This book presents an account of English in the communicative repertoires of anglophone West-Africans living in Southwestern Germany. Adopting an ethnographically grounded perspective, it analyzes how participants perceive and utilize English as well as other linguistic resources at their disposal in an environment where linguistic competence is routinely under scrutiny. The book traces how linguistic practices participate in the construction of socially meaningful spaces and images of personhoo
The COVID-19 pandemic set off a maelstrom of social, cultural, and political changes鈥攁s well as some surprising linguistic ones. This volume explores these dramatic changes through the lens of Cognitive Linguistics, analysing noteworthy examples of pandemic discourse to reveal correspondences and contrasts between different cultures鈥� conceptions of the illness and its aftermath. The contributions examine a variety of genres, including newspaper articles, storefront signs, artistic creations, per
This book is a collection of 15 narratives in Hewram卯. It offers a unique window into the life of Hewram卯 speakers, including their oral and social history, social relations, recollections of past life, and storytelling traditions. The stories were told by five narrators. All the stories have been transcribed, translated, annotated, and analysed.
The volume contains an introduction that provides an overview of the language and speech community. The texts are presented in two formats: as paral
The Jarawaras are a small Amerindian community in lowland Amazonia, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Their language is one of half a dozen languages of the Arawan family. Yowao and Siko, both now deceased, were elderly Jarawara storytellers. Their stories are valuable from several points of view. First is their literary value -- some of the stories are quite humorous, for example. Secondly, they are a window into the life of the Jarawaras -- their social relations, history, and traditional reli
Three new interviews have been added to the series 鈥淭alking about languages鈥�:
- Marta Ant贸n (Editor-in-Chief of The Modern Language Journal), Scott Jarvis (Editor-in-Chief of Language Learning), Luke Plonsky (Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Second Language Acquisition). Publishing in SLA
- Dan Slobin (University of Berkeley). Thinking for Speaking
- Panos Athanasopoulos (University of Lund). Bilingualism and Cognition
You can watch them in this link: https://tv.uvigo.es/series/679a63164e20f40f
Sektion 9, Frankoromanistiktag Kassel
Eine grundlegende Funktion von Kommunikation besteht darin, die Emotionen und Haltungen der eigenen Person dem Gespr盲chspartner mitzuteilen. Diese emotive oder expressive Funktion der Sprache gilt als anthropologische Konstante, die allerdings historisch-kulturell unterschiedlich ausgeformt wird (B眉hler 1999 (1934), Jakobson 2007 (1960), Pustka 2015).
Im Zentrum der Sektion steht die Frage, in welcher Weise neue digitale Formate die sprachliche und mul
The Conference on British and American Studies is a forum where senior and junior researchers from different universities present their work and exchange ideas, keeping current with the latest developments in the vast areas of macro- and microlinguistics, whilst also contributing to the growth and continued updating of these fields.
Over the years, we have been able to welcome participants from many universities around Romania. We have equally enjoyed the opportunity to meet with fellow acade
Call for Papers:
Extended Deadline for Submissions: 20 November 2025
Appel 脿 communications 鈥� Colloque SIHFLES 2026 (Soci茅t茅 pour l'Histoire du Fran莽ais Langue Etrang猫re et Seconde)
Prague, 28-29 May 2026
L鈥橴niversit茅 Charles de Prague et la Facult茅 des Lettres de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Boh锚me du Sud (膶esk茅 Bud臎jovice) ont le plaisir d鈥檃nnoncer le prochain colloque international de la SIHFLES, qui se tiendra 脿 Prague les 28 et 29 mai 2026, sur le th猫me :
Nationalismes et enseignement des l
Sektion 9, Frankoromanistiktag Kassel
Eine grundlegende Funktion von Kommunikation besteht darin, die Emotionen und Haltungen der eigenen Person dem Gespr盲chspartner mitzuteilen. Diese emotive oder expressive Funktion der Sprache gilt als anthropologische Konstante, die allerdings historisch-kulturell unterschiedlich ausgeformt wird (B眉hler 1999 (1934), Jakobson 2007 (1960), Pustka 2015).
