Modern societies are increasingly characterised by multilingual realities. Migration and transnational exchange have led to highly heterogeneous, “superdiverse” societies (Blommaert & Rampton 2011; Vertovec 2007), in which individuals routinely draw on multiple linguistic resources from their repertoires, including national, regional, minority, heritage and other acquired languages. In recent years, disciplines concerned with language learning—such as Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Third

Modern societies are increasingly characterised by multilingual realities. Migration and transnational exchange have led to highly heterogeneous, “superdiverse” societies (Blommaert & Rampton 2011; Vertovec 2007), in which individuals routinely draw on multiple linguistic resources from their repertoires, including national, regional, minority, heritage and other acquired languages. In recent years, disciplines concerned with language learning—such as Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Third

From the perspective of pragmatics, coaching can be understood as a communication-based, co-constructed discourse genre in which coach and client jointly build meanings, goals, and courses of action turn by turn (see Fleischhacker & Graf 2023). Rather than merely transmitting information, coaching works through persuasion: it relies on speech acts such as advising, evaluating, goal-setting, while also managing uptake and creating an expert identity for the coach (see Weinzinger 2016, Dayter & Rü

The Department of Tenyidie, the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Naga Tribal Language Studies, Nagaland University, are delighted to announce that the 59th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL-59) will be held from 14-16 December 2026 at Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, Nagaland, India. We invite the submission of abstracts on any aspect of Sino-Tibetan languages and linguistics, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

From the perspective of pragmatics, coaching can be understood as a communication-based, co-constructed discourse genre in which coach and client jointly build meanings, goals, and courses of action turn by turn (see Fleischhacker & Graf 2023). Rather than merely transmitting information, coaching works through persuasion: it relies on speech acts such as advising, evaluating, goal-setting, while also managing uptake and creating an expert identity for the coach (see Weinzinger 2016, Dayter & Rü

The Department of Tenyidie, the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Naga Tribal Language Studies, Nagaland University, are delighted to announce that the 59th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL-59) will be held from 14-16 December 2026 at Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, Nagaland, India. We invite the submission of abstracts on any aspect of Sino-Tibetan languages and linguistics, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

The Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the J-SLA Autumn Conference 2026. Date: 24 October, 2026 Venue: Chuo University (Tama Campus, Tokyo) Abstract submission deadline: 7th September 2026, 23:59 (Japan Standard Time) There are two formats for research presentations at J-SLA Autumn Conference 2026. (1) Student oral presentations (2) Poster presentations Please refer to the following website for abstract submission guidelines.

It is with great sadness that we announce that Professor Svetlana Kurteš passed away on 13 March 2026. Svetlana was a UK-based scholar whose work in linguistic and intercultural education spanned almost three decades. She held academic positions at universities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and was most recently affiliated with the University of Madeira. Her international academic experience was reflected in her research, which brought together communication, culture and society, with p

2026. vi, 352 pp. Table of Contents Editorial Editors’ notepad p. 1 Introduction Cognitive and functional explorations in sign language linguistics Olga Capirci & Sabina Fontana | pp. 2–8 Articles Action depiction in gestures and signs: A comparative semiotic approach Chiara Bonsignori, Elena Tomasuolo, Pasquale Rinaldi & Virginia Volterra | pp. 9–32 Italian Sign Language: Searching for common ground between the sociosemiotic perspective and computational annotation

2026. iii, 101 pp. Table of Contents Articles Machine and AI translation for English-to-Korean game translation: A comparative analysis of Papago, Google Translate, DeepL, and ChatGPT Jung Yon Kim, Eun Joo Kwak & Dong-mie Kim | pp. 103–124 Machine translation for language access in government settings: A comparative study of LLM-based, NMT-based, and human translations of vital documents Stephanie A. Rodríguez & Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo | pp. 125–153 Industry watch The role of

