FYI: Call for a grammar book manuscript
There is space in our open-access grammar book series Grammars of World and Minority Languages (UCL Press) for one high-quality grammar book manuscript next academic year.
Previous publications in the series include A Grammar of Elfdalian by Yair Sapir and Olof Lundgren, A Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani by Bruno Estigarribia, and A Grammar of Akajeru by Raoul Zamponi and Bernard Comrie.
Please get in touch with the series editors Lily Kahn l.kahn@ucl.ac.uk or Riitta Valijarvi r.valijarvi@
Summer Schools: Methods and Developments in Learner Corpus Research
Focus: The focus of the summer school wil be current Methods and Developments in Learner Corpus Research. In addition to plenary talks and presentations by participants, the summer school will include workshops and networking events (see our website linked above for more information).
Description:
We are excited to announce the 2025 Summer School of Applied Linguistics at the University of Bamberg, with the theme Methods and Developments in Learner Corpus Research. This summer school is geared
All: Passing of Dr Anjum P Saleemi, Pakistan's Pre-Eminent Linguist
It’s with profound grief that we announce that (PhD) Dr. Anjum Pervez Saleemi, esteemed scholar and professor of theoretical linguistics and cognitive sciences, passed away in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 19th, 2025. Born October 24, 1953 in Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan to Chaudhary Taj Muhammad and Begum Saeeda, he is survived by his only remaining son, Usman Saleemi.
Dr. Anjum lived a storied and distinguished academic life, from earning a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK un
TOC: Languages Vol. 10, No. 4 (2025)
General
Review: Reconsidering the Social in Language Learning: A State of the Science and an Agenda for Future Research in Variationist SLA
Aarnes Gudmestad and Matthew Kanwit
Languages 2025, 10(4), 64; DOI: 10.3390/languages10040064
Review: Quantifying Experience with Accented Speech to Study Monolingual and Bilingual School-Aged Children’s Speech Processing
Adriana Hanulíková and Helena Levy
Languages 2025, 10(4), 80; DOI: 10.3390/languages10040080
Article: Yeyi: A Phylogenetic Lone
Calls: The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation (Revised Edition, 2027) (Jrnl)
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation (Revised Edition, 2027) - Call for Chapters
Editors: Weixiao Wei, Zhaoming Gao and Chris Shei
We are pleased to announce the call for chapters for the revised edition of The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation, scheduled for publication in 2027. Building on the foundation of the 2017 edition, the revised volume aims to reflect the latest developments, research trends, and innovations in Chinese translation studies. We particularly welcome c
Calls: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics - "First and Second Language Limited Literacy" (Jrnl)
The Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics invites submissions for a special issue focusing on First and Second Language Limited Print Literacy among children, adolescents, and adults. We welcome contributions that explore limited print literacy among (i) displaced children and adolescents in conflict zones and (ii) refugees and immigrant adults in the Western world and expatriates in the Middle East.
Limited print literacy is defined here as the difficulty individuals experience in decoding or
Confs: Abstract and Item-Specific Knowledge Across Domains and Frameworks
The organizers of the workshop “Abstract and Item-Specific Knowledge Across Domains and Frameworks” are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a student poster session, and a call for student participation scholarship applications for the LSA Institute. The workshop, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, will take place at the University of Oregon on July 26-27, and will be co-located with the 2025 LSA Summer Institute. Please see the workshop website (https://sites.google.co
Confs: International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 13
The 13th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 13), co-organized by the University of Bern and the University of Lausanne, will be held at the University of Lausanne from 29 June – 2 July 2026.
We are delighted to announce the following invited plenary speakers:
• Andrea Ender (Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg)
• Inés Fernández-Ordóñez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
• Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (University of Edinburgh)
• Sadie Ryan (University of Glasgow)
IC
Calls: The 3rd Conference on Evidentiality and Its Related Categories
Dates: 15 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025
Venue: University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao SAR, China
Working Language: English
Contact Person: Wenjiang Yang
Meeting Email: jap.conference@um.edu.mo
Meeting Description:
Following the success of the first conference hosted by Sun Yat-sen University in 2018 and the second conference hosted by Beijing Normal University in 2023, the 3rd Conference on Evidentiality and Its Related Categories is scheduled to take place on 15-16 November
Confs: Abstract and Item-Specific Knowledge Across Domains and Frameworks
The organizers of the workshop “Abstract and Item-Specific Knowledge Across Domains and Frameworks” are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a student poster session, and a call for student participation scholarship applications for the LSA Institute. The workshop, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, will take place at the University of Oregon on July 26-27, and will be co-located with the 2025 LSA Summer Institute. Please see the workshop website (https://sites.google.co
Confs: International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 13
The 13th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 13), co-organized by the University of Bern and the University of Lausanne, will be held at the University of Lausanne from 29 June – 2 July 2026.
