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Calls: Congress of The International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics Call for Papers: Almost 30 years later, the International Congress of the International Society for Applied Psycholinguistics (ISAPL) returns to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto in Porto, Portugal, continuing the exceptional and visionary work of the founders of this international scholarly association. The 13th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Psycholinguistics (ISAPL 2026) will take place from 11 to 13 June 2026, bringing togeth

Calls: Congress of The International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics

Confs: MediaEval 2026 Shared Task: Missing Pieces and Misinformation: Identifying Social Media Posts with Implicit Messages We are pleased to announce the 1st Call for Participation in our MediaEval 2026 shared task: Missing Pieces and Misinformation: Identifying Social Media Posts with Implicit Messages. Task Description: Given a tweet, determine whether it contains an implicit premise, an implicit conclusion, or neither. This is a three-class classification task. Input: The raw text of a tweet. Output: One label: implicit_premise, implicit_conclusion, or none. An implicit premise is a supportin

Confs: MediaEval 2026 Shared Task: Missing Pieces and Misinformation: Identifying Social Media Posts with Implicit Messages

FYI: Critical Media Studies Lecture Series - Dominika Baran 19/3 4PM CET The University of Luxembourg and Marie Speyer Gender Excellence Grant is happy to support a new lecture series in critical media studies, with many focusing on digital/media/and linguistic anthropology, language and gender, or critical discourse analysis Our first talk by the fantastic Prof. Dr. Dominika Baran (Duke, USA) exemplifies these with a critical discourse analysis of reactionary media and anti-gender ideology. The talk is March 19, at 4pm CET, 10am EST Please see the invitation

FYI: Critical Media Studies Lecture Series - Dominika Baran 19/3 4PM CET

FYI: Next Acquisition Sketch Meeting - Wednesday March 11 The next Acquisition Sketch Project Meeting is on "An in-progress look at the Totoli Acquisition Sketch”, presented by Maria Bardaji. It will be held on Wednesday March 11 as follows: Los Angeles = 9 am Mexico City = 10 am New York = 12 pm Berlin = 5 pm Tbilisi = 8 pm Delhi = 9:30 pm Zoom link = https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/98377387344?pwd=b5sdre2JHB8cmBUTX5eGts2KG5s11w.1 Meeting ID = 983 7738 7344 Password = 488543 Check https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ for the corr

FYI: Next Acquisition Sketch Meeting - Wednesday March 11

FYI: 2026 DELAMAN Award goes to Wesley dos Santos On behalf of the DELAMAN Award Committee, I am pleased to announce that Wesley dos Santos is the recipient of the 2026 DELAMAN Award for his archived collection of language documentation materials entitled "Kawahiva: documentation of vocabulary, grammar, texts, and verbal arts / Kawahiva: documentação do vocabulário, gramática, textos, e artes verbais." This collection in the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) covers three of the eight varieties of Kawahíva—Juma (ISO 639-3 jua), Parintintin (pa

FYI: 2026 DELAMAN Award goes to Wesley dos Santos

Jobs: English; Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Pragmatics: Post-doc Position in English Linguistics, 60%, University of Basel, English Division Description: Post-doc position in English linguistics, 60% Start: 1 August 2026 As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% post-doc position in English linguistics. The position is intended for further academic qualification and is limited in duration (2+4 years). Your tasks: - Further academic qualification (second book or cumulative) - Two hours of teaching per week in

Jobs: English; Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Pragmatics: Post-doc Position in English Linguistics, 60%, University of Basel, English Division

Jobs: English; Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Pragmatics: PhD Position in English Linguistics, 60%, University of Basel, English Division Description: PhD position in English linguistics, 60% Start: 1 August 2026 As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% PhD position in English linguistics. The position is intended for further academic qualification and is limited in duration (1+3 years). Your tasks: - Further academic qualification (PhD thesis and coursework) - Two hours of teaching per week in English

Jobs: English; Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Pragmatics: PhD Position in English Linguistics, 60%, University of Basel, English Division

Support: Historical Linguistics, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics: PhD, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland Rewind, Play and Fast Forward: Tracing the evolution of Irish-English from sound archive to web Queen’s University Belfast (School of Arts, English and Languages) in partnership with National Museums NI, invites applications from suitably qualified applicants for a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship, fully funded (fees and living allowance) by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, to conduct research leading to a PhD on the theme: Rewind, Play and Fast Forward: Tracin

Support: Historical Linguistics, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics: PhD, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Confs: *Proto- Colloquium El Seminario Interinstitucional de Lingüística Historica (SILIH) y la ​​Facultad de Idiomas de Tijuana de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California convocan al primer coloquio *Proto- , el cual tendrá lugar los días 22 y 23 de octubre de 2026. *Proto- está pensado como un encuentro bienal para las y los investigadores interesados en el cambio lingüístico, desde distintas perspectivas teóricas, niveles de análisis y lenguas de estudio. Este coloquio tiene sus antecedentes en las Jornadas de

