards society, RWTH ad-dresses bold scientific questions and translates its knowledge into meaning-ful applications. RWTH strives for the convergence of knowledge, methods, and findings and integrates in-depth disciplinary knowledge within the interdisciplinary research consortia established in
Other Specialties: TESOL
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The Department of English at the University of Memphis seeks candidates for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. The position is non-renewable and contingent upon funding. It begins Fall 2026 and ends with the conclusion of the Spring 2027 semester. We welcome applications from applied linguists who can contribute to our current foci in language teaching and learning, English language teacher ed
Our conference brings together translators, interpreters, language professionals, researchers, and educators in the field of translation studies to promote international scientific cooperation. The conference programme includes plenary sessions, section meetings, and workshops.
We invite contributions from the following fields:
1) Legal Translation;
2) Medical Translation;
3) Literary Translation;
4) Audiovisual Translation;
5) Translation and Technologies;
6) Translation as Intercultu
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Brazil is a continental country, the largest and most populous in South America. The Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW) 2027 will bring up the issue of linguistic diversity to highlight two of several Brazilian accents. In line with this theme, the Blizzard Challenge 2027 will focus on synthesising speech for two accents of Brazilian Portuguese and for one other main variant, European Portuguese from Portugal.
Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese differ in pronunciation, voca
The Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW) is the main meeting place for research and innovation in speech synthesis, i.e. predicting speech signals from text input. Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology is a key component of numerous applications: speech-to-speech translation, digital assistants, conversational agents, social robots. While early research focused on basic intelligibility, contemporary systems now achieve remarkable naturalness. Current research frontiers include emotional expression, speakin
Our conference brings together translators, interpreters, language professionals, researchers, and educators in the field of translation studies to promote international scientific cooperation. The conference programme includes plenary sessions, section meetings, and workshops.
We invite contributions from the following fields:
1) Legal Translation;
2) Medical Translation;
3) Literary Translation;
4) Audiovisual Translation;
5) Translation and Technologies;
6) Translation as Intercultu
About:
Brazil is a continental country, the largest and most populous in South America. The Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW) 2027 will bring up the issue of linguistic diversity to highlight two of several Brazilian accents. In line with this theme, the Blizzard Challenge 2027 will focus on synthesising speech for two accents of Brazilian Portuguese and for one other main variant, European Portuguese from Portugal.
Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese differ in pronunciation, voca
The Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW) is the main meeting place for research and innovation in speech synthesis, i.e. predicting speech signals from text input. Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology is a key component of numerous applications: speech-to-speech translation, digital assistants, conversational agents, social robots. While early research focused on basic intelligibility, contemporary systems now achieve remarkable naturalness. Current research frontiers include emotional expression, speakin
Focus: Empowering the New Generation of Language Teachers: From Policy to Practice in Ethical AI
Description:
- Do you want to engage critically and confidently with AI in language education?
- If you are a pre-service or in-service language teacher, join us for an immersive three-day learning journey (12 contact hours) designed to connect technical understanding with ethical reflection as you practically integrate AI into real-life teaching practices.
- You will not only learn the
The study explores how Spanish speakers perceive and rate different words, including taboo and neutral lexical units, with the aim of contributing to research on linguistic attitudes toward taboo in Peninsular Spanish.
The survey takes approximately 5 to 10 minutes and requires a device (phone, tablet, or computer) capable of playing audio, as some stimuli are presented orally.
We are looking for participants who meet the following criteria:
- Native speakers of Spanish
- Resident in S
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 2025 (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 as social cognition
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 2025 (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 as social cognition
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The goal of this panel is to maintain the meeting space for linguists working on ellipsis that was initiated at the LII Simposio de la SEL, held in Madrid in 2024. Given that the panel was successful in 2024 and 2026 (researchers from different universities and countries, such as Spain, Korea, Austria, Germany, the United States of America and Poland attended), we believe that the session can provide a fruitful meeting space at the LIV Simposio de la SEL.
Ellipsis is the anapho
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"Rule-Based NLP with NLP++" is the first textbook devoted to NLP++, the only general-purpose programming language created specifically for natural language processing. Written by the co-creators of the language, David de Hilster and Amnon Meyers, the book teaches rule-based, knowledge-driven text analysis from the ground up using the VisualText development environment and its NLP Engine. It presents NLP++ as a transparent, "glass-box" alternative to statistical, neural, and machine-
Call for Papers:
Dates: 30-31 October 2026 (Friday-Saturday) Hybrid Event
"The posthuman predicament confronts us with a fundamental tension: "we" may well be confronting the threats and challenges of the third millennium, together, but "we" are not One, or the Same鈥攚e are differently positioned in terms of power, entitlement, and access of the very conditions that define us. "We" are not a homogeneous notion but a complex and diverse one, which reflects the multiple differences that compo
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The goal of this panel is to maintain the meeting space for linguists working on ellipsis that was initiated at the LII Simposio de la SEL, held in Madrid in 2024. Given that the panel was successful in 2024 and 2026 (researchers from different universities and countries, such as Spain, Korea, Austria, Germany, the United States of America and Poland attended), we believe that the session can provide a fruitful meeting space at the LIV Simposio de la SEL.
Ellipsis is the anapho