Keynote speakers:
Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh) on the biological basis of cognition
Isabelle Dautriche (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Universit茅) on conceptual operations before and outside language
Ira Noveck (CNRS, Universit茅 de Paris) on logical terms and figurative uses
Tadeusz Zawidzki (George Washington University) on mindshaping
Each keynote talk will be followed by a related interdisciplinary symposium.
General Aim:
The aim of the European Society for Philosophy & Psy
Richard Page, one of the founding editors of the SiGL book series, is stepping down; we sincerely thank him for his contribution to the series and to the Benjamins program in general. We welcome new editors David Natvig (University of Stavanger) and Hanna Fischer (Philipps-Universit盲t Marburg), who will be joining Michael T. Putnam and Laura Catherine Smith.
Studies in Germanic Linguistics (SiGL) aims to achieve a more detailed and nuanced understanding of the structural development of German
As of Volume 5 (2026), the John Benjamins journal Translation in Society welcomes on board two new Associate Editors, Diana Roig-Sanz (Open University of Catalonia, Spain) and Minhui Xu (University of Macau), and one new Review Editor, Giuseppe Palumbo (University of Trieste, Italy).
The aim of this essentially interdisciplinary journal is to explore translation as a key social relation in a deeply interconnected world.
Translation in Society offers a platform for the growing amount of resea
NyishiBERT is a transformer-based language model developed for the Nyishi language, a low-resource Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India. The model is intended to support linguistic research and language technology development for underrepresented languages, including tasks such as language modeling, downstream NLP experimentation, and corpus-based analysis.
The model is trained on Nyishi text data and released openly to encourage reproducibility, reuse, and further research on low
Calling all native English-speaking academics & PhD students in Linguistics, Literature, or ELT!
Help us with our T脺B陌TAK-funded research (Project No: 323K457). This study focuses on interactional metadiscourse markers in academic writing (hedges, boosters, self-mentions etc.).
5-min survey + 25-min Zoom interview
Fully anonymized results
Interested? Email oliver.bevington@tedu.edu.tr with 3 preferred time slots to participate!
Description:
Lecturer in Linguistics Position Spring 2026
University of California Los Angeles
Requisition Number: JPF10778
UCLA Linguistics Department: Lecturer in Linguistics Position AY 2025-2026
The UCLA Department of Linguistics invites applications for Lecturer for the 2025-2026 academic year to teach 1 undergraduate course:
Spring: Linguistics and Speech Pathology
See Table 15 for the salary range for this position. Salary placement will be based on skills, knowledge, and e
The Italian Institute of Oriental Studies Department at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, warmly invites both members and non-members of the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) to participate in the 9th edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics. The conference will be hosted onsite in Rome from June 17th to June 18th, 2026.
Similar to past editions held in Venezia (2014), Milano (2015), Roma (2016), Napoli (2017), Milano (2018), Forl矛 (2021), Bergamo (2022), and Verona
Address forms are the set of expressions used by speakers to address their interlocutor(s). These forms signal the social, cultural, and relational norms that shape human interactions. They convey respect, intimacy, or distance between interlocutors, and vary across languages and cultures. The study of these forms allows for the identification of social and linguistic dynamics, as well as of pragmatic and linguistic variation in multilingual and intercultural contexts. This conference aims to pr
Description:
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It鈥檚 a big mission, and that鈥檚 where you come in!
At Duolingo, you鈥檒l join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You鈥檒l have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds 鈥� while doing work that鈥檚 both meaningful and fun.
The Italian Institute of Oriental Studies Department at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, warmly invites both members and non-members of the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) to participate in the 9th edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics. The conference will be hosted onsite in Rome from June 17th to June 18th, 2026.
Similar to past editions held in Venezia (2014), Milano (2015), Roma (2016), Napoli (2017), Milano (2018), Forl矛 (2021), Bergamo (2022), and Verona
Address forms are the set of expressions used by speakers to address their interlocutor(s). These forms signal the social, cultural, and relational norms that shape human interactions. They convey respect, intimacy, or distance between interlocutors, and vary across languages and cultures. The study of these forms allows for the identification of social and linguistic dynamics, as well as of pragmatic and linguistic variation in multilingual and intercultural contexts. This conference aims to pr
2nd Call for Papers:
Extended Deadline: January 26, 2026
Michigan State University is pleased to host the 56th Linguistic Symposium in Romance Languages in East Lansing, MI, May 14-16th 2026.
Invited speakers:
- Andr茅s Saab (Universidad de Buenos Aires / Conicet)
- Karen Miller (Penn State University)
- Miquel Simonet (University of Arizona)
- Patr铆cia Amaral (Indiana University)
LSRL provides a forum for all aspects of Romance linguistics. We invite abstracts for considerati
Final Call for Papers:
Abstract submission period extended: the new deadline for submission is 17th January 2026 (midnight GMT).
The Manchester Forum in Linguistics (MFiL) is an annual conference for postgraduate students and early-career researchers in all fields of Linguistics. The aim of the conference is to share current theoretical and methodological linguistic work and provide information and advice for postgraduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and others in the early stages of
Kaunas University of Technology is organising a research conference dedicated to discussing the rapid development of the language industry and the growing possibilities of applying artificial intelligence in ways that are reshaping research practices.
We cordially invite professionals and researchers in Philology, Educational Sciences, language and technologies to share their experience and insights and take part in resourceful discussions about the use of artificial intelligence in language
Kaunas University of Technology is organising a research conference dedicated to discussing the rapid development of the language industry and the growing possibilities of applying artificial intelligence in ways that are reshaping research practices.
We cordially invite professionals and researchers in Philology, Educational Sciences, language and technologies to share their experience and insights and take part in resourceful discussions about the use of artificial intelligence in language
DHandNLP Website: https://sites.google.com/view/4thdhandnlp/home
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
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.
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Final Call for Papers:
Keynote Speakers: Lindsay Preseau (Iowa State University) & Jenny Robins (Iowa State University)
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The Germanic Graduate Student Association (GGSA) at The Ohio State University invites submissions from graduate and undergraduate students for its upcoming 18th annual conference exploring the diverse 鈥榣ifeworlds鈥� (Lebenswelten) that inform and transform our understanding of German Studies. This year鈥檚 theme centers the concept of 鈥榣ifeworld鈥� (Lebenswelt), making us
DHandNLP Website: https://sites.google.com/view/4thdhandnlp/home
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
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.
The symposium continues the tradition of scientific meetings organised by the 鈥淚orgu Iordan 鈥� Alexandru Rosetti鈥� Institute of Linguistics. The conference is o