Confs: *Proto- Colloquium

Confs: Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16 Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16 (FASAL 16) will be hosted by the Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina. FASAL reaches out to all researchers that do high-quality linguistic study of any South Asian language adopting a wide range of methodologies. We welcome submissions on under-researched and/or endangered South Asian languages in areas including, but not limited to phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, computational linguistics, psyc

Confs: Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16

Confs: Objects and Discourses of Resentment Far from being a private matter, recent studies on emotion, particularly since the affective turn, have shown its complexity as a subject of study; it is at the intersection of psychology, history, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, etc. Admittedly, emotion is subjective, but it also has a collective, social, and cultural dimension. Emotions are felt by the subject in their psyche and body, but their representation and semiotization use linguistic and semiotic codes specific to a culture, an

Confs: Objects and Discourses of Resentment

Confs: 2026 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing EMNLP 2026 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research on empirical methods for Natural Language Processing. EMNLP 2026 has a goal of curating a diverse technical program—in addition to traditional research results, papers may contribute negative findings, survey an area, announce the creation of a new resource, argue a position, report novel linguistic insights derived using existing computational techniques, and reproduce (or fail t

Confs: 2026 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing

Confs: 17th International Conference on Linguistic Research and Applications - Hybrid The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the 17th International Conference of Linguistic Research and Applications, Linguistics 2025 Paris, to be held on 22-24 October 2026 in Paris, France. The primary aim of the conference is to advance key areas of contemporary linguistics, welcoming at the same time innovative approaches to linguistic research and applications. The Linguistics 2026 Paris conference envisions a vibrant platform for collaboration and

Confs: 17th International Conference on Linguistic Research and Applications - Hybrid

Books: Language and Politics: House & Kádár (2025) Illustrated by data drawn from many linguacultures, this book provides a strictly language-based and comprehensive cross-cultural pragmatic model for analysing political data. It allows the reader to examine politically relevant data without pre-held convictions, avoiding many pitfalls lurking in the study of political language use.

Books: Language and Politics: House & Kádár (2025)

Books: Before the Word Was Queer: Turton (2024) This book uncovers how same-sex acts, desires, and identities have been represented in English dictionaries in Britain from the early modern to the interwar period. In doing so, it responds and contributes to established traditions and new trends in linguistics, queer theory, literary criticism, and the history of sexuality.

Books: Before the Word Was Queer: Turton (2024)

Books: Language Rules!: Pereltsvaig (2026) Language is a uniquely human trait, but we rarely stop to examine its workings in everyday life. This lively and readable book introduces readers to the study of language in a scientific, objective way. It demonstrates the 'nuts and bolts' of how human language works and why it's so interesting.

Books: Language Rules!: Pereltsvaig (2026)

Books: Modal Sentences: Giannakidou and Mari (2026) Building on the logical tradition of possible world semantics, this book presents an ambitious theory of linguistic modality by exploring the rich and diverse empirical domain of modal phenomena, covering a wide variety of languages. It is essential reading for scholars of semantics, pragmatics, linguistic typology, and discourse analysis.

Books: Modal Sentences: Giannakidou and Mari (2026)

Books: Improving Your British Sign Language: Lerose (2025) Written by a BSL teacher with years of experience, this book will aid BSL learners in identifying and correcting errors in their sign accuracy to improve their productive skills. It is highly illustrated and includes a range of practical exercises to help students develop effective use of the creative lexicon.

Books: Improving Your British Sign Language: Lerose (2025)

Books: Understanding Language through Humor, 2nd Edition: Dubinsky (2026) Now in its second edition, this is a comprehensive survey of linguistics for students with no background in the field, engaging them throughout with humorous and entertaining examples of language at work. It introduces all the key topics in a clear, concise fashion, preparing beginning students for more advanced courses.

Books: Understanding Language through Humor, 2nd Edition: Dubinsky (2026)

TOC: Catalan Journal of Linguistics Vol. 25, No. 1 (2026) 2026. iv, 152 pp. Table of Contents Partitivity across domains: an introduction Anna Bartra Kaufmann, Cristina Real Puigdollers, Xavier Villalba Nicolás pp. 5-27 Articles French de nominals and Russian non-canonical genitives. Are they partitive-like nominal expressions?* Sonia Cyrino, M.Teresa Espinal pp. 29-65 The non-partitivity of Catalan and Italian nominal ne* M.Teresa Espinal, Chiara Gianollo pp. 67-101 Antihomophony and English of Richard S. Kayne pp. 103-115

TOC: Catalan Journal of Linguistics Vol. 25, No. 1 (2026)

