Automated translations can break down language barriers and increase access to information, but they can also be highly inaccurate. This timely book explores the social challenges and ethical considerations of using artificial intelligence (AI) translations in high-stakes professional environments. Based on contributions from over two thousand professionals from critical sectors including healthcare, social work, emergency services and the police, the analysis explores the motivations and conseq
Translation plays a consequential role in how states govern, manage multilingual affairs, and project influence, yet this role is rarely examined through a comparative, state-centred framework. This Element introduces the State Translation Programme (STP) to analyse translation as state-organised action. Comparing China with Japan, T眉rkiye, the United States, South Korea, Canada, and Poland, it identifies three strategic modes: Architects build national capacity and identity, Influencers project
This Element explores transformations of translator education in the context of market forces and digital advancements. It firstly examines complex interactions among the translation industry's trends, notably the increasing role of AI in performing translation tasks that humans traditionally did, evolving market demands and specialised needs of the workplace. Based on this, this Element evaluates how university curricula reflect these transformations, including the pedagogical approaches in tra
The study of English usage has to take account of changes in grammar, word choice and nuances of communication. In recent decades, developments in linguistic methodologies have catalysed modifications In our approach to linguistic variation, with perspectives changing from a primarily prescriptive to a more descriptive approach. Bringing together contributions from a team of distinguished scholars, this book explores sociolinguistic and structural dimensions of variability in English usage throu
Journal of Second Language Writing (JSLW) is accepting proposals for a special topic issue to be published late 2027 or early 2028 from interested guest editors. We seek proposals that address a theme that will be of interest and relevance to the journal鈥檚 international readership of L2 writing scholars. We are especially interested in special issue themes that will highlight work in underrepresented contexts and areas of inquiry in second language writing. Past and upcoming special issues have
The Research Workshop on Gender, Youth, and Media in Asia is organized by the Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster (GSRC) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
The event will take place from 20 to 22 February 2027 and will include a two-day conference followed by a one-day workshop.
The workshop brings together researchers working on gender and sexuality across disciplines such as geography, linguistics, anthropology, communications, and media stu
Lo desen Obrador de Ling眉istica Occitana (OLO10) se tendr脿 a l鈥橧nstitut f眉r Romanistik de l鈥橴niversitat de Viena, 脌ustria, los 19 e 20 de mai de 2027. L鈥橭brador de Ling眉istica Occitana es lo f貌rum que recampa los ling眉istas que trabalhan sus l鈥檕ccitan, dins un esperit d鈥檈scambi e de collaboracion.
Las proposicions de comunicacion son a mandar abans lo 31 de geni猫r de 2027 sus EasyAbs (https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/OLO10/) o sus ignasi.planas.villalba@univie.ac.at, en PDF anonimi
We are delighted to invite submissions to the 8th General Conference of the International Language and Law Association (ILLA), to be held at the University of Naples Federico II from 30 June to 2 July 2027. The General Conference will be preceded, on 29 June, by the 6th ILLA Focus Conference on Forensic Linguistics: Language as Evidence.
The relationship between language and law is complex, multifaceted, and constantly evolving. It unfolds across a wide range of dimensions, such as legal inte
The Research Workshop on Gender, Youth, and Media in Asia is organized by the Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster (GSRC) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
The event will take place from 20 to 22 February 2027 and will include a two-day conference followed by a one-day workshop.
The workshop brings together researchers working on gender and sexuality across disciplines such as geography, linguistics, anthropology, communications, and media stu
Lo desen Obrador de Ling眉istica Occitana (OLO10) se tendr脿 a l鈥橧nstitut f眉r Romanistik de l鈥橴niversitat de Viena, 脌ustria, los 19 e 20 de mai de 2027. L鈥橭brador de Ling眉istica Occitana es lo f貌rum que recampa los ling眉istas que trabalhan sus l鈥檕ccitan, dins un esperit d鈥檈scambi e de collaboracion.
