In this newsletter: Renew your LDC membership today New publications: CALLHOME Japanese Second Edition CALLHOME Japanese Lexicon Second Edition MATERIAL Swahili-English Language Pack ________________________________________ Renew your LDC membership today The importance of curated resources for language-related education, research, and technology development drives LDC’s mission to create them, to accept data contributions from researchers across the globe, and to broadly share su

Este livro oferece uma apresentação dos sistemas da modalidade e do modo em Português Europeu. A aproximação aos temas abordados tem por base o espírito da semântica formal, mas a apresentação é informal, sendo o texto acessível a qualquer leitor, mesmo que não familiarizado com qualquer formalismo semântico ou com a Lógica. São tratados dados da variante europeia da língua portuguesa, mas, naturalmente, os conceitos técnicos envolvidos são aplicáveis a qualquer língua natural, pelo que a descri

We are very happy to announce that the new edition of Psycholinguistics in Flanders (PiF) will take place in Pavia, Italy on the 12th-13th of May 2026. As always, PiF aims to be a welcoming and collaborative meeting for language scientists, and we will continue the tradition of highlighting the work of early-career researchers by giving them generous space in the program and opportunities for supportive, constructive feedback. At the same time, we encourage researchers at all career stages to

Call for Papers: Gaze4NLP - The Second Workshop on Gaze Data and Natural Language Processing 12 May 2026, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (co-located with LREC 2026) https://gaze4nlp.github.io/Gaze4NLP2026/ The Second Workshop on Gaze Data and Natural Language Processing (Gaze4NLP), co-located with LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, invites papers of a theoretical or experimental nature describing research methodologies by employing interdisciplinary perspectives, including computer science

Call for Papers: Extended Deadline: January 30th We are thrilled to announce that the next Conference on Multilingualism COM2026 will take place from May 27-29th at the University of Toulouse Jean-Jaurès (France). Abstract submission opens soon on the conference homepage https://com2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/9 The Conference on Multilingualism has a longstanding tradition, albeit under different names. Founded in 2005 at the University of Trento (Italie) as ‘Workshop o

Now in paperback! Against the backdrop of social media and internet use and their impact on communication, those working with minority (or autochthonous) heritage languages, including teachers, language activists and planners and researchers, are reassessing the media, language policy and teaching practices which they had previously applied to stem the tide of language shift towards majority languages. The languages examined in this book are still spoken by a considerable number of speakers a

Now in paperback! This book investigates the content of the grammar syllabus typically employed in mainstream English Language Teaching. Using a mixed-methods approach, the author examines how the syllabuses used in coursebooks are actually constructed, how they evolved and how valid their contents are as a basis for teaching. The research reported consists of a broad exploration of primary sources in order to outline the evolution of ELT pedagogical grammar; ten interviews with key ELT autho

Every day, more families span continents, cultures and languages to raise cross-cultural children. Yet even as media brings us closer than ever, travel restrictions and censorship remind us how fragile these connections can be. Offering real-life stories, strategies and activities, this book explores how diverse families use media, both old and new, to bridge cultures and support their parenting journey. We meet children who balance frequent moves with staying in touch with a distant homeland. W

In this bold attempt to challenge readers’ assumptions about racial prejudice, JPB Gerald explores how racism and hierarchies of language hinder effective education and harm societies around the world. Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought a

Language plays a crucial role in the creation and reproduction of social inequalities, but it can also be a key factor in their deconstruction and in the creation of a more multilingual and inclusive world. This book guides the reader through an exploration of creative and effective tools for examining the role that languages play in the life trajectories of speakers and how they can shape personal identities and promote social justice. The authors demonstrate the use of personal language family

This book presents empirical evidence of the academic and disciplinary literacies that learners engage with in educational contexts. The chapters focus on the languages of schooling (in first, second or foreign language contexts) across primary, secondary and higher education. The book is divided into two main sections. The first section focuses on students’ voices and perceptions, providing new insights into the difficulties they encounter when developing academic or disciplinary literacies

