Tras el éxito de la sesión monográfica del Simposio SEL 2025 celebrado en Salamanca, nos proponemos avanzar en la exploración de las correlaciones entre la variación lingüística y el contacto lingüístico y/o las actitudes lingüísticas, considerados motores clave del cambio lingüístico (Bloomfield, 1933; Johnstone, Andrus & Danielson, 2006; Labov, 1963, 2001). Las contribuciones presentadas en aquella sesión pusieron de manifiesto la relevancia fundamental del contacto (Poplack & Levey, 2010) y/o

A PhD position is available at the Center for the Study of Language and Society at the University of Bern. The successful candidate will conduct research on the perceived credibility of foreign-accented speakers in courtroom contexts (the specific accent/language combinations studied to be determined in consultation with the successful applicant). Using virtual reality to elicit attitudinal responses within information-rich environments, the PhD project will identify how social and role-linked s

We are conducting a meta-analysis on studies that have examined semantic context effects, namely the effects of semantic category and semantic associativity, in the picture-word interference (PWI) paradigm in children. For this purpose, we would be most grateful if you would share with us information about any relevant unpublished studies, whether a grey paper, preprint, or raw data. Eligibility criteria include: - data from PWI studies examining the effect of semantic interference - data

Focus: Columbia School linguistics Description: This introductory course focuses on the theoretical and methodological framework of Columbia School linguistics. It will be held in seven online sessions, on Mondays 9.30-11:30 am (New York time), from October 6 to November 17. This year’s instructors are Daan van Soeren and Ludmila Novotny. To register, please email ludmila@cslclass.org (w/ copy to ludmilanovotny@gmail.com) with your full name, affiliation (institution name and countr

2025. v, 228 pp. Table of Contents Introduction Linguistic and other vocal resources of instructing bodies Leelo Keevallik, Emily Hofstetter & Jan Lindström | pp. 1–21 Articles Marking action accomplishment with non‑lexical vocalizations Oliver Ehmer | pp. 22–68 Vocal resource of effort and force in interaction: Japanese yoisho/iyoisho in dance instructions Eiko Yasui | pp. 69–98 Ole hyvä (‘please’) + imperative: A multimodal analysis of Finnish police directive turns A

2025. iii, 147 pp. Table of Contents Articles Flirting with categories: Pursuing intimacy by invoking and negotiating gendered sexual scripts Elisabeth Muth Andersen | pp. 149–177 The afterlives of Margaret Rany: Tracing the trial of an intersex person in early modern Scotland Stephen Turton | pp. 178–199 Making maricones into bitches : Multimodal, multi-lingual representation of reclaimed slurs in Drag Race España Brittney O’Neill & Katie Slemp | pp. 200–227 Analyzing acou

2025. v, 126 pp. Table of Contents Introductory article Travelling concepts in translation studies and beyond: An introduction and manifesto on putting concepts centre-stage Cornelia Zwischenberger | pp. 1–20 Articles Reconsidering case study research in translation studies Jan Buts | pp. 21–39 What ‘translation’ means to conceptual historians Gözde Serteser Baştuğ | pp. 40–57 Drawing on translation studies to advance cross-language research in organisation studies: Enri

2024. iii, 114 pp. Table of Contents Articles And tonight, shocking revelations about TV news broadcasts: A hybrid spoken/written register, or a unique register? Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen & Stacey Wizner | pp. 99–127 Podcasts as an emerging register of computer-mediated communication Katharina Ehret, Laurens Bosman, Aminat Babayode, Nicole Chan, Ivan Fong, Noelle Harris, Alissa Hewton, Danica Reid, Rebekah Wong & Maite Taboada | pp. 128–174 “I’m on retreat and will respond to

2025. iii, 225 pp. Table of Contents Articles “You look like my 14-year-old daughter”: A corpus-based study of sexist language in everyday sexism Twitter stories Wanwen Wang & Jonathan Ngai | pp. 155–181 Is this War? Naming the Russia-Ukraine dispute in three international news providers Ruth Breeze & María Fernanda Novoa-Jaso | pp. 182–209 The virtue and shades of aggressive humour in press advertising Anna Stwora | pp. 210–239 Polarisation in Venezuelan presidential tweet

