Call for Papers: The key role that pragmatic markers (PMs) such as English actually, well, you know, and I mean play in social interaction, collaborative meaning-making, and successful communication is well known in a range of different languages (Fischer 2006, Degand et al. 2022, inter alia). PMs are essential to achieving communicative goals such as managing interaction or expressing attitudes. What is far less well understood is how language learners acquire and use PMs in an L2 or additio

Call for Papers: Submission deadline extended until 31 October 2026 The 5th Iconicity Seminar (IcoSem5) will be held in Daejeon, South Korea on 1–3 April 2027. IcoSem5 invites abstracts that pertain to linguistic iconicity, the resemblance between linguistic form and meaning. We call for papers for 30-minute presentations (20min presentation + 10min Q&A) dealing with any aspect of linguistic iconicity, such as: - Sound symbolism - Onomatopoeia and ideophones - Sign language ic

The Department of Linguistics at UC Davis invites abstracts for the fifth North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL 5). We welcome original research on any aspect of Iranian languages, from any theoretical or methodological perspective. Relevant areas include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, typology, documentation, acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and pedagogy. We especially welcome submissions

Description: The Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (LMS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, invites applications for faculty appointments at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor (with tenure). We welcome applications from established scholars in any field of linguistics with an outstanding research record. We particularly welcome candidates whose research will strengthen and advance LMS’s distinctive focus on multilingualism in the Asia-Pacific reg

Description: The Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (LMS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, invites applications for tenure-track faculty appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor. We welcome applications from scholars in any field of linguistics with an outstanding research record. We particularly welcome candidates whose research will strengthen and advance LMS’s distinctive focus on multilingualism in the Asia-Pacific region, including those with

The Department of Linguistics at UC Davis invites abstracts for the fifth North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL 5). We welcome original research on any aspect of Iranian languages, from any theoretical or methodological perspective. Relevant areas include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, typology, documentation, acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and pedagogy. We especially welcome submissions

HISTLING Exchange, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies and supported by the Trinity Centre for Digital Humanities, is an interdisciplinary event that brings together philologists, computational linguists, and scholars of religious studies to offer a comprehensive investigation into the future of Buddhist philology in the age of digital humanities and AI research. The event builds on the background of public-facing education in ancient languages provided annually through the Summer Sch

We are pleased to welcome you to the joint 17th Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLINKI) and 12th Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast (SLISE) conference at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, on Friday, March 5 (evening only), and Saturday, March 6, 2027 (full day). The plenary talk will be held on Friday, March 5, 2027, while regular conference sessions and poster sessions will be held throughout the day on Saturday, March 6, 2027. We invite abstracts for 20-minute

The Department of Language and Literacy Skills of the University of Botswana is excited to announce a call for abstracts for the 6th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication (ICAPC), slated for 6 – 18 July 2027. The ICAPC is a biennial academic event that responds to the growth of academic literacy and professional communication as research areas. Length of abstracts: 200–250 words, including an introduction, background/context, methods, key findings or anticipated fi

HISTLING Exchange, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies and supported by the Trinity Centre for Digital Humanities, is an interdisciplinary event that brings together philologists, computational linguists, and scholars of religious studies to offer a comprehensive investigation into the future of Buddhist philology in the age of digital humanities and AI research. The event builds on the background of public-facing education in ancient languages provided annually through the Summer Sch

We are pleased to welcome you to the joint 17th Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLINKI) and 12th Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast (SLISE) conference at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, on Friday, March 5 (evening only), and Saturday, March 6, 2027 (full day). The plenary talk will be held on Friday, March 5, 2027, while regular conference sessions and poster sessions will be held throughout the day on Saturday, March 6, 2027. We invite abstracts for 20-minute

The Department of Language and Literacy Skills of the University of Botswana is excited to announce a call for abstracts for the 6th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication (ICAPC), slated for 6 – 18 July 2027. The ICAPC is a biennial academic event that responds to the growth of academic literacy and professional communication as research areas. Length of abstracts: 200–250 words, including an introduction, background/context, methods, key findings or anticipated fi

The 34th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held at Stony Brook University (the State University of New York at Stony Brook) on June 2-4, 2027. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference is an annual meeting dedicated to the study of Japanese and Korean languages. Contributions addressing any aspect of Japanese or Korean linguistics, as well as comparative studies of these languages with other languages are welcome. Invited Speakers: - Young-mee Yu Cho (Rutgers University) -

3rd Annual Unconference for Language Educators Hosted by The Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College, Columbia University Theme Translanguaging in Foreign Language Instruction: Perspectives & Practices The Unconference brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and students to share research, classroom experiences, and innovative practices while exploring the possibilities and challenges of translanguaging across educationa

The 34th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held at Stony Brook University (the State University of New York at Stony Brook) on June 2-4, 2027. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference is an annual meeting dedicated to the study of Japanese and Korean languages. Contributions addressing any aspect of Japanese or Korean linguistics, as well as comparative studies of these languages with other languages are welcome. Invited Speakers: - Young-mee Yu Cho (Rutgers University) -

Call for Papers In an era of heightened attention to issues surrounding social justice, marginalization, and inequality, the role of language in reproducing and perpetuating social inequities has received increasing scrutiny. One salient example is the phenomenon of microaggressions (Sue & Spanierman, 2020), in which members of dominant groups may convey subtle messages that invalidate or insult the experiences, identities, or social positioning of marginalized individuals and communities. Wh

3rd Annual Unconference for Language Educators Hosted by The Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College, Columbia University Theme Translanguaging in Foreign Language Instruction: Perspectives & Practices The Unconference brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and students to share research, classroom experiences, and innovative practices while exploring the possibilities and challenges of translanguaging across educationa

A study of how the science of diachronic linguistics merged with the will to reform language in the Catholic missionary milieu of Republican China. In focus is a romanization of the Chinese language that was proposed in 1931 by two missionaries in Manchuria. The inventors of the new system claimed that their so-called 'Romanisation Interdialectique' (R.I.) could spell all dialects of Chinese using a single orthography. This feat was, allegedly, made possible by the reliance on the latest achieve

The "Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique" is the annual bibliography of theoretical linguistics published by the Permanent International Committee of Linguists under the auspices of the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies of UNESCO. With a tradition of over seventy years, the "Linguistic Bibliography" is by far the most comprehensive bibliographic reference work in the field. It covers all disciplines of theoretical linguistics, both general and language spe

East and Southeast Asia are home to remarkable linguistic diversity, yet this diversity is increasingly under threat as political, economic, cultural, and other social transformations reshape the region. This volume brings together two introductory chapters and ten country-focused studies—covering Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia—to identify patterns of language endangerment and marginalization, and to showcase ongoing revitalization efforts. A