Confs: 50th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association
Open Call for Papers sponsored by the Linguistics and Language Studies Interdisciplinary Network of the GSA for the 50th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Phoenix, Arizona, September 24-27, 2026. Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2026.
Linguistics and Language Studies in German Studies
The Linguistics and Language Studies Interdisciplinary Network of the GSA invites papers on topics relevant to linguistics and language in German Studies, broadly conceived. We seek
Calls: Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis 2026
Call for Papers:
The deadline for submissions has been extended to 22 February 2026.
Workshop Description:
We are delighted to announce that the 8th edition of Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) will take at the Hohentübingen Castle, Tübingen, Germany, on 19-20 August 2026. The workshop brings together researchers using empirical methods to investigate ellipsis and related phenomena across languages. It will provide an opportunity to discuss how corpus-based and
Confs: Workshop at LREC 2026: Leveraging Derived Text Formats to Unlock Copyrighted Collections for Open Science
The workshop Leveraging Derived Text Formats to Unlock Copyrighted Collections for Open Science will be held at the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2026).
Derived Text Formats (DTF), also known as extracted features, offer a promising solution for enabling research on textual data that cannot be shared in its original form due to copyright or privacy restrictions. This workshop brings together researchers, legal experts, and infrastructure providers to explore the creation,
Calls: Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association (Jrnl)
We invite paper submissions for the Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/gcla/html (DGKL/GCLA) 2026. The Yearbook aims to enable the dynamic exchange of ideas relating to all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics both within the association and in the global Cognitive Linguistics community.
The spectrum of topics covered by the Yearbook is as broad as Cognitive Linguistics itself. As such, the Yearbook of the DGKL/GCLA does not impose speci
Calls: Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity XIX
The 19th instance of "Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity", Methods XIX, is to be held at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, from 4-7 August 2026.
The local Organizing Committee is going to announce the results of individual, stand-along abstract vetting for papers and poster in the week of Jan 27th. We apologize for the slight delay due to a greater-than-expected volume of submissions.
In the meantime, please take note of the six accepted Workshops/Special Sessi
Calls: Les Périphrases Verbales en Français – (In)Stabilité Catégorielle Et Plasticité Des Usages
Final Call for Papers:
Le colloque « Les périphrases verbales en français. (In)Stabilité catégorielle et plasticité des usages », co-organisé par l’Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry et l’Université de Sherbrooke, se tiendra les 3 et 4 juin 2026 à Montpellier. Vous trouverez l’appel à communications en suivant le lien ci-dessous : https://www.usherbrooke.ca/crifuq/recherche/activites/colloques/les-periphrases-verbales-en-francais-instabilite-categorielle-et-plasticite-des-usages Nous rappe
Confs: Applications of Relevance Theory to Translation and Interpreting: Theoretical and Methodological Developments
We are happy to announce the first Call for Papers for the second edition of the conference series Applications of Relevance Theory (RT) to Translation and Interpreting (ARTTI). After the success of ARTTI-1 in Rome in February 2023, the second edition of ARTTI hopes to bring together cutting-edge research at the intersection of Relevance Theory and Translation and Interpreting Studies (T&I), with a special focus on theoretical and methodological developments related to the RT-T&I interface.
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Confs: Multimodal Processing in SLA: Bridging Input Modes and Research Methods
We are delighted to host the EuroSLA-sponsored workshop ‘Multimodal processing in SLA: bridging input modes and research methods’, at KU Leuven, on May 5 2026.
This one-day workshop will bring together researchers interested in multimodal processing in SLA.The aim is to create a space where researchers can exchange ideas, reflect critically on current research practices, and explore new avenues for investigation. We seek to inspire fresh perspectives, promote methodological advancements, an
Confs: International Conference on Dialect Mapping
The International Conference on Dialect Mapping – Tunisia (ICDMap Tunisia 2026) is the first international forum fully dedicated to the scientific, technological, and cultural dimensions of dialect mapping and linguistic spatial representation, with a special focus on the Linguistic Atlas of Tunisian project (LAT). Dialect mapping stands at the fascinating crossroads of linguistics, geography, and technology, illuminating the rich tapestry of human language variation across regions and communiti
Qs: Enquête « Etudiant·es et Enseignement de la Sociolinguistique en SHS »
Chères collègues, chers collègues bonjour,
Docteures en Sciences du langage, ma collègue et moi-même menons actuellement une enquête par questionnaire à l’intention des étudiants et étudiantes en SHS, Arts, Lettres et Langues en France.
Accepteriez-vous de diffuser auprès de vos étudiants et étudiantes les informations ci-après ?
