In 2008, the Departments of Romance Studies and of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Innsbruck assumed responsibility for this series of conferences, originally founded in 1987 by Professor Gerd Wotjak in Leipzig. It is one of the few international events dedicated entirely to contrastive linguistics. As in previous editions, papers may address both theoretical and applied aspects of contrastive linguistics between Romance languages and German, as well as between different Romanc
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The 16th Syntax and Semantics Conference in Paris (CSSP 2025) will take place on November 12-14, 2025 in Paris. CSSP invites papers combining empirical inquiry and formal explicitness, and favours comparisons between different theoretical frameworks in syntax and semantics.
Invited Speakers:
- Corien Bary (Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (Universit茅 Paris 8 & SFL, CNRS)
- Rui Chaves (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
The detailed progra
The 15th Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) Conference will take place at the University of Salzburg (Austria) from 28 鈥� 30 September 2026.
Confirmed plenary speakers are:
Prof Joseph Salmons (University of Wisconsin, Madison, US)
Prof Micha艂 G艂uszkowski (Toru艅 University, Poland)
Prof Sybille Gro脽e (Heidelberg University, Germany)
The 2026 conference theme is "Spoken and written discourse in historical sources".
Historical sociolinguistics naturally draws its data mainly fr
In 2008, the Departments of Romance Studies and of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Innsbruck assumed responsibility for this series of conferences, originally founded in 1987 by Professor Gerd Wotjak in Leipzig. It is one of the few international events dedicated entirely to contrastive linguistics. As in previous editions, papers may address both theoretical and applied aspects of contrastive linguistics between Romance languages and German, as well as between different Romanc
[French version below]
The 16th Syntax and Semantics Conference in Paris (CSSP 2025) will take place on November 12-14, 2025 in Paris. CSSP invites papers combining empirical inquiry and formal explicitness, and favours comparisons between different theoretical frameworks in syntax and semantics.
Invited Speakers:
- Corien Bary (Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (Universit茅 Paris 8 & SFL, CNRS)
- Rui Chaves (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
The detailed progra
The 15th Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) Conference will take place at the University of Salzburg (Austria) from 28 鈥� 30 September 2026.
Confirmed plenary speakers are:
Prof Joseph Salmons (University of Wisconsin, Madison, US)
Prof Micha艂 G艂uszkowski (Toru艅 University, Poland)
Prof Sybille Gro脽e (Heidelberg University, Germany)
The 2026 conference theme is "Spoken and written discourse in historical sources".
Historical sociolinguistics naturally draws its data mainly fr
Taiwan Journal of TESOL calls for submissions to a special issue with the theme "Global Englishes and Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges for TESOL Teacher Education"
Guest Editors:
Yeu-Ting Liu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan yeutingliu@gapps.ntnu.edu.tw
Keith M. Graham, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan kmgraham@ntnu.edu.tw
Please find the full call for papers for the special issue here:
https://www.tjtesol.org/index.php/news/501-call-for-paper-for-the-spec
Language, Context and Text: The Social Semiotics Forum welcomes new co-Editor Akila Sellami Baklouti (University of Sfax, Tunisia) as the successor of Geoff Williams (University of British Columbia, Canada) who is stepping down. Geoff founded the journal together with Xuanwei Peng, and his involvement to date has been instrumental in getting the journal established; we owe him a great debt of gratitude.
Akila will join the editorial team that continues to consist of co-Editor Xingwei Miao (Beij
The Musa Academy is offering to sponsor a study comparing the ease of learning the Musa Alphabet to learning the IPA.