2025. v, 219 pp. Table of Contents Introduction Situations of language use Marianna Gracheva & Larissa Goulart | pp. 161–172 Articles A situational analysis of graduate student coursework writing in two applied sciences disciplines Kimberly Pace Becker | pp. 173–208 Situational analysis as a tool for interpreting within-discipline linguistic variations in disciplinary writing Ndeye Bineta Mbodj & Viviana Cortes | pp. 209–244 “How could you be wrong about something so gen

I am conducting a survey as part of a research study on the role of linguistic and computational expertise in the development of language technologies, specifically machine translation and generative AI. The research explores whether a stronger interdisciplinary profile, based on specialists trained in both theoretical linguistic knowledge and advanced programming skills, could contribute directly to the design and development of more linguistically aware systems with stronger semantic and pragm

Cover Story Article: Documenting Environmental Knowledge in the Bahnar Language of Vietnam K. David Harrison, Hoài Trần, Công Minh Khang Hoàng, Nghĩa Đ. Nguyễn, Hải Lâm Cao, Xơm A, Lisa Lim, Myles L. Lynch and Thuy Bui Languages 2026, 11(7), 141; DOI: 10.3390/languages11070141 Featured Papers Article: From Symptoms to Functions: A Contextual Behavioral Framework for Understanding Pragmatic Communication Disorders Séfora Ene-Gimeno, Joel Juarros-Basterretxea, Samara Sáez-Martínez, Jesús G

SUMMARY Lívia Körtvélyessy’s monograph Onomatopoeia: The Colorful World of Sounds, builds on previous works of the author, such as Körtvélyessy (2020) and Körtvélyessy & Štekauer (2024). While the volume edited in 2024 puts together separate descriptive studies of onomatopoeia in 88 languages, the current monograph takes an integrated cross-linguistic approach, contrasting data from 124 languages. The book is primarily aimed at language researchers, especially typologists, semioticians, phone

The translation of sacred texts has long been recognized as one of the most complex and intellectually demanding areas of translation studies. Unlike other forms of translation, translating sacred scriptures involves much more than finding linguistic equivalents. It requires preserving the meaning, style, and spiritual essence of the source text while making it accessible to readers from diverse linguistic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Every translational decision has implications for

Frames and Framing: Constructing Meaning in Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Every act of communication, interpretation, and representation is an act of framing. In literary analysis, a “frame” might define genre, direct narrative perspective, or position a text within a historical moment. In linguistics, frames organize semantic understanding, govern pragmatic interaction, and underpin metaphor. In translation and interpreting, frames are negotiated, shifted, and sometimes shattered

The translation of sacred texts has long been recognized as one of the most complex and intellectually demanding areas of translation studies. Unlike other forms of translation, translating sacred scriptures involves much more than finding linguistic equivalents. It requires preserving the meaning, style, and spiritual essence of the source text while making it accessible to readers from diverse linguistic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Every translational decision has implications for

Call for Papers: ICPhS is the world’s flagship phonetic sciences conference, held once every four years. ICPhS 2027 will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, under the general theme of Shifting Currents. While we encourage contributions from across the spectrum of phonetic sciences, we plan to spotlight (via plenary addresses) research related to speech technology (with many companies located in the Pacific Northwest), clinical phonetics, and community-engaged phonetic documentation. Fo

Frames and Framing: Constructing Meaning in Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Every act of communication, interpretation, and representation is an act of framing. In literary analysis, a “frame” might define genre, direct narrative perspective, or position a text within a historical moment. In linguistics, frames organize semantic understanding, govern pragmatic interaction, and underpin metaphor. In translation and interpreting, frames are negotiated, shifted, and sometimes shattered

Call for Papers: Newer results on modal particles (MPs) show that they have a large variety of functions that go beyond their Common Ground-managing function in an utterance (Repp, 2013). MPs have been shown to interact with gestural information (Schoonjans, 2018), Perspectivization (Klages, 2020; Hüge, 2025), and coherence relations (Döring & Repp, 2019; Seemann, 2025). Their contribution of not-at-issue meaning has been argued to impose additional use-conditions and processing costs (Hinter