Calls: Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025

The LINGUIST List - Tue, 05/27/2025 - 20:05
2nd Call for Papers: We welcome submissions for the Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025. The meeting will take place on December 18–19, 2025, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It aims to connect researchers using (neuro-)symbolic, Bayesian, deep-learning, connectionist, and mechanistic models (among others) to study human language production, perception, and processing. Keynote Speakers: - Stefan Frank (Radboud University) - Vera Demberg (Saarland University) For detailed gu

Calls: Lexis - "The Words about Climate Change" (Jrnl)

The LINGUIST List - Tue, 05/27/2025 - 20:05
Lexis – Journal in English Lexicology – will publish its 2nd special issue of the “Words about…” series in 2026. It will be co-edited by Camille Biros (Université Grenoble Alpes, France – ILCEA4), Denis Jamet-Coupé (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France – CEL and University of Arizona, USA) and Adeline Terry (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France – CEL) and will deal with the topic “Words about Climate Change”. Words about Climate Change The 2nd issue of the “Words about...” series hoste

Support: Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics: MA / MSc, Experimental Linguistics in Cologne (XLinC) Lab, University of Cologne

The LINGUIST List - Mon, 05/26/2025 - 11:05
PhD Position in Experimental Pragmatics (from October 2025) We seek to fill a doctoral position in experimental pragmatics (50%, 19.92 hours/week) from October 01, 2025 until September 30, 2028. Salary is determined following the salary scale E 13 according to German TVL. You will join the team of Prof. Petra Schumacher and carry out research in the Experimental Linguistics in Cologne (XLinC) Lab (https://xlinc.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de). Your tasks - Development and implementation of lingui

Support: English; General Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Typology: Open, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The LINGUIST List - Mon, 05/26/2025 - 11:05
The Department of English and American Studies at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) is seeking to fill a part-time position (50% / 20 hours per week) as a Research Associate in English Linguistics, starting October 1, 2025. The position is initially limited to a three-year term. Your responsibilities: * Completion of a doctoral dissertation in the field of English linguistics * Independent teaching of linguistics courses in the programs offered by the department (BA, MA, Stat

Jobs: Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics: Two-Year Fellowship in Semantics & Pragmatics, ZAS

The LINGUIST List - Mon, 05/26/2025 - 11:05
Description: The research area Semantics-Pragmatics of the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin is looking for candidates for a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship to join our group. The fellowship is funded as a Humboldt research fellowship, but the selection is within a Henriette Herz Scouting grant awarded to Uli Sauerland. We want to extend our network and make it more diverse. We therefore particularly welcome applications from junior researchers who have not previou

Jacobs and Phillips Fund grants awarded for Kanien’kéha research

McLing Newsletter - Sun, 05/25/2025 - 14:06
PhD students Katya Morgunova and Willie Myers received a Jacobs Research Fund grant to study Kanien’kéha (Mohawk; Iroquoian) for their respective dissertations. The grant covers elicitation with first-language speakers in Kahnawà:ke, Québec in collaboration with the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center. Katya will be looking at finiteness in embedded clauses while Willie will […]

Confs: Trends and Problems in Comparative Germanic Linguistics / Internationale Nachwuchstagung der Vergleichenden Germanischen Sprachwissenschaft

Conferences - Sat, 05/24/2025 - 00:05
The symposium aims to bring to the fore the most pressing and engaging problems in comparative Germanic linguistics within a variety of research domains, including but not limited to linguistic reconstruction, runology, poetics, and phylogeny (conference hompage: http://www.uu.se/tpcgl25) Organizing committee: Matteo Tarsi, Eric T. Lander, John Ankarström Call for Papers: The deadline for abstracts has passed. Deadline for registration: Please register before the 1 of September 2025. Con

FYI: STAGE Research Webinar

The LINGUIST List - Sat, 05/24/2025 - 00:05
Welcome to join our webinar on 18 September 2025 (12.00-13.30 CET) where we present the main findings from the STAGE project (STarting AGe and Extramural English: Learning English in and outside school in Norway and Flanders) https://www.uv.uio.no/ils/english/research/projects/stage/. At this webinar, we will also announce the start of a research network focusing on Extramural English (and other target languages, Extramural Ln) and starting age. Please register by 17 September to get a link to t

Confs: Trends and Problems in Comparative Germanic Linguistics / Internationale Nachwuchstagung der Vergleichenden Germanischen Sprachwissenschaft

The LINGUIST List - Sat, 05/24/2025 - 00:05
The symposium aims to bring to the fore the most pressing and engaging problems in comparative Germanic linguistics within a variety of research domains, including but not limited to linguistic reconstruction, runology, poetics, and phylogeny (conference hompage: http://www.uu.se/tpcgl25) Organizing committee: Matteo Tarsi, Eric T. Lander, John Ankarström Call for Papers: The deadline for abstracts has passed. Deadline for registration: Please register before the 1 of September 2025. Con