"Developing new languages in migration contexts” will take place from September 30 to October 1, 2025, at Masaryk University (Czech Republic), under the framework of OP JAK “LangInLife” (https://www.muni.cz/en/research/projects/73477). The conference is intended to contribute to filling a gap in Second Language Acquisition, where research on adult immigrants developing additional languages is currently underrepresented (see Mocciaro & Young-Scholten 2025). After a fundamental research seaso

"Developing new languages in migration contexts” will take place from September 30 to October 1, 2025, at Masaryk University (Czech Republic), under the framework of OP JAK “LangInLife” (https://www.muni.cz/en/research/projects/73477). The conference is intended to contribute to filling a gap in Second Language Acquisition, where research on adult immigrants developing additional languages is currently underrepresented (see Mocciaro & Young-Scholten 2025). After a fundamental research seaso

The StuTS (Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft) is a three-day student conference on linguistics held biannually. Organized by volunteer linguistics students, it is hosted usually but not exclusively, by German-speaking universities. Since its inauguration in Hamburg in 1987, StuTS has brought together thousands of enthusiastic linguistics students to present their work, learn about exciting new topics in inspiring keynote addresses, talks, and workshops, and meet interesting like-minde

The StuTS (Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft) is a three-day student conference on linguistics held biannually. Organized by volunteer linguistics students, it is hosted usually but not exclusively, by German-speaking universities. Since its inauguration in Hamburg in 1987, StuTS has brought together thousands of enthusiastic linguistics students to present their work, learn about exciting new topics in inspiring keynote addresses, talks, and workshops, and meet interesting like-minde

Description: The Department of Linguistics at Rice University (Houston, Texas) invites applications for a faculty position at any rank—Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Associate Professor (tenured), or Full Professor (tenured) —beginning July 1, 2026. The selected candidate must hold a Ph.D. in linguistics or a closely related discipline by June 30, 2026, and job duties entail conducting a productive research program with potential to secure external funding, the ability to teach undergrad

Queer linguistics has emerged as an essential field for understanding how language, across its various analytical dimensions, relates to LGBTIQ+ identities and experiences. This linguistic branch goes beyond merely documenting specific varieties or sociolects within queer communities. Instead, it examines the linguistic and discursive mechanisms through which dominant culture constructs, maintains, and sometimes challenges established norms around gender and sexuality. Drawing from gender st

Description: The successful candidate will be entrusted with the following tasks: - active and independent research in one or more subfields of general linguistics - research specializations should include one or more of the following subfields: typology, research on one or more languages spoken outside of Europe, language documentation, research on spoken language - study program coordination - active efforts to secure third-party funding - supporting role in department management -

Call for Papers: A Germanic Sandwich is a series of workshops in which Dutch is compared with its closest Germanic neighbours, English and German. Consistent with its geographical intermediate location, Dutch has been argued to occupy a linguistic position in between German and English. The 10th Germanic Sandwich workshop – the jubilee edition – will take place on Thursday 7 May and Friday 8 May 2026 at Freie Universität Berlin. The workshop series was founded in 2005, also at Freie Univer

Queer linguistics has emerged as an essential field for understanding how language, across its various analytical dimensions, relates to LGBTIQ+ identities and experiences. This linguistic branch goes beyond merely documenting specific varieties or sociolects within queer communities. Instead, it examines the linguistic and discursive mechanisms through which dominant culture constructs, maintains, and sometimes challenges established norms around gender and sexuality. Drawing from gender st

I’m pleased to share three new interviews of the series “Talking About Languages,” which features conversations with leading linguists in the fields of second language acquisition, bilingualism, and multilingualism. These interviews can be used as teaching material in the classroom. New interviews are added regularly, and I hope you find the series useful. Please find the link enclosed. John Lucy (University of Chicago) Linguistic relativity Annick de Houwer (University of Erfurt) Childho

This is to announce that the next Bilingualism Matters Symposium (BMS2026) will be hosted by the University of Milano-Bicocca from 28 to 30 April 2026! Submission deadline is on the 12th of October 2025. This year, BMS will feature a special in-person session on Bimodal Bilingualism. Interpretation will be provided in English–International Sign (IS) and Italian Sign Language (LIS). BMS26 welcomes contributions on bilingualism from a broad range of perspectives, including but not limited