SUMMARY This book deals with the activities of a group of nineteenth-century researchers who laid the foundations of English dialect study, giving an account of their methods, works and intellectual context. Central to the book is the claim that ‘the nineteenth-century discipline of philology is the primary context in which the period’s dialect study should be placed and understood’ (13), and a twin thread running throughout is the rise and eventual fall in popularity of this approach. Townen

Please write or copy and paste your review of The Victorians and English Dialect here. SUMMARY This book deals with the activities of a group of nineteenth-century researchers who laid the foundations of English dialect study, giving an account of their methods, works and intellectual context. Central to the book is the claim that ‘the nineteenth-century discipline of philology is the primary context in which the period’s dialect study should be placed and understood’ (13), and a twin thre

Discourse plays a central role in the social and cultural construction of gender. It functions as a dynamic space where meanings are negotiated, certain identities are legitimized, and others are marginalized. In the current context, trans people have gained increasing visibility, which has brought to the forefront the discursive tensions between dominant narratives that continue to pathologize and exclude, and alternative discursive practices that promote recognition, inclusion, or resistance t

The Conference will serve as a platform for exploring both professional and non-professional practices in intercultural and educational mediation, with a particular emphasis on community interpreting (CI) and educational mediation in academic settings. Discussions will encompass innovative research approaches, adaptation strategies in connection to technological advancements, including AI-powered translation tools, and the evolving role of interpreters as both linguistic and social mediators. By

Final Call for Papers: The aim of this conference is to bring together specialists in didactics, linguistics, geography, and second language acquisition, as well as teacher trainers and secondary school teachers to discuss the teaching and learning of English as a Second Language (ESL) using a CLIL approach, in geography classes more specifically. The CEFR (2001, 2018) promotes an action-oriented perspective for the teaching of foreign languages and considers learners as social actors. Thi

Meeting Description: The main focus of the NeuroD-WELL series of workshops is the early development of language in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, or at risk of developing language impairments due to familial risk or other risk factors. It is known that language deficits occur in a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders, as in intellectual disabilities, language disorder, social communication disorder, or autism spectrum disorder, as well as in at-risk groups. However, little

Description: Tasks: - further academic qualification (with the aim of obtaining a habilitation) - participation in teaching at the Department of Linguistics (2 courses per semester) - collaboration in research of the Applied Linguistics/Psycholinguistics lab - participation in administrative activities of the Applied Linguistics/Psycholinguistics lab What we expect: - completed university degree at MA level and an excellent doctorate in psycholinguistics or related subjects - a

Focus of the Conference: This conference invites contributions that explore the communicative practices through which specialized knowledge is disseminated by experts in and across digitally-mediated contexts. Particular attention is given to proposals which examine the processes of recontextualization involved in adapting specialized knowledge so that it is accessible, understandable and acceptable to multiple audiences. Contributions may approach recontextualization and digital dissemination

Please write or copy and paste your review of Children’s Peer Cultures in Dialogue here. SUMMARY In Children’s Peer Cultures in Dialogue, Nicola Nasi explores children’s peer interaction and its role in language acquisition in the second language (L2) classroom. This exploration considers the various semiotic devices (linguistic and otherwise) that children use, which stimulate learning and development. The book is enhanced by analysis of in-class conversations by students and by photograp

Dear community interested in Languages and/or Linguistics, The members from the Linguistics Institute at the Heinrich Heine University (Düsseldorf, Germany) have curated again a list of interesting books and other resources for adding some (leisure) linguistics to your summer! The list is intended for any linguistics enthusiast, and no previous knowledge about any branch of Linguistics is needed. Here you can see the list from this year and the one from the previous year: https://www.li

Greetings, Linguists! The July 2025 issue of Speculative Grammarian—the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics—is now available online for your browsing pleasure.      http://specgram.com/CXCIV.4/ The editors and publishers of Speculative Grammarian are pleased to announce that the Antepenultimate Issue issue of our esteemed journal is now available. This issue offers many excellent articles, including the slick bars of a fresh track

The Dyirbal Song Poetry: the oral literature of an Australian rainforest people record, is now live in aCQUIRe. Here is the link: https://hdl.handle.net/10779/cqu.28587005.v1 The description of the resource is below. DYIRBAL SONG POETRY: Traditional songs of an Australian Rainforest people collected, edited and analysed by R.M.W. Dixon and Grace Koch This book contains full transcriptions of 174 Dyirbal songs, the original words in Dyirbal, morpheme-by-morpheme gloss, translation of e

Focus: Cognitive and Functional Linguistics Description: The Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University organizes Braga Summer School in Linguistics, within the scope of the Doctoral Program in Linguistics. The event will offer advanced training in several areas of linguistic studies, especially from the perspective of Cognitive and Functional Linguistics in their most recent developments and in a

Focus: Our course covers all the main aspects of English phonetics: phonemic system (vowels and consonants) segmental analysis (allophonic processes) connected speech processes sentence stress (tonicity, accentuation) intonation (nuclear tones and prenuclear patterns) The main reference accent is Standard Southern British, but other varieties are discussed. The course emphasizes practical speaking and listening skills. You get plenty of practice in pronunciation perfo

LCTL Career Fair Keynote Address – Friday, July 25, 3:00 p.m. (CDT) on Zoom KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “Humans Who Language: Restoring Humanity to Language Education in Dehumanizing Times” SPEAKER: Dr. L. J. Randolph Jr., Assistant Professor of World Language Education; Affiliate Faculty in Second Language Acquisition, University of Wisconsin-Madison ABOUT: The Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI) helps connect speakers of less commonly taught languages with professional develo

The full conference programme for Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender (LILG 2025) is now available online. It includes information on all talks, posters, and presenters, along with abstracts and further scheduling details. Find the programme at: https://lilg.div-ling.org/programme/ Please note that registration for online participation is still open until 10 August. Register at: https://lilg.div-ling.org/registration/

Final Call for Papers: Organizers: Carolin Reinert and Farbod Khouzani (Goethe University) This short workshop is organized as part of the 48th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS2026). Workshop Description: Negative polarity items (NPIs) and their licensing conditions have long been the subject of extensive research. The fact that NPIs display certain distributional similarities and differences at the same time is a discernible pattern across languages. There have

Friday 19 September 2025 10:00 – 11:00 Invited Talk: Elena Castroviejo (University of the Basque Country) Exclamatives in Semantics and Pragmatics: Core Questions and Current Debates 11:00- 11:30 Carlo Geraci (IJN and CNRS) and Charlotte Hauser (SFL, Paris 8 University and CNRS) OHLALA! Exclamatives in LSF: Methods and Preliminary Results Coffee Break 12:00 – 12:30 Giorgio Zani (University of Turin) Emotions vs. Grammar: Disentangling the contribution of non-manuals in LI

Final Call for Papers (Lightning Talks & New Voices Panels) We’re excited to launch a Late-Breaking Research Opportunity for LERC2025 — a chance to get involved in one of Europe’s most dynamic language education conferences! Now Open: - Short-Format Presentations - We are inviting proposals for the following fast-track formats: - Lightning Talks – 10-minute presentations on innovative research, classroom practices, or work-in-progress - New Voices Panels – especially for early-career

The 57th Annual Conference on African Linguistics will be held at the University at Buffalo from Thursday, May 21, 2026 to Saturday, May 23, 2026. It is being co-organized by the University at Buffalo, the University of Rochester, and Syracuse University. There will be two abstract deadlines for paper or poster presentations, one in September and one in January (with the precise dates to be determined). The September deadline will be made available, in particular, for presenters who will requ