SUMMARY As the title of the book indicates, Díaz-Vera is not only interested in the lexical semantics of positive emotions in Old English, but in how speakers of Old English experienced and understood positive emotions and how their experience and understanding of them changed in the course of time. This can be nicely summarized in Díaz-Vera’s own words; he says that he combines “methods from historical linguistics and cultural psychology” (p. 290). He promotes his research by claiming that “

Description: Assistant Professor Hispanic Linguistics Department of Spanish and Portuguese Position Overview: Salary range: Assistant Professor - The current salary range for this position is $80,800-$128,700 (9-month academic year salary); however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2026 Application Window: Open date: September 27, 2025

In 2008, the Departments of Romance Studies and of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Innsbruck assumed responsibility for this series of conferences, originally founded in 1987 by Professor Gerd Wotjak in Leipzig. It is one of the few international events dedicated entirely to contrastive linguistics. As in previous editions, papers may address both theoretical and applied aspects of contrastive linguistics between Romance languages and German, as well as between different Romanc

[French version below] The 16th Syntax and Semantics Conference in Paris (CSSP 2025) will take place on November 12-14, 2025 in Paris. CSSP invites papers combining empirical inquiry and formal explicitness, and favours comparisons between different theoretical frameworks in syntax and semantics. Invited Speakers: - Corien Bary (Radboud University Nijmegen) - Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (Université Paris 8 & SFL, CNRS) - Rui Chaves (University at Buffalo, SUNY) The detailed progra

The 15th Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) Conference will take place at the University of Salzburg (Austria) from 28 – 30 September 2026. Confirmed plenary speakers are: Prof Joseph Salmons (University of Wisconsin, Madison, US) Prof Michał Głuszkowski (Toruń University, Poland) Prof Sybille Große (Heidelberg University, Germany) The 2026 conference theme is "Spoken and written discourse in historical sources". Historical sociolinguistics naturally draws its data mainly fr

Taiwan Journal of TESOL calls for submissions to a special issue with the theme "Global Englishes and Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges for TESOL Teacher Education" Guest Editors: Yeu-Ting Liu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan yeutingliu@gapps.ntnu.edu.tw Keith M. Graham, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan kmgraham@ntnu.edu.tw Please find the full call for papers for the special issue here: https://www.tjtesol.org/index.php/news/501-call-for-paper-for-the-spec

Language, Context and Text: The Social Semiotics Forum welcomes new co-Editor Akila Sellami Baklouti (University of Sfax, Tunisia) as the successor of Geoff Williams (University of British Columbia, Canada) who is stepping down. Geoff founded the journal together with Xuanwei Peng, and his involvement to date has been instrumental in getting the journal established; we owe him a great debt of gratitude. Akila will join the editorial team that continues to consist of co-Editor Xingwei Miao (Beij

The Musa Academy is offering to sponsor a study comparing the ease of learning the Musa Alphabet to learning the IPA. The Musa Academy is a Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to the development and promotion of a Universal Alphabet. You can read all about the Musa Alphabet at www.musa.bet. One particular use of Musa is to transcribe pronunciation, for example in dictionaries, reference material, educational material, phrase books and tourist guides, maps and signs, in the press, and even

Call for Papers: The Methods Fair forms part of the 62nd Annual Conference of the Leibniz Institute for the German Language, carrying the motto 'German in the European language area: current status and prospects'. This call invites submissions of resources, tools and methods relating to the German language, or contrasting German with other European languages. If accepted, the content will be presented as a poster and subsequently published as a short paper. The language of presentation and pu

Call for Papers: SciProdLLM 2025 is a forum for presenting and discussing research on integrating large language models (LLMs) into the typical research workflow: from ideation to experimentation to scientific writing, with a particular focus on human-centered approaches that ensure ethical and responsible use of LLMs. We also invite work that evaluates the quality of LLM-assisted research workflows and the resulting outputs. We welcome submissions on any aspect of human-LLM collaboration