Im Zentrum der Sektion steht die Frage, in welcher Weise neue digitale Formate die sprachliche und mul
The Conference on British and American Studies is a forum where senior and junior researchers from different universities present their work and exchange ideas, keeping current with the latest developments in the vast areas of macro- and microlinguistics, whilst also contributing to the growth and continued updating of these fields.
Over the years, we have been able to welcome participants from many universities around Romania. We have equally enjoyed the opportunity to meet with fellow acade
Lexicography and lexicology are inherently tied to how language is used, perceived, and conventionalised. The 16th International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (ICHLL 16) invites scholars to explore how, across time, these disciplines have described, explained, and theorised the processes through which linguistic forms become established, conventional, and meaningful.
The conference theme focuses on the historical dynamics of usage, understood not as conformity to norms
Oriental Meetings in Sosnowiec (Sosnowieckie Spotkania Orientalistyczne) is an interdisciplinary academic conference promoting intercultural dialogue, addressed to young scholars, including postgraduate and graduate students, whose research interests focus on the languages, literatures and cultures of Oriental countries, especially Arabic-speaking countries, Central Asian countries, China, Japan and India organized by the Institute of Linguistics of the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Background:
The study of how the human brain manages and uses multiple languages has been a central topic in cognition, psychology, and psycholinguistics for decades. Different aspects of how bilinguals activate and control their different languages, which cognitive skills are enhanced during this mental juggling, and what are the limits to the processes of language switching and mixing are a few of the topics that have been at the forefront of such research (Blanco-Elorrieta & Pylkk盲nen 2017
Lexicography and lexicology are inherently tied to how language is used, perceived, and conventionalised. The 16th International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (ICHLL 16) invites scholars to explore how, across time, these disciplines have described, explained, and theorised the processes through which linguistic forms become established, conventional, and meaningful.
The conference theme focuses on the historical dynamics of usage, understood not as conformity to norms
Oriental Meetings in Sosnowiec (Sosnowieckie Spotkania Orientalistyczne) is an interdisciplinary academic conference promoting intercultural dialogue, addressed to young scholars, including postgraduate and graduate students, whose research interests focus on the languages, literatures and cultures of Oriental countries, especially Arabic-speaking countries, Central Asian countries, China, Japan and India organized by the Institute of Linguistics of the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Background:
The study of how the human brain manages and uses multiple languages has been a central topic in cognition, psychology, and psycholinguistics for decades. Different aspects of how bilinguals activate and control their different languages, which cognitive skills are enhanced during this mental juggling, and what are the limits to the processes of language switching and mixing are a few of the topics that have been at the forefront of such research (Blanco-Elorrieta & Pylkk盲nen 2017
From voice assistants and generative AI to the evolving relationships between humans and their animal companions, language-based communication with non-humans is becoming an increasingly common feature of the everyday. In response, we are seeing a surge in research from linguistics to philosophy to the social sciences, investigating the meanings, quandaries, and realities of this new communicative terrain. This conference aims to build a bridge between the predominantly distinct fields of human鈥�
The proposed workshop aims to explore and understand what鈥檚 special about body part noun incorporation compared to other types of incorporation found across the world鈥檚 languages. Which particular body part terms tend to be incorporated, and what might this reveal about universal patterns in linguistic structure and meaning? By bringing together researchers working on diverse languages, this workshop seeks to uncover the distinctive characteristics, functions, and typological tendencies of body
Final Call for Papers:
Abstract Submission Deadline Extended until November 15, 2025
The Arabic Linguistics Society (ALS) and Indiana University鈥檚 department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies are pleased to announce the 39th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (ASAL39) to be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from March 27th 鈥� 29th, 2026. The event will also honor the legacy of the late professor Salman
From voice assistants and generative AI to the evolving relationships between humans and their animal companions, language-based communication with non-humans is becoming an increasingly common feature of the everyday. In response, we are seeing a surge in research from linguistics to philosophy to the social sciences, investigating the meanings, quandaries, and realities of this new communicative terrain. This conference aims to build a bridge between the predominantly distinct fields of human鈥