P* Group, 9/3 — Kuilin Li
Next presentation will be on Monday, Mar 9th, 12-1pm in room 117 and on Zoom. Kuilin will be presenting Schertz, J. (2025). Individual uniformity in phonetic imitation: Assessing the stability of individual variability across features and tasks. Journal of Phonetics, 108, 101376 (attached). All relevant documents (schedules, abstracts, papers and slides/handouts) will be available on this Google Drive.
Calls: 2nd International Conference on Globalisation in Languages, Education, Culture and Communication
Call for Papers:
The second International Conference on Globalisation/Deglobalisation in Languages, Education, Culture and Communication (GLECC2026) is going to be held 28-30 July 2026, Manchester, UK.
The past two decades have witnessed remarkable advancements in the studies into Education, Second and Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Cultural Studies, and Communication. This growth, evident in both the number of active researchers and the volume of scholarly throughput and
Calls: Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar: Convergences and Challenges
Call for Papers:
Keynote Speakers:
Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck, Leipzig)
Martin Hilpert (Uni. of Neuchâtel)
Sophie Prévost (CNRS – Lattice)
Graeme Trousdale (Uni. of Edinburgh)
Keynote Discussant:
Bernd Heine (Uni. of Cologne)
‘Grammaticalization’ (a term introduced by Meillet in 1912) has been the subject of numerous studies, which have highlighted regularities in the emergence of grammatical forms across typologically diverse languages. Grammaticalization refers both to a type
Confs: 17th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference
The annual PSLLT conference will be held on the beautiful Iowa State University campus in September 2026. Join us for three days of superb presentations, posters, teaching tips, and networking opportunities with others who research and teach pronunciation in many different languages.
Plenary Speakers:
- Rachel Hayes-Harb, The University of Utah
- Amanda Huensch , University of Pittsburgh
Featured Workshop Presenters:
- Germán Zárate-Sández, Western Michigan University
- DJ Kaiser,
Confs: Humor and Artificial Intelligence Panel at ISHS 2026
As in previous years, the Humor and AI Special Interest Group https://humorstudies.org/Forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=9 of the International Society for Humor Studies will hold a panel at the 36th International Society for Humor Studies Conference (ISHS 2026). ISHS is a multidisciplinary conference organized and attended by humor researchers in diverse fields, including linguistics, psychology, sociology, computer science, folklore, literary studies, and many others.
We invite paper presentation
Confs: 46th TABU Dag Conference
The 46th TABU Dag will take place on June 11-12, 2026 in Groningen. Please find the guidelines for abstract submission below.
About TABU Dag:
TABU Dag is an annual international linguistics conference that provides an excellent platform for linguists to connect, share ideas, and discuss cutting-edge research. The 2026 version will bring together early career researchers and scholars from all disciplines of linguistics and beyond. We encourage submissions from all areas of linguistics and wel
Confs: 17th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference
The annual PSLLT conference will be held on the beautiful Iowa State University campus in September 2026. Join us for three days of superb presentations, posters, teaching tips, and networking opportunities with others who research and teach pronunciation in many different languages.
Plenary Speakers:
- Rachel Hayes-Harb, The University of Utah
- Amanda Huensch , University of Pittsburgh
Featured Workshop Presenters:
- Germán Zárate-Sández, Western Michigan University
- DJ Kaiser,
Confs: Humor and Artificial Intelligence Panel at ISHS 2026
As in previous years, the Humor and AI Special Interest Group https://humorstudies.org/Forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=9 of the International Society for Humor Studies will hold a panel at the 36th International Society for Humor Studies Conference (ISHS 2026). ISHS is a multidisciplinary conference organized and attended by humor researchers in diverse fields, including linguistics, psychology, sociology, computer science, folklore, literary studies, and many others.
We invite paper presentation
Confs: 46th TABU Dag Conference
The 46th TABU Dag will take place on June 11-12, 2026 in Groningen. Please find the guidelines for abstract submission below.
About TABU Dag:
TABU Dag is an annual international linguistics conference that provides an excellent platform for linguists to connect, share ideas, and discuss cutting-edge research. The 2026 version will bring together early career researchers and scholars from all disciplines of linguistics and beyond. We encourage submissions from all areas of linguistics and wel
Confs: 11th International Conference on Iranian Linguistics
We are pleased to invite you to the Eleventh International Conference on Iranian Linguistics (https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/icil11/).
The ICIL conferences aim to bring together linguists and philologists of different theoretical backgrounds working on Iranian languages. There are thus only plenary sessions during the conferences in order to allow participants to attend all presentations.