Vous en remerciant par avance,
Cordialement,
Roxanne Comotti et Manon Boucharéchas, Docteures en Sciences du langage
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Bonjour,
Nous, Roxanne Comotti e
Software: Arabic WordNet 4.0: A Comprehensive Lexical Database for Modern Standard Arabic
Arabic WordNet 4.0 is now available - a large-scale lexical database
for Modern Standard Arabic released under CC BY 4.0.
RESOURCE STATISTICS
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- Synsets: 109,823 (100% Open English WordNet coverage)
- Lexical entries: 124,653
- Senses: 166,643
- Synset relations: 265,676
- ILI coverage: 97.2%
- Format: WN-LMF 1.4 XML (Global WordNet Association standard)
ACCESS
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- Repository: https://github.com/Salah-Sal/arabic-wordnet-v4
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/
Summer Schools: Edinburgh Theoretical Historical Linguistics (ETHL) Summer School
Focus: Historical Linguistics and Generative Theory
Description:
The ETHL Summer School will bring together research in historical syntax, phonology, and morphology to holistically address the relation of all modules of grammar to diachronic change. Our curriculum provides a crash-course into the what and why of theoretical historical linguistics providing a comprehensive overview of this emerging discipline from both the theoretical and historical perspectives. With classes led by:
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Calls: Emotion und Kommunikation. Digitale Räume als Ressource für die Vermittlung von Emotionen / Émotion et communication. Les espaces numériques comme ressource pour la médiation des émotions
2nd Call for Papers:
Sektion 9, Frankoromanistiktag Kassel
Eine grundlegende Funktion von Kommunikation besteht darin, die Emotionen und Haltungen der eigenen Person dem Gesprächspartner mitzuteilen. Diese emotive oder expressive Funktion der Sprache gilt als anthropologische Konstante, die allerdings historisch-kulturell unterschiedlich ausgeformt wird (Bühler 1999 (1934), Jakobson 2007 (1960), Pustka 2015).
Im Zentrum der Sektion steht die Frage, in welcher Weise neue digitale Formate
Calls: Journal of Open Humanities Data - "Special Issue: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics" (Jrnl)
Full call for papers here: https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/Quantitative-Diachronic
We are pleased to invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners to contribute to a Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) that focuses on open data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics.
The primary focus of the collection is on Data Papers describing openly available datasets relevant to diachronic linguistics, regardless of language, language family, or hist
Calls: NUMBES Symposium: Numbers, Motion and Multimodality
Call for Papers:
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
Confs: 15th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics at LREC 2026
We invite submissions to the 15th edition of the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2026). CMCL invites papers on cognitive modeling, cognitively-inspired natural language processing, and more broadly, the alignment of language models with human cognition. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
- Analysis of computational models that process linguistic data to yield insights into human language comprehension, production, or acquisition.
- Presentat
Calls: 14th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism
Final Call for Papers:
We are pleased to announce the 14th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, which will take place on 2 - 5 September 2026. The conference is organised jointly by the Faculty of English and the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
We warmly invite you to submit your original research contributions on any facet of multilingualism, focusing on the acquisition or use of three or mor
Confs: 33rd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
The 33rd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar will be held on August 03 - August 04, 2026 at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Bergen, Norway).
The HPSG 2026 conference will be a two-day main conference (3rd - 4th of August). It will be co-located with the DELPH-IN meeting held over the preceding week (27th - 31st of July).
Anonymous abstracts are invited that address linguistic, foundational, or computational issues relating to or in the spiri
FYI: Mikael: Finnish Journal of Translation and Interpreting Studies - Call for Thematic Issue Proposals
Mikael: Kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen tutkimuksen aikakauslehti / Finsk tidskrift för översättnings- och tolkningsforskning / Finnish Journal of Translation and Interpreting Studies
FI: Ehdota teemanumeroa
SE: Föreslå ett temanummer för Mikael (se nedan)
EN: Call for proposals: Thematic issue of Mikael (see below)
Ehdota teemanumeroa Kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen tutkimuksen aikakauslehti Mikaeliin
Mikael: Kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen tutkimuksen aikakauslehti (ISSN: 1797-3112) on vuodesta
Calls: Sociolinguistics and AI
2nd Call for Papers:
We are pleased to invite abstracts for the conference Sociolinguistics and AI which will take place at the University of Copenhagen between 19 and 21 August next year. The conference is an in-person event.
As we write this, approximately three years after ChatGPT was made available to the general public, ‘AI’ seems to be everywhere. Strong in connotation, weak in denotation, and deeply entangled in contradictory discourses of desire and anxiety, profit and prejudice, p
