We are pleased to invite you to the interdisciplinary international conference 鈥楨nglish and Other Languages on the Labour Market: Perspectives of Collaboration Between Philology Departments and Companies鈥�, which will be held at the University of Economics and Humanities in Bielsko-Bia艂a, Poland, on September 10-12, 2025. The conference will take place online via Zoom. The links to the online sessions will be sent to you by email in early September, before the conference.
The purpose of the c
The Department of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce that our Randolph Quirk Fellow for 2025 is Professor Martina Wiltschko (ICREA/Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Prof. Wiltschko will be visiting Queen Mary Linguistics from 19th-22nd May, and will give a series of three workshops followed by a public lecture, all in hybrid format.
Workshop series: What do humans know when they use language?
Workshop 1 (19th May, 2-4pm): How do children acquire knowledge of la
Hello! I've been looking for a research on the perception of RP(GenBrit)'s "smoothing" by American speakers (GenAm) with no success.
Anybody know if it's difficult for General American speakers to recognise the words such as "fire" pronounced as [f蓱蓹, f蓱藧] and "hour" as [a蓹, 蓱藧]?
Does anybody know?
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home) invites you to a talk by Donna Jo Napoli (Swarthmore College) entitled "Creativity in Taboo Terms in Sign Languages". The talk will take place online on MAY 26, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET) and is part of the of STAL network seminar series (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/seminar). If you want to participate, please write to stalnetwork@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Below you c
Call for Papers:
Guest Editors: Gabriel Michaud, Universit茅 de Montr茅al; Pierre-Luc Paquet, Universit茅 de Montr茅al
Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) has been widely researched and implemented in second language (L2) education over the past several decades (East, 2021; Ellis et al., 2019; Skehan, 1998; Willis & Willis, 2007). With its emphasis on communicative, real-world tasks that promote meaningful interaction, TBLT has gained traction across various educational contexts, including Eng
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Special Issue Information
We are pleased to invite contributions to this Special Issue, which explores the complex and evolving relationship between speech and language disorders and mental health across the lifespan. Developmental language disorder (DLD) and related communication difficulties are increasingly recognised as significant, yet under-identified, contributors to mental health vulnerabilities, including anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, and behavioural cha
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 9th edition of the Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2025), which will take place on 3-5 December 2025 at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
The theme of this year's conference is "Languaging Diversity and Identity in Digital Environments" (https://www.unich.it/progetti-ricerca/i-land-conference/call-papers).
We invite contributions that explore how language, literature and culture intersect in digital spaces,
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 9th edition of the Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2025), which will take place on 3-5 December 2025 at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
The theme of this year's conference is "Languaging Diversity and Identity in Digital Environments" (https://www.unich.it/progetti-ricerca/i-land-conference/call-papers).
We invite contributions that explore how language, literature and culture intersect in digital spaces,
Considerations of language and working within a multilingual community are fundamental aspects of contemporary society. To explore these realities, the theme of The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference 2025 is: 鈥楲anguage and the interface of mono-/multi-/translingual mindsets鈥�. 2025 marks twenty years since esteemed linguist Michael Clyne coined the term 鈥榤onolingual mindset鈥� in his book Australia鈥檚 Language Potential (2005) to describe how Australia鈥檚 multilingual society con
LeWiDi: Shared task on Learning With Disagreement
We'd like to invite researchers in disagreement and variation to participate in the third edition of the LeWidi shared tasks held in conjunction with the NLPerspectives workshop at the EMNLP conference in Suzhou, China.
The LeWiDi series is positioned within the growing body of research that questions the practice of label harmonization and the reliance on a single ground truth in AI and NLP. This year's shared task challenges participants t
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Names, whether they refer to people, places, businesses, languages etc., are not mere labels disconnected from a social fabric, they are 鈥渁 repository of accumulated meanings, practices, and beliefs, a powerful linguistic means of asserting identity (or defining someone else) and inhabiting a social world鈥� (Rymes 1999: 165). Through their referential function and multiple connotations, they 鈥渋dentify, categorize, tell stories and provide social tools for interactions鈥� (Bramwe
Considerations of language and working within a multilingual community are fundamental aspects of contemporary society. To explore these realities, the theme of The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference 2025 is: 鈥楲anguage and the interface of mono-/multi-/translingual mindsets鈥�. 2025 marks twenty years since esteemed linguist Michael Clyne coined the term 鈥榤onolingual mindset鈥� in his book Australia鈥檚 Language Potential (2005) to describe how Australia鈥檚 multilingual society con
LeWiDi: Shared task on Learning With Disagreement
We'd like to invite researchers in disagreement and variation to participate in the third edition of the LeWidi shared tasks held in conjunction with the NLPerspectives workshop at the EMNLP conference in Suzhou, China.
The LeWiDi series is positioned within the growing body of research that questions the practice of label harmonization and the reliance on a single ground truth in AI and NLP. This year's shared task challenges participants t
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The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, invite applications for the position of
RESEARCH FELLOW (UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER) OR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
for a fixed-term appointment 1.10.2025-31.3.2029 (or starting as agreed, employment period will be 3 years and six months in total).
The research action Diversity in Society and Life (DIVSOL) brings together existing strands of research on diversity at the University of Helsinki to create a lead
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Profil der Professur:
Sie vertreten den Bereich Linguistik des Deutschen: Grammatik und Fachdidaktik und entwickeln diesen Forschungsbereich (inter-)national sichtbar weiter. Dabei beteiligen Sie sich innerhalb und au脽erhalb der TU Dortmund an Forschungsverb眉nden und -kooperationen und f枚rdern engagiert den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs. Sie beteiligen sich angemessen an der Lehre in unterschiedlichen Bereichen der germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft und in allen relevanten Studieng
The conference Voces. Latin Middle Ages through Key Words aims to take a closer look at Latin words that have played an important role in the medieval culture. Every two years we propose to focus on a different major medieval concept and its linguistic expressions. In this edition, we turn our attention to the concept of "boundaries" 鈥� a fundamental theme that permeates medieval thought, language, and society. Medieval boundaries manifested in diverse forms: physical frontiers between territorie
Call for Guest Editor Proposals:
We would like to invite Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from prospective guest editors for our 2026 Special Issue, the second issue of the calendar year. This issue is an opportunity to bring together a collection of scholarly and practice-oriented articles that address a theme of current interest and significance in the field of TESOL and/or EAL/D.
EOIs should be submitted via email to Managing Editor Dr Fiona Xiaofei Tang by 1 July 2025 as per the instruct
The conference Voces. Latin Middle Ages through Key Words aims to take a closer look at Latin words that have played an important role in the medieval culture. Every two years we propose to focus on a different major medieval concept and its linguistic expressions. In this edition, we turn our attention to the concept of "boundaries" 鈥� a fundamental theme that permeates medieval thought, language, and society. Medieval boundaries manifested in diverse forms: physical frontiers between territorie
Call for Papers:
We are pleased to announce that, since the first Call for Papers was published, Prof. Andrey N. Sobolev of the RAS Institute for Linguistic Research and University of Marburg has joined the list of invited speakers at this year's FABL II, so that there will be four invited talks. Also, conference website is now up, featuring additional info and updates at: https://www.klasicnenauke.rs/fabl2/ Please find the second Call for Papers below.
Background & motivation:
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Focus: Generative Grammar (Basic & advanced courses in Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Phonology)
Description:
Eastern Generative Summer School
Tuition: see website