Call for Papers:
Submission deadline extended to 30 January.
We are delighted to announce that the 12th edition of Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory (FEAST) will take place at the University of Amsterdam from 6 to 8 July 2026. It is organized by SignLab Amsterdam, a cross-faculty research lab of the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam.
FEAST is the regular forum to d
Africa is one of the most multilingual continents, with a wide range of speakers having bi-/multilingual repertoires (Juillard, 2021). In Cameroon, more than 280 national languages coexist alongside French and English, which are the official languages (Binam Biko茂 et al. 2012). This multilingual situation has consequences on everyday linguistic practices as well as the linguistic profiles of speakers, who range from exclusive monolingualism to early bilingualism, late bilingualism, additive bili
Registration for the 50th Annual Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC50) is now open. This year's conference will feature a keynote talk from Rajesh Bhatt (UMass Amherst) as well as a bilingualism panel, including Mark Amengual (University of California Santa Cruz), Marlyse Baptista (University of Pennsylvania), and Michael Putnam (Pennsylvania State University) (moderated by Matthew Hewett, University of Pennsylvania). PLC50 will include talks on computational linguistics and acquisition, morpholog
Registration for the 50th Annual Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC50) is now open. This year's conference will feature a keynote talk from Rajesh Bhatt (UMass Amherst) as well as a bilingualism panel, including Mark Amengual (University of California Santa Cruz), Marlyse Baptista (University of Pennsylvania), and Michael Putnam (Pennsylvania State University) (moderated by Matthew Hewett, University of Pennsylvania). PLC50 will include talks on computational linguistics and acquisition, morpholog
This collection of Kilmeri texts provides insight into the language and culture of the Kilmeri people in northern Papua New Guinea. Six narrators tell stories about their clans, their land, and its food supply during the 鈥榞olden age鈥� as well as today. Life in the bush is never easy, as evil spirits often hinder people's efforts to find food. Readers will be introduced to a variety of genres, including legendary deeds of Kilmeri heroes, old village life, contemporary village life, and other oral
Digitale Ressourcen, Methoden und Werkzeuge sind heute in verschiedensten Bereichen von Translation und Translatologie anzutreffen. Es gen眉gt also nicht mehr, in diesem Zusammenhang nur ganz allgemein von Maschineller 脺bersetzung, Korpora und Termdatenbanken zu sprechen. Diesem Umstand tr盲gt der Band Rechnung: In 脺berblicksbeitr盲gen mit Handbuchcharakter wird ein Querschnitt des Digitalen in Translationsforschung, -praxis und -didaktik wiedergegeben. Dieser reicht von historischen und psychologi
We are writing to introduce the MultiLX online seminar series, which brings together researchers, artists and creative practitioners to explore issues of language, culture and communication in an increasingly digital and multilingual Europe. The series is organised as part of the MultiLX research project, a multi-institutional collaboration that seeks to provide new knowledge about the communication practices and language ideologies of young people in Europe, shaping the future of inclusive mult
Both general linguists and Slavic specialists will find the Slavic verb to be a rich source of linguistic data. Its study offers insights that contribute to a deeper understanding of the Slavic languages and of language more broadly.
The second volume of this two-part work compiles language-specific studies on the Slavic verb, featuring articles on secondary imperfectives, the aspectual behavior of simplex verbs, habituality, relative tense, and perfective verbs of returning. The empirical da
Both general linguists and Slavic specialists will find the Slavic verb to be a rich source of linguistic data. This book offers insights that contribute to a deeper understanding of both the Slavic languages and language structure more broadly
The first volume of this two-part work presents studies on the Slavic verb from a comparative perspective, focusing on analyses involving two or more Slavic languages. It includes contributions on verbal aspect (including biaspectuality, the East Slavi
Call for Papers:
The 40th International Conference of the Asociaci贸n de J贸venes Ling眉istas will take place in Salamanca (Spain) from 7 to 9 October 2026, fifteen years after the University of Salamanca last hosted the annual AJL conference.
The conference is open to undergraduate and MA students, PhD candidates, and scholars who have obtained their PhD within the last two years. Contributions may be written in in any of the languages of Spain or English.