The conference will take place at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambrid
Calls: RILEA - Revue internationale des Langues Etrangères Appliquées - "Special Issue: Socio-ecological and Territorial Transition(S): Policy, Education, Economics, Management, Research and Social Movements" (Jrnl)
Special issue of RILEA journal - https://anlea.org/revue-rilea/
Socio-ecological and territorial transition(s): policy, education, economics, management, research and social movements
This issue of RILEA journal wishes to focus on socio-ecological and territorial transition (SETT), its design and institutional framework, its links with applied language research, and with vocational teaching in applied foreign languages. We would like to encourage an open exploration that could implicate all
Confs: 11th International Conference on Iranian Linguistics
We are pleased to invite you to the Eleventh International Conference on Iranian Linguistics (https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/icil11/).
The ICIL conferences aim to bring together linguists and philologists of different theoretical backgrounds working on Iranian languages. There are thus only plenary sessions during the conferences in order to allow participants to attend all presentations.
The conference will take place at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambrid
Calls: Text & Talk - "Special Issue Celebrating the Work of John Swales" (Jrnl)
The renowned linguist and rhetorician John Swales died in 2025 and in his honour we would like to propose a special issue of the journal Text and Talk. We invite abstracts of 400-500 words on any aspect of Linguistics related to Swales’ work, with topics including but not limited to:
- Genre (move) analysis, including developments in the model since its inception, and using moves to investigate novel genres.
- The Michigan corpora.
- The relationship between Swales and other approaches t
Confs: International Conference "50 Years Since the Official End of the Greek Diglossia: New Approaches on the Occasion of an Anniversary"
The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the annual international conferences on the study of the Greek language across its historical and geographical range, organizes on November 5-7, 2026, in Thessaloniki, the 11th International Conference entitled:
"50 years since the official end of the Greek diglossia: New approaches on the occasion of an anniversary"
The Conference, which is part
Confs: 15th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies
Faculty of Foreign Languages is pleased to announce two confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Jozef Štefčik (Bratislava University of Economics and Business) and Prof. Danimir Mandić (Faculty of Education, University of Belgrade).
Our 15th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies will be held on 29 and 30 May 2026. The topic for this edition of our annual conference is "Language, Literature, and Artificial Intelligence".
Artificial Intelligence has rapidly reshaped how we comm
Confs: International Conference "50 Years Since the Official End of the Greek Diglossia: New Approaches on the Occasion of an Anniversary"
The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the annual international conferences on the study of the Greek language across its historical and geographical range, organizes on November 5-7, 2026, in Thessaloniki, the 11th International Conference entitled:
"50 years since the official end of the Greek diglossia: New approaches on the occasion of an anniversary"
The Conference, which is part
Confs: 15th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies
Faculty of Foreign Languages is pleased to announce two confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Jozef Štefčik (Bratislava University of Economics and Business) and Prof. Danimir Mandić (Faculty of Education, University of Belgrade).
Our 15th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies will be held on 29 and 30 May 2026. The topic for this edition of our annual conference is "Language, Literature, and Artificial Intelligence".
Artificial Intelligence has rapidly reshaped how we comm
Confs: Universal Grammar and Linguistic Diversity
Universal Grammar and Linguistic Diversity
Organiser: Veronica Cibotaru
Location:
College of Fellows – Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies, Villa Köstlin, Rümelinstraße 27, 72070 Tübingen, seminar room.
Program:
30 March:
10h – 10h15: Opening
10h15 – 11h15: Daniel Hole (University of Stuttgart): “Universalism as a Biographical and Epistemic Necessity”
11h30 – 12h30: Friederike Moltmann (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique): “Light Nouns and the U
Confs: Universal Grammar and Linguistic Diversity
Universal Grammar and Linguistic Diversity
Organiser: Veronica Cibotaru
Location:
College of Fellows – Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies, Villa Köstlin, Rümelinstraße 27, 72070 Tübingen, seminar room.
Program:
30 March:
10h – 10h15: Opening
10h15 – 11h15: Daniel Hole (University of Stuttgart): “Universalism as a Biographical and Epistemic Necessity”
11h30 – 12h30: Friederike Moltmann (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique): “Light Nouns and the U
Confs: 61st Linguistics Colloquium 2026 – Rethinking Language Comparison: Contrastive Linguistics between Corpora and AI
The 61st Linguistics Colloquium will take place at the University of Pavia, Italy, from September 9 to 12, 2026.
Founded in Hamburg in 1966, the Linguistics Colloquium has since been hosted in almost 20 countries. It provides a platform for the study of language and languages in all areas of linguistics and warmly welcomes researchers from diverse theoretical backgrounds. The colloquium is distinguished by its cooperative and open culture of discussion: innovative ideas meet critical reflecti