This book represents a vital step forward in the process of decolonizing language policy and planning (LPP). It addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of LPP, while exploring its intersection with domains including security, politics and education. A decolonized LPP invites us to view language as an interconnected phenomenon, with boundaries that are not defined by structural, territorial, ethnic or historical limitations. The chapters in this book problematize the positivist, instr

2025. vi, 240 pp. Table of Contents Introduction Expanding the scope of questionable research practices in applied linguistics Luke Plonsky, Scott Sterling, Katherine Yaw, Tove Larsson & Merja Kytö pp. 183–191 Articles The Ulysses pact: An emic perspective on registered reports in applied linguistics Meng Liu, Yuan Sang, Phil Hiver & Ali H. Al-Hoorie pp. 192–218 Investigating researcher perceptions of Questionable Research Practices Scott Sterling, Kate Yaw, Luke Plonsk

2025. iii, 110 pp. Table of Contents Articles Futurity and modality in the Old Frisian Skelta Riucht Elżbieta Adamczyk & Arjen Versloot pp. 121–177 ‘Busked hem redy boun’: Integrating Norse‑derived busken into the class of ‘prepare’ verbs in medieval English W. Juliane Elter pp. 178–215 The runic inscription on the spearhead from Mos Staffan Fridell pp. 216–220 Book review Javier Martín Arista (ed.),Sara Domínguez Barragán,Luisa Fidalgo Allo,Laura García Fernández,

2025. v, 224 pp. Table of Contents Introduction Guest Editors’ Foreword p. 129 Articles Equity, diversity and inclusion in academic production and dissemination in languages other than English: Possibility or wishful thinking? Cláudio França & Kyria Finardi pp. 130–159 Individual differences in English-medium education: Comparing multilingual identity, beliefs, motivations and perspectives in EME in Spanish and Chinese undergraduates Jennifer Ament & Mengjia Zhang pp. 1

2025. iii, 152 pp. Table of Contents Articles Development of aspect in children’s narrations in German Sign Language Vera Kolbe pp. 183–207 The use of constructed action and its relationship with age and sign language development among children acquiring Finnish Sign Language Laura Kanto, Anna Puupponen & Doris Hernández pp. 208–262 Researcher’s resources Sign language adaptation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales — 21 (DASS-21) Rose Stamp, Svetlana Dachkovsky, Vered

2025. iii, 233 pp. Table of Contents Articles ‘It runs in the family’: Reconstructing the kinship terminology of Tugu Creole Portuguese Raan-Hann Tan & Silvio Moreira De Sousa pp. 203–261 Pacific transformations of the ‘Country of Babel’: The legacy of a colonial language myth in nationalist discourses on Hawai‘i Creole and Tok Pisin Christoph Neuenschwander pp. 262–301 Remarks on the syntax of bare nouns in Papiamentu Luis López, Rodi Laanen, Charlotte Pouw & M. Carmen Pa

We would like to invite master’s students, doctoral candidates, and post-doctoral researchers (within 3 years of their PhD defense) to submit a paper to the Young Scholar's Forum (YSF) at the 13th International Conference of the European Association for Chinese Linguistics (EACL-13) in Paris-Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet (2-4 September 2026). The YSF provides an inclusive platform for eligible participants to present ongoing research, discuss methodological challenges, connect with peers wh

Workshop on Expressive Syntax: Exclamatives, Complementizers and Epistemic Modality Date: 18 February 2026 Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Website: https://sites.google.com/view/workshop-expsyntax Contact: vasfunproject@gmail.com The workshop brings together researchers working on the syntactic and interpretative properties of exclamatives—particularly those that involve complementizers—as well as scholars investigating epistemic modal adverbs, expressive particles, and other elements

We are pleased to announce the NUMBES Symposium: Numbers, Motion and Multimodality, which will take place in Cabo de Palos (Murcia, Spain) on 28–29 May 2026. The symposium theme, Representing abstract concepts through metaphor, places a particular emphasis on the conceptualization of number, while also inviting an interdisciplinary discussion at the crossroads of linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, gesture studies, and cultural analysis, including contributions on other abstract domai