The next talk in our 2025-2026 9I制作厂免费 Linguistics Colloquium Series will be given by聽Dr. M谩rton S贸skuthy聽(The University of British Columbia) next Friday,聽November 7th聽at聽3:30pm聽at聽Leacock 232. The details of the talk are given below. Title: Sound change and lexical shifts in the emergence of聽Zipf鈥檚 Law of Abbreviation in English Abstract: Zipf鈥檚 Law of Abbreviation is a famous […]
On Wednesday Oct 29th Michael Wagner gave a colloquium talk at the University of Ottawa, titled Prosodic focus and syntactic alternative projection. Abstract: Prosodic focus is often analyzed as flagging expressions for which alternative semantic meanings are salient in context. These alternative meanings can then compose pointwise, and are taken to play a crucial role […]
We sincerely invite Mandarin Chinese learners to participate in a phonetic experiment, which includes:
- Reading aloud monosyllabic and disyllabic words for voice recording
- Listening to recordings and selecting the correct options
Upon completion of all tasks, participants will receive:
- Monetary compensation (based on completion status): 30CNY
- Practical Mandarin learning materials (e.g., e-books)
Participant Eligibility:
- Aged 18鈥�30
- Native speakers of English (U.S.A.) or Jap
The Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) is inviting Expressions of Interest for the honorary role of Associate Editor for its official peer-reviewed publication, TESOL in Context, for the term 2026鈥�2028.
Associate Editors co-lead one of the journal鈥檚 two general issues each year, working collaboratively with the Managing Editor to ensure rigorous peer review and high-quality publication.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading national, internationally refere
The recently launched free online course "The Search for New Stories to Live By: econarrative and ethical leadership" has been adoped by the United Nations as part of the SDG:Learn programme (see https://www.unsdglearn.org/courses/the-search-for-new-stories-to-live-by-econarrative-and-ethical-leadership/). The course explores how leaders use language in inspiring ways to bring more sustainable societies into being, and has been adopted by the United Nations as part of the SDG:Learn programme. It
Focus: A one-week school focusing on the neurocognitive foundations of language
Description:
The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia) is delighted to invite you to take part in the 6th International School in Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Clinical Linguistics to be held live on April 20-24, 2026. The School is directed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students interested in learning about the neurocognitive foundations of language, about how to make
Workshop conveners:
Oliver Ehmer, Osnabr眉ck University, oliver.ehmer@uni-osnabrueck.de
Katharina K枚nig, M眉nster University, katharina.koenig@uni-muenster.de
J枚rg Zinken, Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, zinken@ids-mannheim.de
Keywords: semantic maps, polysemy and functional networks, qualitative and quantitative analysis, language change and grammaticisation, interaction and interactional linguistics
Semantic maps have been around for over 40 years (Anderson, 1982) and have p
Visit our Conference Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mia-conference2026/call-for-papers?authuser=0
Send your abstracts to: MIA.Conference2026@gmail.com
Indicate the category that most represents your abstract.
Languages for Submissions: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, and English.
Motivations and goal:
Migration is not only a demographic phenomenon but also a site where power, ideology, language, class, sex, gender, and identity intersect. This conference is motivate
Workshop conveners:
Oliver Ehmer, Osnabr眉ck University, oliver.ehmer@uni-osnabrueck.de
Katharina K枚nig, M眉nster University, katharina.koenig@uni-muenster.de
J枚rg Zinken, Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, zinken@ids-mannheim.de
Keywords: semantic maps, polysemy and functional networks, qualitative and quantitative analysis, language change and grammaticisation, interaction and interactional linguistics
Semantic maps have been around for over 40 years (Anderson, 1982) and have p
Visit our Conference Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mia-conference2026/call-for-papers?authuser=0
Send your abstracts to: MIA.Conference2026@gmail.com
Indicate the category that most represents your abstract.
Languages for Submissions: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, and English.