Call for Papers: The term “micromorphology” was coined by Stump 2017b for the hypothesis that an affix can itself be morphologically complex. Variations of this hypothesis and its uses have been investigated by Bochner 1993, Soukka 2000, Luís and Spencer 2005, and Stump 2017a, b, 2023, among others. The relevant phenomenon is illustrated for derivational suffixes in (1), see Stump 2017b for the demonstration that (1) involves a complex suffix rather than iterative addition. (1) a. whimsy →

2nd Call for Papers: As part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ONISILOS COFUND project ‘Gradience in Polarity Morphology and Diglossia’ (GraPMoD, Agreement No. 101034403), we are pleased to announce a two-day symposium. The Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure (SEAMS) will take place on site at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia on November 21–23, 2025. SEAMS will be a hybrid event, allowing participation and attendance from colleagues worldwide. It is designed as a foru

The 51st Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG51) will be hosted by the University of Udine, Italy, on February 12-14, 2026. IGG is an annual conference that provides a platform for discussion on current issues in syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology within the framework of generative grammar. Invited Speakers: Rita Manzini (Università di Firenze) Franc Marušič (Univerze v Novi Gorici) Luigi Rizzi (Università di Siena) Maribel Romero (Universität Konstanz) Susi Wurmbrand (Paris

Call for Papers: Deadline Extension Until November 5, 2025 The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is pleased to announce the 27th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISTAL 27) to be held on 15-17 May 2026 at the Aristotle University Research Dissemination Center. Invited Speakers: - Angeliki Athanasiadou, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Maria Koptjev

Call for Papers: The Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC) is an annual conference in general linguistics. It aims to bring together researchers from different subfields, and is open to submissions from faculty, students, and independent researchers. PLC 50 will be held in person in Philadelphia. In addition to discussing their papers at the conference, accepted authors will have the chance to publish their work in the conference proceedings. PLC 50 will feature a keynote speech from Rajesh Bhatt

Final Call for Papers: The 34th edition of the Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) will take place on January 28-30, 2025, at IUSS Pavia (Italy). ConSOLE is an annual conference for graduate (Master, PhD) and advanced undergraduate (Bachelor) students of Linguistics. It aims to provide students worldwide with the opportunity to present their research to an international audience. More information about SOLE (Student Organization of Linguistics in Europ

Final Call for Papers: The 34th edition of the Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) will take place on January 28-30, 2025, at IUSS Pavia (Italy). ConSOLE is an annual conference for graduate (Master, PhD) and advanced undergraduate (Bachelor) students of Linguistics. It aims to provide students worldwide with the opportunity to present their research to an international audience. More information about SOLE (Student Organization of Linguistics in Europ

The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List. If you would like to become a reviewer for one of the books announced in the AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW posting, you will need to follow steps 1-4 explained below: Step 1: Go to https://linguistlist.org/reviews/request Step 2: You will be asked to log in or create an account. Step 3: Update your personal information and add reviewer specific information on why you would be a good reviewer for the books you wish to select. Step

El II Simposio Internacional Lengua, Emoción e Identidad (dimensiones sociales, culturales y cognitivas de la comunicación emocional), se propone profundizar en la comprensión de la compleja interrelación entre lenguaje, emociones y construcción identitaria, incorporando nuevas perspectivas interdisciplinarias. Organizado en el marco del proyecto de investigación EMOSPACE (Universidad de Alcalá y Universidad Nebrija), el II Simposio se celebrará en modalidad presencial en el Campus de la Fac

The 2026 edition of the CELISO Doctoral and young Doctors Conference will be held on February 6th and February 7th, 2026, at Sorbonne University, Paris, France. We welcome presentations from all PhD students and young researchers in linguistics, regardless of their language of study, theoretical approach, or university affiliation. This is an opportunity to receive feedback in a supportive environment. Applicants can send a provisional title and an abstract of 300 words before November 17