Books: Österreichisches Deutsch: Eine 300-jährige Liebesgeschichte: Dollinger, Rieger-Roschitz & Schwaighofer (2025) Dieses beschwingt und pointiert geschriebene Buch beschreibt die 300-jährige Romanze der Österreicher mit „ihrem“ Standarddeutsch. Das österreichische Hochdeutsch, so das Argument, ist der passende Standard für Österreich, der leider andernorts nicht immer als solcher gesehen wird. Der Bogen wird gespannt, oft überspitzt illustriert, von Maria Theresia (der damals deutschen Kaiserin), über Ludwig Wittgenstein (dessen unbekanntes Wörterbuch des österreichischen Hochdeutsch), der Nazizeit (als Deu

Books: Österreichisches Deutsch: Eine 300-jährige Liebesgeschichte: Dollinger, Rieger-Roschitz & Schwaighofer (2025)

Confs: 4th Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics The 4th Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics (AIRiAL) investigates the design, use, and academic study of AI systems that operate across modalities and models, and the implications for research in applied linguistics. AIRiAL 2026 seeks contributions that engage with the growing complexity of AI architectures through a combination of linguistic and non-linguistic resources. Submissions may address a broad range of topics, including but not limited to the following: - Multi

Confs: 4th Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics

Confs: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2026 The 29th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium will be held at the University of Colorado Boulder on November 7-9, 2026. Our interdisciplinary theme, Connections in and beyond Hispanic Linguistics for sustainable futures, aims to forge bridges between Hispanic Linguistics and other academic fields (e.g., Linguistics, Education, Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Communication), and beyond academia to connect research with curriculum development, community engagement, and language policies. Such dialogue

Confs: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2026

Confs: The Beyond Language 2026 International Conference BEYOND LANGUAGE is an international conference that aims at integrating international young researchers of language, literature and culture understood as pivotal social human behavioral patterns. Conference organizers wish to address, among other issues, the need of investigating minority speech communities, endangered and vanishing languages, literatures and cultures, small languages, pidgins and creoles, as well as narrowing down the scope of study of cultural practices performed by the means

Confs: The Beyond Language 2026 International Conference

Confs: VI International Congress On The Language Of The Vine And Wine And Its Translation: Wine In Your Language How to Participate: Accepted papers may be presented in person or by videoconference. Curricular Outcomes: - Certificates of attendance and participation at the congress (1.5 ECTS). - Publication of accepted abstracts in the digital minutes book. - Publication of a selection of papers by Peter Lang (Open Access). Key Topics: - Language and culture of wine - Languages in contact - Wine-related language from a diachronic and synchronic perspective - Multilingual wine communica

Confs: VI International Congress On The Language Of The Vine And Wine And Its Translation: Wine In Your Language

Confs: International Conference of Morphology Research and Applications The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the International Conference of Morphology Research and Applications (Morphology 2026 Online), to be held virtually from 23–25 September 2026. Morphology is one of the fundamental components of linguistic analysis and language function. Morphological variability shapes lexical structure and enriches communication. Each language has its own unique morphological system, which underpins lexical representation and m

Confs: International Conference of Morphology Research and Applications

Confs: International Thematic Conference on Language Disorders Research and Applications The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the International Thematic Conference on Language Disorders Research and Applications, Language Disorders 2026, to be held online from 26-28 August 2026. This virtual conference will bring together researchers, clinicians, and practitioners focused on language disorders across the lifespan — from early developmental challenges to acquired conditions in adulthood. With a strong emphasis on real-world applications

Confs: International Thematic Conference on Language Disorders Research and Applications

Confs: International Thematic Conference on Language Education Research and Applications The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the International Thematic Conference of Language Education Research and Applications, Language Education 2026, to be held online from 24-26 June 2026. The primary aim of the conference is to advance key areas of language education, welcoming at the same time innovative approaches to related research and applications. The Language Education 2026 conference envisions a vibrant platform for collaboration and di

Confs: International Thematic Conference on Language Education Research and Applications

Calls: 13th Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics Call for Papers: The biannual conference of the European Association for Chinese Linguistics (EACL) will be held in Paris-Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, on 2-4 September 2026. This year, besides the general session dedicated to all areas of Chinese linguistics, the EACL conference will also hold a special panel on "The morphosyntax of aspect : diachrony and synchrony" and a Young Scholars Forum. The 13th EACL conference is jointly organized by the EACL executive committee, the Centre

Calls: 13th Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics

FYI: E.W Beth Dissertation Prize 2026: Call for Nominations E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize 2026 Since 1998, the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI) has been awarding the annual E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to outstanding Ph.D. dissertations in Logic, Language, and Information, with financial support of the E.W. Beth Foundation. Information about the qualifications for the 2026 E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize: - Ph.D. dissertations concerning a topic in Logic, Language, or Information are eligible for the prize, if the degree was aw

FYI: E.W Beth Dissertation Prize 2026: Call for Nominations