Summary
A most needed and well formulated textbook, Corpus Linguistics for Language Learning Research, is published in the series Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (RMAL), by John Benjamins. The book provides an underserved readership, i.e., novice researchers and graduate students majoring in applied linguistics, SLA, and language pedagogy, with foundational knowledge and introduction to the compilation of a valid corpus, step by step illustration of various techniques of corpus analys
SUMMARY
Published in 2025, Patricia Kolaiti鈥檚 second book, 鈥淟iterature and Art as Cognitive Objects: From a Poetics of Language to a Poetics of Actions,鈥� aims to transmit a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary criticisms of literature and arts. Kolaiti鈥檚 work aims to pave the way for further research in the study of literature and art to conjunct with cognitive sciences and explore the possibility of merging cognitive theories with literary and artworks as objects, perhaps leading to di
Editors
Takako Kawabata
tk70@soas.ac.uk
Daniela Cesiri
daniela.cesiri@unive.it
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Overview and scope
Language and food both function as semiotic systems that rely on shared conventions to convey meaning and to organize social life. As Roland Barthes (2008: 24) argued, food is not simply nourishment but 鈥渁 system of communication, a body of images, a protocol of usages, situations, and behavior.鈥� In much the same way, language is never a neutral tool. It structures
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The Department of Linguistics seeks applications for a lecturer in linguistics, with a focus on teaching and advising in formal semantics. The ability to teach and advise students in another area in addition to semantics is a plus. The lecturer will be responsible for teaching four courses in this area (two per semester). We anticipate a mix of graduate and undergraduate courses, to include semantics courses at both levels, and courses possibly from among the following: an underg
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Pitch at the Crossroads: Experimental Approaches to the Language鈥揗usic Connection
Date and Time:
Thursday, June 25, 2026
1:00鈥�4:30 pm
Location:
Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada
Satellite Workshop of LabPhon 20
Pitch is central to both language and music, yet the relationship between linguistic and musical pitch remains under-theorized within laboratory phonology. While LabPhon has long advanced the experimental study of tone and intonation, explicit cross-domain research
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How do we persuade someone to act against their initial intentions? How do we reshape what they think about an issue?
Language is our most powerful tool for influence. We use it to convince, persuade, cajole, and coax, often without even realizing it. Words mold opinions, shift attitudes, and guide behavior. This symposium places the persuasive power of language at its very core.
Linguists have traditionally examined the workings of persuasive language in institutionali
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Workshop Description:
Digital humanities (DH) stand at the intersection of computing and the humanities, involving collaborative transdisciplinary research. While current DH practice already shows an impressive array of new digital tools and methods for the study of the humanities, we believe that natural language processing techniques and experience can significantly enhance the field, while DH can also bring new testbeds and problems for the NLP community.
The 4th DHan
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The 20th Comparative Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting will take place at C么te d鈥橝zur University, Nice, France, on the 23-25 September 2026.
The meeting aims to bring together scholars working on any aspect of the syntax and/or morphology of the dialects of Italy (including non-Romance varieties) and encourages all approaches 鈥� whether synchronic or diachronic, descriptive or theoretical (all frameworks).
The invited speakers of CIDSM20 are:
- Rita Manzini, Unive
[Italian below]
The 20th Comparative Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting will take place at C么te d鈥橝zur University, Nice, France, on the 23-25 September 2026.
The meeting aims to bring together scholars working on any aspect of the syntax and/or morphology of the dialects of Italy (including non-Romance varieties) and encourages all approaches 鈥� whether synchronic or diachronic, descriptive or theoretical (all frameworks).
The invited speakers of CIDSM20 are:
- Rita Manzini, Unive
Organized by the T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and sponsored by United College, CUHK, the 15th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-15) will take place at CUHK on June 5-6, 2026 as one of the commemorative activities for the 60th anniversary of the Centre.
The Workshop will be held in an in-person mode. We are pleased to invite submissions for a 20-minute talk (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) or a po
The Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG) is an annual conference bringing together generative linguistics from East Asia and around the world to present and discuss current research related to generative syntax and its interfaces. Each year, SICOGG invites a keynote speaker to deliver a series of lectures on a special topic related to the speaker鈥檚 current research. SICOGG 28 will take place at Chungnam National University in Daejeon, Korea, from August 10 - 12, 2026. Th
Organized by the T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and sponsored by United College, CUHK, the 15th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-15) will take place at CUHK on June 5-6, 2026 as one of the commemorative activities for the 60th anniversary of the Centre.
The Workshop will be held in an in-person mode. We are pleased to invite submissions for a 20-minute talk (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) or a po
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The 鈥淚orgu Iordan 鈥� Alexandru Rosetti鈥� Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy invites you to participate in The 10th International Symposium of Linguistics (Bucharest, May 21-23, 2026) which also hosts, in this edition, The International Colloquium 鈥淩omanian Academic Lexicography. The Challenges of Computerization鈥� 鈥� AcadLexi and The research workshop The Grammar of Spoken Language.
The symposium continues the tradition of scientific meetings organised by the 鈥淚o
The Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG) is an annual conference bringing together generative linguistics from East Asia and around the world to present and discuss current research related to generative syntax and its interfaces. Each year, SICOGG invites a keynote speaker to deliver a series of lectures on a special topic related to the speaker鈥檚 current research. SICOGG 28 will take place at Chungnam National University in Daejeon, Korea, from August 10 - 12, 2026. Th
Submission page: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/signlang2026/
Submissions are invited for a full day workshop on sign language resources and technologies, to take place on 16 May 2026 as a satellite event of LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. As in the previous four years, the workshop will be a hybrid event.
During the past years, a number of large-scale sign language corpus projects have started. Some have already been completed, but many more projects are about to start. At the same
In the last ten years, significant advances in deep learning models and the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized the fields of computational linguistics (CL) and natural language processing (NLP). In turn, this has led to a complete re-assessment of the language resources and evaluation practices necessary for training LLMs and analyzing their outputs. In particular, the availability of very large amounts of unstructured data for training foundational models has come i
Recent studies highlight the value of bilingual education in facilitating the employability of graduates, among other positive aspects. However, they also reveal controversy and differing opinions among families whose children are enrolled in bilingual education programs (Mart铆nez-Garrido, Hidalgo, & Moreno-Medina, 2022). Other studies have explored the perceptions of different stakeholders involved in education (D铆az Pastor & Jim茅nez-Jim茅nez, 2020; Dur谩n-Mart铆nez et al., 2016; Esparza Montero &
Submission page: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/signlang2026/
Submissions are invited for a full day workshop on sign language resources and technologies, to take place on 16 May 2026 as a satellite event of LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. As in the previous four years, the workshop will be a hybrid event.
During the past years, a number of large-scale sign language corpus projects have started. Some have already been completed, but many more projects are about to start. At the same
In the last ten years, significant advances in deep learning models and the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized the fields of computational linguistics (CL) and natural language processing (NLP). In turn, this has led to a complete re-assessment of the language resources and evaluation practices necessary for training LLMs and analyzing their outputs. In particular, the availability of very large amounts of unstructured data for training foundational models has come i
Recent studies highlight the value of bilingual education in facilitating the employability of graduates, among other positive aspects. However, they also reveal controversy and differing opinions among families whose children are enrolled in bilingual education programs (Mart铆nez-Garrido, Hidalgo, & Moreno-Medina, 2022). Other studies have explored the perceptions of different stakeholders involved in education (D铆az Pastor & Jim茅nez-Jim茅nez, 2020; Dur谩n-Mart铆nez et al., 2016; Esparza Montero &