SUMMARY Tagliamonte’s Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation consists of a preface, thirteen chapters, a list of references, and a subject index. Each chapter contains note boxes (in grey) providing examples, tips and tricks, and experience reports, thus making the content more tangible and memorable; it also includes exercises at the end, which if followed throughout the book lead the learner from data collection to the writing of a research paper. Online resources are provided with the book he

Description: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Chinese-English Translation/Linguistics, Chinese Programme School of Humanities: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world’s top universities. Agile, bold, and inventive, NTU Singapore shapes the future by combining technology and human creativity to tackle the toughest challenges f

Call for Papers: The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS) will host the 27th Annual International Conference. Dates: Sep. 19 (Sat) – 20 (Sun), 2026 Venue: Ochanomizu University (2-1-1, Otsuka Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) Plenary Lecturer: Dr. Kamil Deen (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) Submission Deadline: March 31 (Tue), 2026, by 23:59 JST For more information, please check the following sites. CFP English Version: https://jslsweb.sakura.ne.jp/wp/?page_id=3501&lang=en JSLS

Call for Participants – Second/Additional Language Students (English, French, or Spanish) We are conducting a study on motivation in learning a second/additional language (English, French, or Spanish). We are currently seeking student participants enrolled in second/additional language courses. We kindly ask that you circulate a survey. This online survey (10–20 minutes) can be completed in English, French, or Spanish. The link to the survey is here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar organised within the GRAPHIA project, taking place on 16 April at 2 PM CET. Title: Beyond SPARQL: towards conversation-based access to knowledge graphs in GRAPHIA SPARQL has long been the standard interface to knowledge graphs but its technical complexity limits access for many audiences. This webinar introduces Quagga, an LLM-based agent developed within GRAPHIA that enables conversational exploration of knowledge graphs using natural la

I am wanting for native English speakers to judge the acceptability of sentences containing the verb 'climb'. That is, I am investigating aspects of 'climb', so I am forcedly using the verb even when there are potential alternatives to it. In this project, informants will be judging the acceptability of the sentences by selecting either of the four options (Verry Natural, Natural, A Little Unnatural, and Unnatural) except one question. In order for me to exhaust possibilities, there are

I am looking for a hard copy of an old journal volume: Anthropological Linguistics Vol. 39, No. 4 (1997). I am working on a biography of Dr. Haas, as a tribute to one of our scholarly ancestors to whom I feel a lot of gratitude. I know can access all of the articles in the journal online via jstor, but I'd really like a physical copy. If you have one you are willing to part with, let me know. I am happy to cover shipping and compensation for the journal. Thank you!

Call for Papers: The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from August 7 to August 9, with a pre-conference workshop/tutorial planned for August 6, 2026. We welcome abstract submissions for 20-minute oral presentations, followed by 10 minutes for discussion, and for poster presentations. Contributions to any aspect of Japanese/Korean linguistics, or comparison of these languages with other languages welcome. We welcome

2nd Call for Papers: NeoTerm 2026 is the second International Workshop on Terminological Neologism Management, organized by the ENEOLI COST Action. The first edition (Neoterm 2025) was held in Thessaloniki (Greece) as a co-located event with MDTT 2025. This year, NeoTerm goes north and will be organized by the University of Bergen, Norway, on 3 September 2026. The 2nd NeoTerm workshop will be co-located with the Nordic/European event aimed at initiating joint Nordic–European collaborati

The diamond open access journal "Lexique" is now accepting submissions for its next regular issue (No. 40). The deadline to submit is July 1, 2026, with publication scheduled for early July 2027. The journal focuses on the study of the lexicon in itself and at the intersection of other linguistic fields. It welcomes contributions from various disciplines within the field, including morphology, semantics, metalexicography, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, and NLP, and from a variety of methodologi

DI 14: Diskurs – discourse – diskurssi – discours. Bringing discourse studies into translingual dialogue 14th instalment of the conference series “Diskurs – interdisziplinär” Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland, 22nd and 23rd of October 2026 in cooperation with U Bremen, TU Dresden, IDS Mannheim and U Warsaw A Foucauldian concept of discourse is and remains widely used in many disciplines, not least in cultural studies and linguistics. Although Foucault’s own work is a common denomin

DI 14: Diskurs – discourse – diskurssi – discours. Bringing discourse studies into translingual dialogue 14th instalment of the conference series “Diskurs – interdisziplinär” Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland, 22nd and 23rd of October 2026 in cooperation with U Bremen, TU Dresden, IDS Mannheim and U Warsaw A Foucauldian concept of discourse is and remains widely used in many disciplines, not least in cultural studies and linguistics. Although Foucault’s own work is a common denomin

You are warmly invited to the next free webinar from the Northern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NATESOL). Building foundations: Enhancing writing skills for low-level learners by Lesley Painter-Farrell (School Director & Author) Thursday, 9th April, 2026 4-5:30PM GMT Online via Zoom Free registration here https://www.natesol.org/event-details/building-foundations-enhancing-writing-skills-in-low-level-learners Abstract: Supporting and developing s

The 13th International Conference on Multimodality (13ICOM) will be organised at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in June 2027. The phenomenon of multimodality – or how communication and interaction build on coordinated combinations of multiple forms of expression – is now actively researched within diverse fields of study. Given the multifaceted nature and complexity of the phenomenon, pursuing a constructive dialogue between different approaches to multimodality is essential for moving

Westminster International University in Tashkent cordially invites you to submit a speaker proposal to the upcoming 7th International Conference on Education and Linguistics (ICEL) and Exhibitions which is going to take place on 12-13 May 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The topic of the conference is "Education for sustainable futures: Language and Learning reimagined" Mode: hybrid (in-person and virtual) The conference accepts speaker proposals (not presented before) on the following to

Webinar Series: Conversations on Language Policy in Africa Multilingualism is not a barrier to African economic development; bad economic policies are. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/99882eae-9667-46d6-b794-7d8fbd175b77@d400387a-212f-43ea-ac7f-77aa12d7977e Abstract Since the dawn of Independence in the early1960s, African leaders have been advised, especially by economists, but also by some linguists that the multitude of languages is expensive and an obstacle

The 13th International Conference on Multimodality (13ICOM) will be organised at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in June 2027. The phenomenon of multimodality – or how communication and interaction build on coordinated combinations of multiple forms of expression – is now actively researched within diverse fields of study. Given the multifaceted nature and complexity of the phenomenon, pursuing a constructive dialogue between different approaches to multimodality is essential for moving

Westminster International University in Tashkent cordially invites you to submit a speaker proposal to the upcoming 7th International Conference on Education and Linguistics (ICEL) and Exhibitions which is going to take place on 12-13 May 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The topic of the conference is "Education for sustainable futures: Language and Learning reimagined" Mode: hybrid (in-person and virtual) The conference accepts speaker proposals (not presented before) on the following to

Plenary Speaker - Professor Phil Hubbard, Stanford University USA (Integrating Generative AI into Second Language Listening: Explorations in Professional Development) Professor Phil Hubbard, PhD, is Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Stanford University Language Center. Working in the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) since the early 1980s, he has published in the areas of CALL theory, research, methodology, evaluation, teacher education, learner training, and listening. He se

Plenary Speaker - Professor Phil Hubbard, Stanford University USA (Integrating Generative AI into Second Language Listening: Explorations in Professional Development) Professor Phil Hubbard, PhD, is Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Stanford University Language Center. Working in the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) since the early 1980s, he has published in the areas of CALL theory, research, methodology, evaluation, teacher education, learner training, and listening. He se