To see translation at sea is to see Brest, at the tip of Brittany: the ways the light changes on the water, waves skipping along to break on the shore. It is to recognize the many sea-related industries, from cosmetics to defence, that are economic engines, essential to translation and technical writing, for Brest and for the region.
But to see translation and technical writing at sea is also to recognize the winds of change - driven chiefly by AGI and LLMs - that are currently buffeting the
Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna艅 invites abstracts for the 3rd edition of NanoDays, to be held in Pozna艅 on 8-9 September 2026. The conference welcomes submissions that are either conducted within the Nanosyntactic framework or that interact with, respond to, or otherwise engage with it in a substantive manner.
Invited Speakers:
- Pavel Caha (Masaryk University, Brno)
- Michal Starke (Masaryk University, Brno)
Abstract Guidelines:
We invite abstracts for 35 min
Journal of Studies in Language, Culture, and Society (JSLCS) is an academic multidisciplinary open access and double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research that turns around phenomena related to language, culture, and society. JSLCS welcomes papers that reflect sound methodologies, updated theoretical analyses, and original empirical and practical findings related to various disciplines like linguistics and languages, civilisation and literature, sociology, psychology, tran
Organizers: Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University) and Salvador Mascarenhas (ENS)
Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=ESSLLI.eu/2026/Workshop/CSA
Propositional attitudes, linguistically expressed with predicates like 鈥渂elieve鈥�, 鈥渋ntend鈥�, 鈥渒now鈥� or 鈥渨ant鈥�, constitute one of the central topics in linguistics and philosophy, and they are the foundation of belief-desire-intention psychology. Propositional attitudes allow us to express key aspects of our mental lives for external use
Organizers: Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University) and Salvador Mascarenhas (ENS)
Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=ESSLLI.eu/2026/Workshop/CSA
Propositional attitudes, linguistically expressed with predicates like 鈥渂elieve鈥�, 鈥渋ntend鈥�, 鈥渒now鈥� or 鈥渨ant鈥�, constitute one of the central topics in linguistics and philosophy, and they are the foundation of belief-desire-intention psychology. Propositional attitudes allow us to express key aspects of our mental lives for external use
La cuarta edici贸n del Congreso Internacional SAnTINA IV tendr谩 lugar de manera virtual los d铆as 6 y 7 de mayo de 2026, auspiciada por la Universidad 鈥溔榯efan cel Mare鈥� de Suceava, la Universidade de Vigo, la University of California (Riverside), la Oklahoma State University y la Sociedad para el An谩lisis de Temas Culturales e Identidades Ling眉铆sticas N鈥橝sturies (SAnTINA).
Invitamos a la participaci贸n de investigadores e investigadoras interesados en los Estudios Asturianos, entendidos de manera
The Lingua student group at the University of Texas at Arlington is excited to announce that we are now accepting abstracts for the 31st Annual University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics and TESOL (UTASCiLT).
This annual conference provides a fantastic opportunity for students to refine their presentation skills, showcase their research, and engage with a wider academic audience. We strongly encourage all students鈥攗ndergraduate and graduate鈥攖o participate, especially t
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 40th International Scientific Conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society (CALS). The conference will be held from June 25 to 27, 2026, at the Faculty of Humanities, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia.
