How do people talk about words? This work explores naming constructions such as This formation is called a 鈥渃oral reef鈥� that are used to introduce lexicalized concepts like coral reef through metalinguistic reference. Drawing on the theoretical foundations in philosophy of language as well as recent work in semantics and pragmatics, experimental evidence from corpus analyses and psycholinguistic experiments鈥攊ncluding self-paced reading and eye-tracking data鈥攗ncover the linguistic and cognitive p
Der vorliegende Band versammelt ausgew盲hlte Beitr盲ge des XXXVIII. Romanistischen Kolloquiums zum Themenschwerpunkt 鈥濳ognitive Linguistik und Romanistik鈥�. Die Texte spiegeln die zunehmende Relevanz kognitiv-linguistischer Ans盲tze innerhalb der romanistischen Sprachwissenschaft wider 鈥� eine Entwicklung, die als Reaktion auf fr眉here, prim盲r systemorientierte Theorietraditionen entstand. Die Beitr盲ge decken ein breites Spektrum aktueller Perspektiven der kognitiven Linguistik innerhalb der Romanisti
This monograph investigates for the first time words like 鈥榯hing鈥� of maximal semantic generality across languages. Not all languages have exact equivalents of English 鈥榯hing鈥� 鈥� in some, for instance, the nearest equivalent is an interrogative stem (鈥榳hat?鈥�). Few languages extend their 鈥榯hing鈥� words into indefinite 鈥榮omething鈥�, 鈥榓nything鈥�, 鈥榥othing鈥�, as in English. As regards Indo-European languages, Buck (1988) points out that such words typically derive from a more abstract source than that of
This book brings together some of the most prominent linguists working in the field of East and Southeast Asian syntax to create a special collection of papers which highlight new developments in the analysis of the syntax of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian languages. Generative syntactic theory has regularly been influenced by discoveries made in Asian languages, and the present volume connects a broad range of striking patterns found in Asian languages with Mini
The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social, cultural and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. We invite papers in all areas of research in bi-/multilingualism, whether or not linked directly to the overarching conference theme, including, but not limited to, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics,
The Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning Workshop (X-PPL) brings together the growing community of researchers working to expand the diversity of languages in the scope of psycholinguistic and neuroscience research. This research is driven by the recognition that structural/typological and socio-cultural diversity provides important and unique opportunities to see language processing and language learning mechanisms at work. The bulk of processing and acquisition research repr
The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social, cultural and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. We invite papers in all areas of research in bi-/multilingualism, whether or not linked directly to the overarching conference theme, including, but not limited to, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics,
The Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning Workshop (X-PPL) brings together the growing community of researchers working to expand the diversity of languages in the scope of psycholinguistic and neuroscience research. This research is driven by the recognition that structural/typological and socio-cultural diversity provides important and unique opportunities to see language processing and language learning mechanisms at work. The bulk of processing and acquisition research repr
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Generative AI in Informal English Language Learning
Journal: Technology-Assisted Language Education (TALE)
Editor in Chief: Professor Saman Ebadi, Razi University
Guest Editor: Professor Pia Sundqvist, University of Oslo
Focus and Scope:
The rapid emergence of Generative AI (GenAI) has created an unprecedented landscape for autonomous and informal English language learning outside of traditional classrooms. This special issue seeks to explore and theorize
The Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain (ULAB) was founded in 2011. Since then, ULAB has hosted an annual conference which aims to give undergraduate students, and recent graduates, a chance to network with each other and showcase their research. The ULAB 2026 conference will be hosted by the University of York, with participation both in-person and online being an option for attendees. The conference is being organised by a group of undergraduate students at the University of York.
The Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association and the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Gda艅sk invite you to the international conference Cognitive Linguistics in the Year 2026 to be held in Polish and English.
The leitmotif of this year鈥檚 conference is interdisciplinarity, understood as the integration of cognitive linguistics with other fields, including (among others) corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, applied linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analy
Call for Papers:
We are inviting proposals for presentations at the 21st Annual Meeting of Slavic Linguistics Society to be held at Seoul National University (Korea), from August 12 to 14, 2026. Papers dealing with any aspect of Slavic linguistics, within any theoretical framework or methodological approach, are welcome. The abstract submission deadline is April 15, 2026.