Motivations and goal:
Migration is not only a demographic phenomenon but also a site where power, ideology, language, class, sex, gender, and identity intersect. This conference is motivate
The Department of English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Applied Sciences at Dhofar University is pleased to announce the First International Conference on English Studies (ICES 2026), taking place in Salalah, Oman, on 11鈥�12 February 2026.
The theme highlights the dynamic intersections of English language, literature, and translation with technology, pedagogy, and culture. This event will serve as a vibrant forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to share insights int
The Department of English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Applied Sciences at Dhofar University is pleased to announce the First International Conference on English Studies (ICES 2026), taking place in Salalah, Oman, on 11鈥�12 February 2026.
The theme highlights the dynamic intersections of English language, literature, and translation with technology, pedagogy, and culture. This event will serve as a vibrant forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to share insights int
The way we say the words we say helps us convey the meanings we intend. The way words are 鈥榗hunked鈥� into intonation phrases conveys information about grammatical structure and constituency relations, and within these phrases, differences in the relative amplitude, length and pitch of syllables help direct a listener鈥檚 attention to the most salient points of a message. But as well as conveying linguistic information, prosodic elements such as pitch, stress and intonation convey information about
Meeting Description:
The Workshop on Ideophones in Use (WIU-2026) will take place on December 5-6, 2026 (Japan Standard Time [JST]). It is an online meeting co-hosted by Nagoya University, Japan, and York University, Canada.
WIU-2026 aims to deepen understanding of the role played by ideophones in language use by bringing together researchers from around the globe. The workshop focuses on identifying the characteristics of ideophones used in communication, writing, and verbal art.
We welc
Description:
The Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, invites applications for a faculty position in anthropological linguistics to begin August 15, 2026. The rank of the appointment is tenure-track assistant professor to tenure-eligible associate professor, as appropriate.
We seek a research-driven anthropologist with a demonstrated record of or the potential for external funding that leads to peer-reviewed publications. We encourage applica
The way we say the words we say helps us convey the meanings we intend. The way words are 鈥榗hunked鈥� into intonation phrases conveys information about grammatical structure and constituency relations, and within these phrases, differences in the relative amplitude, length and pitch of syllables help direct a listener鈥檚 attention to the most salient points of a message. But as well as conveying linguistic information, prosodic elements such as pitch, stress and intonation convey information about
Meeting Description:
The Workshop on Ideophones in Use (WIU-2026) will take place on December 5-6, 2026 (Japan Standard Time [JST]). It is an online meeting co-hosted by Nagoya University, Japan, and York University, Canada.
WIU-2026 aims to deepen understanding of the role played by ideophones in language use by bringing together researchers from around the globe. The workshop focuses on identifying the characteristics of ideophones used in communication, writing, and verbal art.
We welc
Call for Papers:
As part of the Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie funded project Verb valency in Germanic: diachronic analysis and reconstruction of protolinguistic scenario (VALGER, project no. 101150253) the research group Linguistics in Pavia, sponsored by the journal North-Western European Language Evolution (NOWELE, John Benjamins), is organizing a two-day symposium dedicated to the study of Germanic syntax.
The symposium will take place at the University of Pavia on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 Ap
Studii de lingvistic膬, Issue 16 (December 2026)
Neological Competition in Multimodal Contexts: Toward an Ecosystemic and Phraseological Theory of Neology
Guest Editors:
Chris Smith (Universit茅 de Caen Normandie)
Albin Wagener (Universit茅 Catholique de Lille)
Overview:
This thematic issue investigates how multimodal and discursive environments shape lexical and phraseological innovation. It invites contributions that reconceptualize neological competition 鈥� between words, affixes, expre
PhD scholarship in the research project "Polite speaking through conduct books, published in Catalonia (1800-1936) (CoBooCat)"
Location: Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Disciplines: Translation studies, Linguistics
Languages: Romance languages, English
Deadline: 30 November 2025
We are seeking applicants for a PhD scholarship in the framework of the research project 鈥楶olite speaking through conduct books, published in Catalonia (1800-1936)鈥� funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science,