The theme of this year's conference is: "Language: From Conceptualization to Application"
We welcome submissions that approach this theme from various perspectives, including but not limited to: foreign/second language acquisition, fi
Organiser: Costas Gabrielatos (Edge Hill University)
Invited Speakers:
- Stefan Gries (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
- Martin Hilpert (University of Neuch芒tel, Switzerland)
- Serge Sharoff (University of Leeds, UK)
The focus of LxGr is the interaction of lexis and grammar. It is influenced by Halliday鈥檚 view of lexis and grammar as 鈥渃omplementary perspectives鈥� (1991: 32), and his conception of the two as notional ends of a continuum (lexicogrammar), in that 鈥渋f you in
The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Thursday, February 5th, at 2-3pm in Room 002 of the 91丝瓜视频 linguistics department. Online participants can join with this link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84180431566 Laurestine Bradford (91丝瓜视频) will be presenting 鈥淭lingit Spatial Roots鈥� Here is the abstract:
The article 鈥淣atural language and external conventions: re-examining聽per鈥�, co-authored by Alan Bale and Bernhard Schwarz, has just appeared online at Linguistics and Philosophy:聽https://rdcu.be/e1ian. The abstract is below. Abstract We argue that per-phrases like two grams per liter exhibit a dual interpretive pattern. When such phrases saturate predicates of quantities in simplex dimensions, like weight or distance, they are […]
Next presentation will be on Monday, Feb 2,12-1pm in room 117 and on Zoom. Tony will be presenting Bybee, J., & Easterday, S. (2022). Primal consonants and the evolution of consonant inventories. Language Dynamics and Change, 13(1), 1-33. (Attached) All relevant documents (schedules, abstracts, papers and slides/handouts) will be available on this Google Drive.
The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List.
If you would like to become a reviewer for one of the books announced in the AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW posting, you will need to follow steps 1-4 explained below:
Step 1: Go to https://linguistlist.org/reviews/request
Step 2: You will be asked to log in or create an account.
Step 3: Update your personal information and add reviewer specific information on why you would be a good reviewer for the books you wish to select.
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As of volume 50 (2026) Editor Michele Gazzola (Ulster University) will succeed Fran莽ois Grin (Universit茅 de Gen猫ve) as Editor-in-Chief of the John Benjamins journal Language Problems & Language Planning. Fran莽ois Grin will remain member of the board. LPLP also welcomes Antonio Leoni de Le贸n (University of Costa Rica) as new Editor.
Language Problems and Language Planning (LPLP) is a peer-reviewed international and multilingual journal which focuses on language issues and the challenges they r
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home) an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs, pejoratives, expressives and evaluative terms from less studied languages, invites you to the fifth talk of the 2025-2026 academic year. The invited speaker is Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University), who will give a talk entitled "Why Do Mantras Move Us?" (see the abstract below). The event will take place o
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Nordics
Edited by Pia Sundqvist, Liss Kerstin Sylv茅n, and Hayo Reinders
In Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Nordics, the aim is to shed light on this region with its fascinating linguistic landscape and long tradition of language learning and teaching research. People from the Nordics鈥擠enmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, including relevant territories鈥攈ave always needed to be knowledgeable in ot
Upcoming webinar: Enacting translanguaging in a Ghanaian multilingual classroom - Code choices in minority language classrooms. Friday, 6 February 2026, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT. Presenters: David Dankwa-Apawu, University of Media, Arts and Communication, Accra; Yvonne Agbetsoamedo, University of Ghana, Legon; Elvis ResCue, University of Birmingham, UK
Register via https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5158c609-2abc-4ef6-88fb-2efa28d061b9@d400387a-212f-43ea-ac7f-77aa12d7977e
In the multilingual cl
I am running a 15-minute survey on the acceptability of alternative constructions for German nouns as part of my undergraduate dissertation. The survey is entirely in German and open to any adult speakers whether they consider themselves native speakers or not.
I am particularly interested in more repsonses from men, as the current sample is quite biased right now.
At the end of the task, you may optionally supply your age (in bins), gender, and first language. You may also enter a raffle
The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) is conducting a survey to map linguistics outreach activities across Europe and to reflect on the future role of the SLE in this area. This short questionnaire is open to all colleagues involved or interested in linguistics outreach, whether or not they are SLE members. All responses will be used for research and planning purposes only.
The questionnaire, which takes about 5 minutes to complete (or more if you want to share your thoughts), is available
Especially those of you working with West African languages, but anyone can chime in:
I'm looking at a tone process in Kusuntu (bqg) of central Togo called HLH plateauing and wondering if it is an aerial phenomenon.
Plateauing occurs where there is an underlying HLH pattern across a morpheme- or word-boundary. The singly-linked L tone delinks and floats. The unassociated segment takes a H (because of H-spreading), but the floating L causes it to downstep so the resulting surface pattern i