Of the many linguistic families in California most are confined to single areas, but the large Moquelumnan or Miwok family is one of the few exceptions, in that the people speaking its various dialects occupy three distinct areas. These three areas, while actually quite near together, are at considerable distances from one another as compared with the areas occupied by any of the other linguistic families that are separated.
The northern of the three Miwok areas, which may for convenience be
Language is predominantly a social phenomenon. Understanding language and its function in society has always been an object of research in sociolinguistics. Besides communication being the main purpose of language, it is also a crucial tool in economic development in modern societies. It plays a vital role in wealth creation, a distinct disposition of human beings. This research attempts to establish the relationship between language and economy, as the use of language plays a significant role i
This book is a study of a minority Dardic language Kohistani as spoken in Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The Kohistani speech community in Ganderbal is nested in a multilingual context, where it co-exists with Kashmiri, dominant language of the region, Gojri and Urdu. Urdu is used as a lingua franca among the diverse multilingual communities in Ganderbal.
The Kohistanis in Ganderbal are multilinguals with varying degree of competence in Kashmiri, Gojri and Urdu. In this book, the str
The field of East Slavic historical linguistics has undergone dramatic change over the past 50 years. Progress in dialectology and accentology, along with the steady accretion of new primary materials (Novgorod birchbark texts), has rendered obsolete many of the formulas that have traveled from handbook to handbook. The teacher of the history of East Slavic faces the problem of how to combine the facts established and insights gained by recent scholarship with what remains valuable in traditiona
Seeking help to update information on South American languages for The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat), at www.endangeredlanguages.com.
Recent references, definitely after 2012, are needed that supply, where possible, speaker numbers, vitality status, and location, though information via personal communication is also welcome.
I鈥檝e updated the information on most of the Indigenous languages of South America (though it will not appear in the catalogue for some time yet). It
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The School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Science Studies at Tel-Aviv University invites applications for an open-rank, tenure-track position beginning March or October 2026.
We seek candidates with a record of excellence in research and teaching in one or more of the following areas:
- Philosophy
- Linguistics
- History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas
Applicants with demonstrated expe
2nd Call for Papers:
Invited speakers: Kriszta Sz茅cs茅nyi (University of Deusto) and Stefan Keine (UCLA)
Subproject A01 鈥淐reativity in morphosyntax: The role of analogy鈥� of the Bielefeld University Collaborative Research Centre 1646 鈥淟inguistic Creativity in Communication鈥� is organising a three day workshop (Wednesday afternoon to Friday midday) on long-distance dependencies in October 2025. A01 studies long-distance movement (in particular islands) and long-distance agreement phenomena and
The Discourse Research Association of Ireland (DRAOI) is pleased to announce the full schedule for our fifth annual Summer Seminar Series, taking place online every Wednesday* at 15:00 Irish Standard Time during July and August 2025.
All seminars are free and open to the public. Join us for a vibrant series of talks by researchers working across discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, multimodality, discourse theory, and more.
July
9 July
Liz Kiely, University College Cork
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The goal of this panel is to maintain the meeting space for linguists working on ellipsis that was initiated at the LII Simposio de la SEL, held in Madrid in 2024. Given that the panel was successful in 2024 (researchers from different universities and countries, such as Spain, Germany, the United States and Poland attended), we believe that the session can provide a fruitful meeting space at the LIV Simposio de la SEL.
Ellipsis is the anaphoric phenomenon that has aroused mos
The dialect of Lesbos is one of the major dialects still spoken in Greece. It belongs to the group of 螡orthern Greek Dialects, featuring, among other things, two phonological traits missing from the varieties of the south: high-vowel deletion and mid-vowel raising in unstressed position. The dialect of Lesbos displays an interesting vocabulary and a number of intriguing phenomena that reveal aspects of the diachronic evolution of Greek and contact with Turkish and Italo-Romance.
For the Modern
An essential resource for understanding linguistic landscapes and their role in multilingual contexts worldwide
The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism provides an in-depth exploration of linguistic landscapes as a tool to understand multilingualism across diverse global contexts. Edited by leading scholars Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz, this authoritative volume brings together pioneering research on the evolving interactions between language, place, space, and society.
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A field-defining survey of research in the rapidly growing field of English for Specific Purposes, now in its second edition
The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes provides an up-to-date account of the origins, development, current state, and future directions in the study of English as used in its specific contexts, including medical English, business English, and academic English. Featuring research from leading authorities, this comprehensive volume addresses all key aspects of ESP,
The definitive reference work on the dynamic and evolving field of world Englishes
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes is the first resource of its kind, providing authoritative coverage of the spread of English around the globe. Unparalleled in breadth and depth, this comprehensive reference work covers the linguistic features of geographical varieties of English worldwide and discusses critical issues, cultural-political considerations, language debates, language policies, a
Written by internationally recognized researchers and educators, Understanding Multilingualism: An Introduction provides detailed coverage of the various dimensions of modern multilingualism. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the field by exploring the broad spectrum of different sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and neurocognitive approaches to the study of multilingualism.
The text begins by defining and clarifying the scope of multilingualism studies as a distinctive, interdis
Una herramienta pedag贸gica integral y basada en evidencia para la formaci贸n del profesorado de espa帽ol
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Dear Linguist List community,
I am conducting a survey as part of my research on emotions. If your first language is English or Japanese, please consider taking less than 10 minutes to answer it. It鈥檚 anonymous and there鈥檚 a small gift at the end!
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Join us for a two-day hybrid summer school with Prof. Antony Unwin, co-editor of the Handbook of Data Visualization (Springer 2008) and author of Graphical Data Analysis with R (Routledge 2015) and Getting (more out of) Graphics: Practice and Principles of Data Visualisation (Routledge 2024).
In this summer school, you will learn what graphics are best suited for the visualisation of particular types of linguistic data, and you will learn how to produce such graphics yourself using the free s
We invite contributions to the upcoming workshop Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value, to take place at the University of Barcelona on November 6-7th, 2025. Invited speakers include:
- Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University)
- Justin Khoo (MIT)
- Nils Franz茅n (University of Ume氓)
- Carla Umbach (University of Cologne).
We will explore topics surrounding the phenomenon of the 鈥渁cquaintance inference" of aesthetic language. The use of aesthetic language to describe an object (e.g., predicates
We invite contributions to the upcoming workshop Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value, to take place at the University of Barcelona on November 6-7th, 2025. Invited speakers include:
- Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University)
- Justin Khoo (MIT)
- Nils Franz茅n (University of Ume氓)
- Carla Umbach (University of Cologne).
We will explore topics surrounding the phenomenon of the 鈥渁cquaintance inference" of aesthetic language. The use of aesthetic language to describe an object (e.g., predicates
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Titel des Workshops: Marketinglinguistik
Thema: Sprache als Schl眉sselressource der Marketingkommunikation
Kurzbeschreibung: Tagt盲glich sind wir von einer Vielzahl sprachlicher Botschaften aus der Marketingkommunikation umgeben 鈥� sei es durch Markennamen, Slogans, Werbetexte, Produktbeschreibungen oder Verpackungsaufschriften. Diese Botschaften begegnen uns sowohl in der analogen als auch in der digitalen Welt und pr盲gen unser Konsumverhalten. Die gezielte spra