Confs: 11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture

Conferences - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 23:05
We are pleased to announce the call for the 11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture (LLC2025), jointly organized by Batman University, Çankaya University, the University of Prešov (Slovakia), and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland). This year’s conference will be hosted by Batman University as a hybrid conference under the theme: “Humanities in the Digital Age”. We kindly invite you to submit your abstract proposals (for 20-minute presentations) to llc2025

Confs: Artificial Languages in the Linguist’s Toolbox

Conferences - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 23:05
Workshop: Artificial Languages in the Linguist’s Toolbox We are delighted to invite you to attend the second workshop of the EXREAN project* at the Freie Universität Berlin which will explore the application of artificial languages as a tool in linguistic research. Artificial language learning experiments test how far language users can extract rule-like generalizations from structured input (Culbertson, 2023). Since Reber’s (1967) seminal artificial grammar (AG) study, which aimed at inve

Calls: EMNLP Workshop: Perspectivist Approaches to NLP

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 23:05
Call for Papers: NLPerspectives – The 4th Workshop on Perspectivist Approaches to NLP Collocated with EMNLP in Suzhou, China https://nlperspectives.di.unito.it/ Until recently, language resources supporting many tasks in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and other areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been based on the assumption of a single ‘ground truth’ label sought via aggregation, adjudication, or statistical means. However, the field is increasingly focused on subjective

Confs: 11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 23:05
We are pleased to announce the call for the 11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture (LLC2025), jointly organized by Batman University, Çankaya University, the University of Prešov (Slovakia), and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland). This year’s conference will be hosted by Batman University as a hybrid conference under the theme: “Humanities in the Digital Age”. We kindly invite you to submit your abstract proposals (for 20-minute presentations) to llc2025

Confs: Artificial Languages in the Linguist’s Toolbox

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 23:05
Workshop: Artificial Languages in the Linguist’s Toolbox We are delighted to invite you to attend the second workshop of the EXREAN project* at the Freie Universität Berlin which will explore the application of artificial languages as a tool in linguistic research. Artificial language learning experiments test how far language users can extract rule-like generalizations from structured input (Culbertson, 2023). Since Reber’s (1967) seminal artificial grammar (AG) study, which aimed at inve

Confs: Panel at XIX ASIAC Annual Conference: "Archives, Fieldnotes, and Legacy: Researching Central Asia and the Caucasus through Personal and Scholarly Archives"

Conferences - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 22:05
Panel at XIX ASIAC Annual Conference with the title "Archives, Fieldnotes, and Legacy: Researching Central Asia and the Caucasus through Personal and Scholarly Archives" We invite paper proposals for a panel we are organizing as part of the XIX ASIAC Annual Conference, to be held at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice from 15-17 December 2025. This panel brings together scholars working on or with archival materials related to Central Asia and the Caucasus, with a particular interest in the p

Calls: ARiEAL Research Magazine (ARM) - "Summer 2025" (Jrnl)

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 22:05
Call for Papers: We are pleased to announce that the ARiEAL Research Magazine (ARM) is accepting submissions for its Summer 2025 issue. In partnership with the Student Partners Program at the MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching and the Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL), ARM is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary magazine that seeks to publish the innovative research of undergraduate and graduate student

Confs: Panel at XIX ASIAC Annual Conference: "Archives, Fieldnotes, and Legacy: Researching Central Asia and the Caucasus through Personal and Scholarly Archives"

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 22:05
Panel at XIX ASIAC Annual Conference with the title "Archives, Fieldnotes, and Legacy: Researching Central Asia and the Caucasus through Personal and Scholarly Archives" We invite paper proposals for a panel we are organizing as part of the XIX ASIAC Annual Conference, to be held at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice from 15-17 December 2025. This panel brings together scholars working on or with archival materials related to Central Asia and the Caucasus, with a particular interest in the p

Calls: Global Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Translation

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 22:05
GLOTECH 2025 International Conference: Global Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Translation We are pleased to invite you to participate in the international conference Global Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Translation (GLOTECH 2025), which will be held on 25th and 26th September 2025 at the University of Alicante City Centre Venue, and kindly ask you to distribute this invitation among your colleagues and staff. This conference, organised

Books: San Carlos Apache Texts: Goddard (2024)

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 21:05
A collection of twenty-four San Carlos Apache texts, partially with interlinear "word-word" translation, and translations on mirror pages (Re-edition. Originally published 1919 in New York). Contents: Creation myth. Naiyenezgani. The snake ceremony. The sisters are lured by a flute. The good and bad brothers. Magic flight. Securing fire. The winning of daylight. The deer woman. Prayers for hun-ting deer. Origin of the clans. The development of Apache culture. Description of Apache ceremonie

Books: Grammatik des Dakota (Sioux): Simons (2024)

The LINGUIST List - Fri, 05/23/2025 - 21:05
Dakota is a living indigenous language of North America belonging to the Sioux family. This grammar focuses on the description of the Santee-Sisseton dialect, and in the examples on entire sentences and text excerpts. Phonetics and phonology, the parts of speech, word formation, the grammatical categories, the simple and complex sentence structure as well as special features of the Dakota literature are discussed from a functional point of view. Dakota is considered to be a representative of th

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