The Musa Academy is a Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to the development and promotion of a Universal Alphabet. You can read all about the Musa Alphabet at www.musa.bet. One particular use of Musa is to transcribe pronunciation, for example in dictionaries, reference material, educational material, phrase books and tourist guides, maps and signs, in the press, and even
Call for Papers:
The Methods Fair forms part of the 62nd Annual Conference of the Leibniz Institute for the German Language, carrying the motto 'German in the European language area: current status and prospects'. This call invites submissions of resources, tools and methods relating to the German language, or contrasting German with other European languages. If accepted, the content will be presented as a poster and subsequently published as a short paper. The language of presentation and pu
Call for Papers:
SciProdLLM 2025 is a forum for presenting and discussing research on integrating large language models (LLMs) into the typical research workflow: from ideation to experimentation to scientific writing, with a particular focus on human-centered approaches that ensure ethical and responsible use of LLMs. We also invite work that evaluates the quality of LLM-assisted research workflows and the resulting outputs.
We welcome submissions on any aspect of human-LLM collaboration
Call for Papers:
The term 鈥渕icromorphology鈥� was coined by Stump 2017b for the hypothesis that an affix can itself be morphologically complex. Variations of this hypothesis and its uses have been investigated by Bochner 1993, Soukka 2000, Lu铆s and Spencer 2005, and Stump 2017a, b, 2023, among others. The relevant phenomenon is illustrated for derivational suffixes in (1), see Stump 2017b for the demonstration that (1) involves a complex suffix rather than iterative addition.
(1) a. whimsy 鈫�
The 51st Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG51) will be hosted by the University of Udine, Italy, on February 12-14, 2026. IGG is an annual conference that provides a platform for discussion on current issues in syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology within the framework of generative grammar.
Invited Speakers:
Rita Manzini (Universit脿 di Firenze)
Franc Maru拧i膷 (Univerze v Novi Gorici)
Luigi Rizzi (Universit脿 di Siena)
Maribel Romero (Universit盲t Konstanz)
Susi Wurmbrand (Paris
2nd Call for Papers:
As part of the Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie ONISILOS COFUND project 鈥楪radience in Polarity Morphology and Diglossia鈥� (GraPMoD, Agreement No. 101034403), we are pleased to announce a two-day symposium. The Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure (SEAMS) will take place on site at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia on November 21鈥�23, 2025.
SEAMS will be a hybrid event, allowing participation and attendance from colleagues worldwide. It is designed as a foru
The 51st Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG51) will be hosted by the University of Udine, Italy, on February 12-14, 2026. IGG is an annual conference that provides a platform for discussion on current issues in syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology within the framework of generative grammar.
Invited Speakers:
Rita Manzini (Universit脿 di Firenze)
Franc Maru拧i膷 (Univerze v Novi Gorici)
Luigi Rizzi (Universit脿 di Siena)
Maribel Romero (Universit盲t Konstanz)
Susi Wurmbrand (Paris
Call for Papers:
Deadline Extension Until November 5, 2025
The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is pleased to announce the 27th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISTAL 27) to be held on 15-17 May 2026 at the Aristotle University Research Dissemination Center.
Invited Speakers:
- Angeliki Athanasiadou, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Maria Koptjev
Call for Papers:
The Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC) is an annual conference in general linguistics. It aims to bring together researchers from different subfields, and is open to submissions from faculty, students, and independent researchers. PLC 50 will be held in person in Philadelphia. In addition to discussing their papers at the conference, accepted authors will have the chance to publish their work in the conference proceedings. PLC 50 will feature a keynote speech from Rajesh Bhatt
Final Call for Papers:
The 34th edition of the Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) will take place on January 28-30, 2025, at IUSS Pavia (Italy).
ConSOLE is an annual conference for graduate (Master, PhD) and advanced undergraduate (Bachelor) students of Linguistics. It aims to provide students worldwide with the opportunity to present their research to an international audience. More information about SOLE (Student Organization of Linguistics in Europ
Final Call for Papers:
The 34th edition of the Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) will take place on January 28-30, 2025, at IUSS Pavia (Italy).
ConSOLE is an annual conference for graduate (Master, PhD) and advanced undergraduate (Bachelor) students of Linguistics. It aims to provide students worldwide with the opportunity to present their research to an international audience. More information about SOLE (Student Organization of Linguistics in Europ
The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List.
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