/linguistics/aggregator Linguistics - aggregated feeds en https://mcling.blogs.mcgill.ca/colloquium-11-7-marton-soskuthy/ The next talk in our 2025-2026 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Linguistics Colloquium Series will be given by Dr. Márton Sóskuthy (The University of British Columbia) next Friday, November 7th at 3:30pm at Leacock 232. The details of the talk are given below. Title: Sound change and lexical shifts in the emergence of Zipf’s Law of Abbreviation in English Abstract: Zipf’s Law of Abbreviation is a famous […] Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:57:38 -0400 https://mcling.blogs.mcgill.ca/michael-wagner-at-the-university-of-ottawa/ 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 […] Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:55:20 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3331/ 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 18–30 - Native speakers of English (U.S.A.) or Jap Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3330/ 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 2026–2028. Associate Editors co-lead one of the journal’s 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3329/ 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3328/ 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3327/ Workshop conveners: Oliver Ehmer, Osnabrück University, oliver.ehmer@uni-osnabrueck.de Katharina König, Münster University, katharina.koenig@uni-muenster.de Jörg 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3326/ 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3327/ Workshop conveners: Oliver Ehmer, Osnabrück University, oliver.ehmer@uni-osnabrueck.de Katharina König, Münster University, katharina.koenig@uni-muenster.de Jörg 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3326/ 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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:05:02 -0400