Keynote Speakers:
- John F. Bailyn (Stony Brook University)
- Hana Filip (Heinrich Heine Universit盲t)
- Motoki Nomac
The Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain (ULAB) was founded in 2011. Since then, ULAB has hosted an annual conference which aims to give undergraduate students, and recent graduates, a chance to network with each other and showcase their research. The ULAB 2026 conference will be hosted by the University of York, with participation both in-person and online being an option for attendees. The conference is being organised by a group of undergraduate students at the University of York.
The Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association and the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Gda艅sk invite you to the international conference Cognitive Linguistics in the Year 2026 to be held in Polish and English.
The leitmotif of this year鈥檚 conference is interdisciplinarity, understood as the integration of cognitive linguistics with other fields, including (among others) corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, applied linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analy
Call for Papers:
We are pleased to announce that the 26th International Conference of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA 2026) will be held as follows:
Dates: 4鈥�5 July 2026 (Sat鈥揝un)
Venue: Mie University https://www.mie-u.ac.jp/en/
Invited Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Culbertson銆�(University of Edinburgh)
Deadline for Abstract Submission: Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 23:59 (JST).
There are four formats for research presentations at J-SLA 2026:
(1) Oral Presentation
(2) Poster Pres
We are pleased to announce the online workshop Large Language METAPHORS: New Trends in Computational Approaches to Metaphorical Expressions, to be held on 5th March, organised by the Neurolinguistics and Experimental Pragmatics Laboratory (NEPLab) and supported by the ERC project 鈥淧ROcessing MEtaphors: Neurochronometry, Acquisition and DEcay鈥� (PROMENADE).
The workshop adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together linguistics, computational linguistics, and psycholinguistics. It w
Final Call for Papers:
Deadline for abstract submissions extended to 14 February 2026!
The 13th edition of the International Word Processing Conference (WoProc 2026) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6鈥�8 July 2026.
Keynote speakers:
鈥� Davide Crepaldi (University of Pavia, Italy)
鈥� Jana Reifegerste (Georgetown University, USA)
We will also hold...
An invited symposium on "Computational approaches to lexicon and morphology", with:
- Evelina Leivada (Universitat Aut貌noma de
II Jornada Acad茅mica Internacional "Lengua y cultura espa帽ola en Portugal y Brasil" PORT/ES/BRA
Entidades organizadoras: Instituto de Patrimonio y Humanidades (IPH), Universidad de Zaragoza; Cursos de espa帽ol como lengua extranjera UNIZAR; Centro Universitario de Lenguas Modernas (CULM) UNIZAR; M谩ster de Espa帽ol como lengua extranjera UNIZAR, Grupo de investigaci贸n TRADHUC (UVa)
Lugar de celebraci贸n: Zaragoza y en l铆nea, Espa帽a
Fecha de celebraci贸n: 20 de febrero de 2026
Descripci贸n
El II Seminario EMOSPACE se celebrar谩 el viernes 6 de marzo de 2026 en la Universidad Nebrija (Campus de Madrid-Arturo Soria) en modalidad presencial. El encuentro se centra en la presentaci贸n y discusi贸n de modelos te贸ricos y metodol贸gicos que permiten explicar c贸mo se conceptualiza, experimenta y analiza la emocionalidad en lenguas adicionales. Partiendo de la idea de que la dimensi贸n emocional del lenguaje es compleja y multidimensional, el seminario plantea avanzar desde aproximaciones descr
TallerIA en el aula de lenguas: herramientas did谩cticas para el profesorado
Formaci贸n docente sobre inteligencia artificial organizado por la Universidad de La Rioja:
05 Feb 2026
De 17:00 a 19:00 horas (online)
17:00 "Res煤menes, diagramas y podcasts para el propio estudio a partir de Notebook LM" con Alicia Silvestre de la Universidad de Zaragoza
18:00 horas "Formaci贸n docente: Dise帽o de un banco de recursos con IA generativa (IAG)" con Mar铆a Garc铆a Fern谩ndez de la Universidad de Ja