Las proposicions de comunicacion son a mandar abans lo 31 de geni猫r de 2027 sus EasyAbs (https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/OLO10/) o sus ignasi.planas.villalba@univie.ac.at, en PDF anonimi
We are delighted to invite submissions to the 8th General Conference of the International Language and Law Association (ILLA), to be held at the University of Naples Federico II from 30 June to 2 July 2027. The General Conference will be preceded, on 29 June, by the 6th ILLA Focus Conference on Forensic Linguistics: Language as Evidence.
The relationship between language and law is complex, multifaceted, and constantly evolving. It unfolds across a wide range of dimensions, such as legal inte
IPrA 2027 Panel: Handling Different Voices in Science Communication: From linguistic polyphony to artificial agents
Kerstin Fischer, Annette Lessm枚llmann & Francois Nemo
Current societal challenges require complex solutions, and accordingly, science communication has to resist giving easy answers. Instead, the complexity and polyphony of societal discourse needs to be accounted for and represented while avoiding overwhelming the recipients. This panel integrates two lines of research: On t
We invite contributions to the panel "Narrating inherited trauma: Pragmatic, narrative, and cross-cultural perspectives," to be held as part of the 20th International Pragmatics Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 27 June 鈥� 2 July 2027. Scholars who are considering a contribution are welcome to contact us with a provisional title and a brief description of the proposed paper by September 15, at:
Bracha Nir, bnir@univ.haifa.ac.il;
Tomoko I. Sakita, tsakita@mail.doshisha.ac.jp.
The panel focus
IPrA 2027 Panel: Handling Different Voices in Science Communication: From linguistic polyphony to artificial agents
Kerstin Fischer, Annette Lessm枚llmann & Francois Nemo
Current societal challenges require complex solutions, and accordingly, science communication has to resist giving easy answers. Instead, the complexity and polyphony of societal discourse needs to be accounted for and represented while avoiding overwhelming the recipients. This panel integrates two lines of research: On t
We invite contributions to the panel "Narrating inherited trauma: Pragmatic, narrative, and cross-cultural perspectives," to be held as part of the 20th International Pragmatics Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 27 June 鈥� 2 July 2027. Scholars who are considering a contribution are welcome to contact us with a provisional title and a brief description of the proposed paper by September 15, at:
Bracha Nir, bnir@univ.haifa.ac.il;
Tomoko I. Sakita, tsakita@mail.doshisha.ac.jp.
The panel focus
The conference aims to bring together voices from around the world to share knowledge, experiences and transformative projects related to linguistic diversity, social cohesion, culture and innovation working on the present and future of Basque and other minoritized and minority languages around the world. It will be an opportunity to reflect collectively on how languages can help build stronger, more open and more connected communities.
This is a panel at the 20th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA2027)
The Pragmatics of 鈥榙oing Family鈥� in Everyday Life
Co-organisers:
Zhiyi Liu, Valeria Sinkeviciute, Andrea Rodriguez
The University of Queensland
Family discourse, including interaction between parents and children, siblings and adult (extended) family members, is a complex social phenomenon where social meanings are jointly constructed and negotiated. For several decades now, various aspects of family talk have
This is a panel at the 20th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA2027)
The Pragmatics of Doing 鈥榖eing Siblings鈥� in Talk-in-interaction
Valeria Sinkeviciute
The University of Queensland
In interactional studies, it has been observed that, in and through family conversations, children are socialised into and show their understanding of the social order through their enactment of pragmatic and normative behaviours as members of society (e.g. Minks, 2010; see also overviews in Cekaite,
The Pragmatics of Organized Crime and Conflict: Identity, Ritual, and Transnational Mediations
Convenors:
Takako Kawabata (SOAS University of London)
Daniela Cesiri (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Panel Description:
Organized crime groups such as the Italian Mafia, the Japanese Yakuza, and the Hong Kong Triads are not merely criminal enterprises; they are communicative communities sustained through highly ritualized linguistic and semiotic practices. Existing research has shown tha
This is a panel at the 20th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA2027)
The Pragmatics of 鈥榙oing Family鈥� in Everyday Life
Co-organisers:
Zhiyi Liu, Valeria Sinkeviciute, Andrea Rodriguez
The University of Queensland
Family discourse, including interaction between parents and children, siblings and adult (extended) family members, is a complex social phenomenon where social meanings are jointly constructed and negotiated. For several decades now, various aspects of family talk have