We are delighted to announce the following invited plenary speakers:
• Andrea Ender (Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg)
• Inés Fernández-Ordóñez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
• Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (University of Edinburgh)
• Sadie Ryan (University of Glasgow)
IC
Confs: The 34th Colloquium on Generative Grammar
The Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG) is an annual conference held in the Iberian peninsula since 1991. It provides a platform for linguists working in Generative grammar all over the world to come together and discuss current trends and topics in syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology and their interfaces. The 34th Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG34) will be organized by the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and will take place as an in-person meeting from May 7 to Ma
Confs: Saarbrücken Round Table of Dialect Syntax / Saarbrücker Runder Tisch für Dialektsyntax
In the last years, theoretically informed research on syntax of different varieties of German has gained momentum. In this symposium, which is held on a regular basis, we want to bring together researchers in this field and offer a forum for this line of research. The papers will appear in printed form in a special issue of the journal ZDL, as in the last years. The conference languages will be German and English.
We invite contributions on syntactic research on dialects or other varieties o
Confs: The 34th Colloquium on Generative Grammar
The Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG) is an annual conference held in the Iberian peninsula since 1991. It provides a platform for linguists working in Generative grammar all over the world to come together and discuss current trends and topics in syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology and their interfaces. The 34th Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG34) will be organized by the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and will take place as an in-person meeting from May 7 to Ma
Confs: Saarbrücken Round Table of Dialect Syntax / Saarbrücker Runder Tisch für Dialektsyntax
In the last years, theoretically informed research on syntax of different varieties of German has gained momentum. In this symposium, which is held on a regular basis, we want to bring together researchers in this field and offer a forum for this line of research. The papers will appear in printed form in a special issue of the journal ZDL, as in the last years. The conference languages will be German and English.
We invite contributions on syntactic research on dialects or other varieties o
Calls: Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) 2025
Final Call for Papers:
The submission deadline has been extended to May 9, 2025.
We are delighted to announce that the 7th edition of Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) will take place on site at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, on September 8-9, 2025.
Conference website: https://www.uni-saarland.de/fakultaet-p/nds/ecbae2025.html
Invited speakers
Gabriela Bîlbîie (University of Bucharest)
Masaya Yoshida (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
McGill @ WCCFL 43
McGill linguists presented work at the 43rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 43), held last weekend at the University of Washington. Presentations by current McGill affiliates included: McGill linguists of past and present gathered for a picture:
Support: Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Language, Semantics, Syntax: MA / MSc, Department of German Studies, University of Graz
Position: Support for PhD student (30 H/ Week, 2 Years)
Deadline: 13 May 2025
Further information and job portal: https://jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/aa2c4fec-23fb-b340-1847-67e70b8e82b7
Your responsibilities
- Independent and cooperative research in connection with the SFB project “Language between Redundancy and Deficiency” (https://sfb-redundancy-deficiency.uni-graz.at/) in the subproject “Philosophical implications of binding effects”
- Intention to complete a dissertation related to
FYI: Looking for participants who are native speakers of Dutch for an online experiment
Hello all
I am currently working on my master's thesis, which investigates visual word processing in adult native speakers of Dutch. I am looking for Dutch speakers who want to participate in a short (5-10 minutes) online lexical decision task. You can participate by clicking on the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/jiRLPhek7i .
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
Xander Van Tilburg
Umeå University
FYI: Call for applications for Co-Editor of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition seeks a new Editor-in-Chief from 2026.
We are looking for a candidate with expertise in experimental linguistics and psycholinguistics and a focus on the linguistic side of bilingualism research. Learn more and apply via the link below:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/announcements/call-for-papers/call-for-applications-for-co-editor-of-bilingualism-language-and-cognition