Abstract submission will be open
Final Call for Papers:
We are delighted to announce that the Gallo-Romance Advances in Morphology & Syntax (GRAMS) workshop will be held in Trinity College Dublin on 25-26 May 2026.
The submission deadline is extended to 19 January 2026.
GRAMS embraces the full diversity of the Gallo鈥慠omance continuum, such as (standard) French and its regional varieties, the lesser-studied O茂l dialects (e.g., Gallo, Picard, Franc-Comtois), and the Oc varieties of southern France (e.g., Proven莽al, Auver
ATRAS Journal is now inviting scholars from around the globe to submit their unpublished manuscripts for publication. The journal aims to contribute to the body of knowledge by publishing original papers in the fields of literature, gender studies, cultural studies, linguistics, education, language studies, translation, social sciences, and the arts. Researchers are invited to submit their manuscripts in English, Arabic, and French.
Presentation:
ATRAS Journal is inviting researchers from th
G21C (Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century), also known as /g蕘afematik/, is a biennial academic conference that convenes scholars from disciplines engaged with grapholinguistics and, more broadly, the systematic study of writing systems and their manifestation in written communication. The conference seeks to examine the current state of scholarship in this domain and to assess the significance of writing and writing systems within adjacent disciplines, including computer science, communication
G21C (Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century), also known as /g蕘afematik/, is a biennial academic conference that convenes scholars from disciplines engaged with grapholinguistics and, more broadly, the systematic study of writing systems and their manifestation in written communication. The conference seeks to examine the current state of scholarship in this domain and to assess the significance of writing and writing systems within adjacent disciplines, including computer science, communication
For the first time in the history of Semitic studies, this volume is devoted entirely to Modern South Arabian (MSA) as a unified linguistic and cultural entity. The three principal regions inhabited by MSA speakers鈥擬ahra and Dhofar on the Arabian mainland, and the island of Soqotra鈥攁re comprehensively represented. The contributions span a broad thematic range, including cultural history, field sociology, and, above all, linguistics (both synchronic and diachronic), alongside the rich oral tradit
What happens when Chinese is shaped by centuries of contact with Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic, and Tibetic languages? This volume explores this question through striking case studies of lects like Tangwang and Wutun, where Chinese exhibits unexpected features such as OV word order, case suffixes, and restructured verbal morphology. Drawing on rare fieldwork data, this volume reveals how deep multilingual interaction transforms grammatical systems. It offers a unique contribution to the study of la
The Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM) and the Local Organising Committee invite members of the Society and all scholars interested in the field to participate in the 36th International Conference of SELIM (SELIM 36), to be hosted by the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Toledo, from 23rd to 25th September 2026.
The organisers welcome papers dealing with any aspect of medieval English language and literature. As in previous SELIM conferences, we especi
What if Old Norwegian syntax diverged from Old Icelandic earlier than previously assumed? Discover the hidden dynamics of Old Norwegian syntax in this groundbreaking volume that challenges the long-held view that Old Norwegian and Old Icelandic can, on a syntactic level, be treated uniformly under the broader term 鈥極ld Norse.鈥� Through detailed analyses of information structure and prosodic weight, this book reveals 鈥� among other findings 鈥� an early shift toward fixed VO word order in Old Norwegi
The Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM) and the Local Organising Committee invite members of the Society and all scholars interested in the field to participate in the 36th International Conference of SELIM (SELIM 36), to be hosted by the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Toledo, from 23rd to 25th September 2026.
The organisers welcome papers dealing with any aspect of medieval English language and literature. As in previous SELIM conferences, we especi
30th PAAL International Conference (Paal 2026)
Theme for 2026
鈥淎pplied Linguistics across the Pan-Pacific: Celebrating 30 Years of Practice and Progress鈥�
August 19 (Wed)鈥�20 (Thur), 2026
College of Liberal Arts Building, Anam Campus,
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
About the Conference:
The PAAL International Conference is the annual meeting of the Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. The conference invites researchers, educators, and practitioners working in all areas of