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Sun, 11/23/2025 - 15:05
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

Sun, 11/23/2025 - 14:05
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

Sun, 11/23/2025 - 14:05
In dem westlichen Teil der Provinz West-Preussen und in einigen Dörfern der Kreise Bütow, Stolp und Lauenburg in Pommern spricht die Landbevölkerung (180000 Personen) eine Sprache, über welche die Meinungen sehr geteilt sind. Von streng wissenschaftlichen Standpunkt ist sie, soviel mir bekannt ist, von niemanden bisher behandelt worden. Die Hauptmundarten des Kaschubischen sind die nördliche (die pommersche und die Sprache des Kreises Neustadt und des nördlichen Teiles des Kartauser Kreises) un

Sun, 11/23/2025 - 14:05
Der Madschame-Dialekt, oder auch Kimashami, ist ein Bantudialekt, der im Westen des Kilimandscharo in Tanzania von ca. 16000 Einwohnern als Muttersprache gesprochen wird. Der Schwerpunkt der Arbeit von Augustiny liegt auf dem Klassensystem und den Regeln für die Assimilation, die im Verb morphologisch kodierten Zeitformen, Relativpronomina, Relativsätze, Nomina (Genitiv und Lokativklassen), Kausativa, Ordnungszahlen, etc. Das Buch enthält zudem zwei übersetzte Beispieltexte aus der Kolonialz

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 16:05
We are pleased to announce the release of NE-BERT, a state-of-the-art domain-specific foundation model designed to bridge the digital divide for the languages of Northeast India. Built on the ModernBERT architecture, NE-BERT provides open-source, high-performance language representations for 9 underserved languages of the region, spanning the Tibeto-Burman, Austroasiatic, and Indo-Aryan families. Linguistic Motivation: Standard multilingual models (like mBERT or indicBERT) often fail on North

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 15:05
2025. iv, 414 pp. Contents Introduction: multilingual, multilectal, and multiscriptal writing Cecelia Cutler, Unn Røyneland and Zvjezdana Vrzić pp. 167-176 Norms at play Bjørn T. Ramberg and Unn Røyneland pp. 177-202 Professional identities and cosmopolitan personas: Latin as cultural capital in Scandinavian rune inscribers’ signatures Alessandro Palumbo pp. 203-226 How planning a national language cured the Croatian nationalists of xenolingohassen Kristian Novak pp. 227

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 15:05
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) invites submissions for papers to be presented at the 20th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 20), to be held in-person Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, 2026 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, online sessions will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2026 and the morning of Friday, March 13, 2026. The keynote speaker for the workshop is Professor L.J. Randolph Jr, with one potential additional keyno

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 15:05
Description: The Department of Linguistics invites applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in Linguistics and Cognitive Science with an expected start date of September 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Instructional Professor, or Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and educational background. The initial appointment is for a minimum of

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 14:05
Greetings, Linguists! The November 2025 issue of Speculative Grammarian—the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics—is now available online for your browsing pleasure.      http://specgram.com/CXCV.2/ The editors and publishers of Speculative Grammarian are proud to announce that the Penultimate Issue of our esteemed journal is now available. This issue offers many excellent articles, including a case study in how to deal with, let’s

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 14:05
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Fri, 11/21/2025 - 14:05
Other Specialties: Sign Languages, Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Interactional and Multimodal Dynamics Description: The French National Research Centre (CNRS) will soon be recruiting researchers in linguistics. Recruitment is done by a national competition, but applicants are asked to select one or more research labs to which they would like to be assigned, and the lab's official consent and support are crucial. SFL (Structures Formelles du Langage: htt

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 13:05
Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition: Issues from Arab Context is a scholarly edited volume that introduces the generative approaches to language acquisition, unveiling important issues from Arab context. It consists of two parts: Part I provides theoretical foundations of how L1/L2 takes place, how Universal Grammar (UG) shapes it, the role language faculty plays in it, enabling learners to re-set the parameters, already set by L1, according to L2 given the L2 linguistic input the lear

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 13:05
This volume offers an in-depth exploration of Portuguese linguistic and cultural complexity through a multidisciplinary lens, integrating historical, sociolinguistic, literary, and pedagogical perspectives. The introductory chapter provides a foundation for foreign students and researchers by tracing the evolution of Portuguese from its Latin origins and detailing its geographical expansion, emphasizing the language’s pluricentric character and distinct features. Subsequent chapters expand the s

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 13:05
Call for Papers: Invited speaker: Pavel Iosad (University of Edinburgh) (Note change in the dates of the conference) Morphological alternations can be realized through the concatenation of affixes, or through non-concatenative processes that do not involve the addition of segmental material, such as modifications of suprasegmental features (e.g. length or tone), or the featural constituents of segments (e.g. vowel height, consonantal manner of articulation). The two nouns below, from Nuer

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 12:05
Focus: syntax, semantics, phonology and phonetics Description: The OVA summer school (formerly known as EGG) will take place at the University of Debrecen, in Hungary, between the dates of July 27--August 7, 2026. OVA offers two week-long introductions to syntax, semantics and phonology, advanced seminars on special topics in all three tracks, and student-organized events like an open podium, where you can present your research, or workshops on technical skills, where you can learn abou

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 12:05
Focus: Generative linguistics, syntax, semantics, phonology Description: In 2026, the EGG summerschool in linguistics will be held in the wonderful city of Brno (Czech Republic). The school will take place from July 27th to August 7th. Stay tuned on https://www.eggschool.org/ where teachers and classes will come in progressively. The organizers Dana Isac (Concordia) Alex Chabot (Maryland) Tobias Scheer (Nice) Contact: theeggschool@gmail.com Follow us on X - https://x.com/

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 12:05
An argument for replacing Chomsky’s set-theoretic Merge view of syntax with a theory of syntax based on mereological objects. Mereology is the study of parthood—what it means for one thing to be part of another. David Adger argues that a theory of syntax based on mereological objects should replace Chomsky’s set-theoretic Merge view of syntax. He shows how this new perspective solves some of the problems that have bedeviled minimalism, while opening a path to a unified approach to islands, on

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 11:05
This Element explores the gendered dimensions of the ways language used to describe, define, and diagnose pregnancy loss impacts experiences of receiving and delivering healthcare in a UK context. It situates experiences of pregnancy loss language against the backdrop of gender role expectations, ideological tensions around reproductive choice, and medical misogyny; asking how language both reflects and influences contemporary gender norms and understandings of maternal responsibility. To do thi

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 11:05
The development of academic language in bilingual contexts is under-researched, especially at the critical point of adolescence. This insightful book addresses the onset and development of literacy in bilingual contexts, through a series of original case studies. Covering CLIL, EMI, and bilingual/multilingual education, the authors examine the evolution of the lexis, syntax and discourse in bilingual learning over the years of adolescence and early adulthood at school. Qualitative and quantitati

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 11:05
Half a century ago, Noam Chomsky posited that humans have specific innate mental abilities to learn and use language, distinct from other animals. This book, a follow-up to the author's previous textbook, A Mind for Language, continues to critically examine the development of this central aspect of linguistics: the innateness debate. It expands upon key themes in the debate - discussing arguments that come from other disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, criminology, computer

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