Focus: linguistic theory functional syntax discriminative linguistics language acquisition quantitative morphology and phonology Description: The LSA Institute 2025 is now offering eight virtual or hybrid workshops, with one more pending. The lineup of virtual and hybrid courses can be viewed here: https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/program/search/index.php?back=1 (Selecting the "Offered virtually" option in the left column.) Registration is at the link above (registering as 'a

Focus: The aim of DiscourseNet Winter School is to bring together MA as well as PhD students across disciplines (social sciences, linguistics, cultural studies, humanities, etc.). Advanced BA students with their own research project are also welcome. Description: Maintaining a wide scope regarding the thematic, researchers that delve into 1) discourse’s processes of transformation, 2) the transformative effects of discourses, and or, 3) methods and methodologies on transformative discourse stu

In this newsletter: LDC data and commercial technology development New publications: Chinese Sentence Pattern Structure Treebank IWSLT 2022-2023 Shared Task Training, Development and Test Set KAIROS Schema Learning Complex Event Annotation ________________________________________ LDC data and commercial technology development For-profit organizations are reminded that an LDC membership is a pre-requisite for obtaining a commercial license to almost all LDC databases. Non-member orga

Free virtual panel discussion: LGBTIAQ+ Lexicography in the Oxford English Dictionary Book your place: http://tiny.cc/OED-LGBTIAQ-lex-LL When? Thursday, June 26, 2025 05:00 PM BST | 04:00 PM GMT 12:00 PM EDT | 09:00 AM PDT Join OED editors guest speakers for a virtual discussion where they will delve into the world of queer vocabulary and its representation in dictionaries. This event will explore the evolution, documentation, the impact of queer language on mainstream vernacu

The Centre for Corpus Research at the University of Birmingham cordially invites you to this year’s Sinclair Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Jack Grieve (University of Birmingham). The lecture will take place on Monday, 7 July, at 5pm (British Summer Time), under the title “Corpus linguistics is all you need: Large language models and the legacy of John Sinclair”. The lecture will be held in Alan Walters G03 on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus and will also be live-stream

Dear all, We warmly welcome you to the 2025 seminar series of the Consortium on Language Variation in Input Environments Around the World (LangVIEW). The third talk in the series is “Malta, its sociolinguistic landscape and the methodology behind the Maltese as a Foreign Language for Juniors Series” by Charles Daniel Saliba from Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology. The abstract can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1StSBW4qirvd_ysqNRdl2_eNde3aEvOtA/view?usp=drive_link T

We would like to invite to our conference all those engaged in research on school or academic teaching as a form of communicative social action. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions from a wide range of academic disciplines. As early as the 1970s, the fields of linguistics and communication studies underwent a transformation known as the "pragmatic turn," which manifested itself, for example, in the communicative approach to (foreign) language teaching (cf. Piepho 1974). This shift was

2nd Call for Papers: The 37th edition of the Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 37) will take place on November 10 and 11 in the beautiful city of Zurich, Switzerland. Confirmed Speakers: Gillian Ramchand (University of Oxford) Martin Salzmann (University of Potsdam) Martina Wiltschko (UPF Barcelona) Jan-Wouter Zwart (University of Groningen) The workshop is a forum for dealing with all aspects of comparative Germanic syntax, from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives.

The Journal of Advanced Corpus-Oriented Research (JACOR), published by the Corpus Research Center at Minhaj University Lahore, is pleased to invite submissions of Papers for Volume 2, Issue 1 (2025). We welcome original research articles that advance knowledge in Corpus Linguistics, General Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, and Interdisciplinary Language research. Range of Areas: Please view the complete list of focus areas here: https://ojs.mul.edu.pk/index.php/jacor/aboutthejourn

Chaque langue naturelle et vivante possède un lexique qui lui est propre. Ce lexique peut révéler des indices de l’appartenance culturelle du groupe qui l’utilise. Cela s’explique par la relation d’interdépendance entre langue et culture ; la langue est façonnée et influencée par la culture, et la culture se construit et se transmet largement à travers la langue (1). La culture reflète la vision du monde d’un groupe et s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une réalité spécifique à ce groupe. Grâce à cett

Final Call for Papers: The Laboratory for Study and Preservation of Minority Languages is pleased to announce the conference “Local varieties of standardized and nonstandardized languages: documentation and research issues”, which will be held at the Institute of Linguistics (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, on 23–25 October 2025. This year’s meeting is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Linguistics (RAS) and the 130th anniversary of the birth of Glafira Makarievna Va

Call for Papers: We are soliciting abstracts for 45-minute talks (plus 15 minutes for questions) on topics related to formal semantics. Any topic related to formal semantics is acceptable. The conference will be held at Keio University, Mita campus (Tokyo). Abstracts will be reviewed by the organizing committee and the invited speakers. Invited Speakers: Veneeta Dayal, Yale Viola Schmitt, Humbolt University / MIT Organizing Committee: Ikumi Imani, David Oshima, Junri Sh

Summary Lynette Arnold’s book is organized into eight (8) principal chapters. It provides a multipronged, fairly in-depth investigation into how traditional familial ties continue to be endorsed and further solidified across territorial borders through transnational communication gestures and mechanisms in El Salvadorean diaspora communities in different parts of the contemporary world. The Prologue section of the book - (p. xix) is mostly devoted introducing, defining and justifying the

SUMMARY With The Bloomsbury Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes R. Blackwood, S. Tufi and W. Amos have collected an outstanding display of academics and topics and managed to concisely assemble a truly multi-purpose book. The volume consists of 29 chapters, including two introductory chapters, divided into three parts. The main body of the volume is comprised of Part II showcasing 19 different topics and lenses for the study of Linguistic Landscapes (LL). Each chapter consists of small introduc

In Memoriam Miriam R.L. Petruck (1952-2025) It is with great sadness that we share the news that our colleague Dr. Miriam R. L. Petruck died April 1, 2025, after a brief hospitalization. A memorial service was held for her two days later at Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley, California, where she had been a member for many decades, followed by interment at Gan Shalom Cemetery in Briones, California. Dr. Petruck was born April 11, 1952. She received her B.A. in Linguistics from Stony B

Call for Papers: Organization: Nathalie Elsässer 1, Hendrik Behrens-Zemek 1, Lukas Nemestothy 2, Dragana Rakocevic 3, Jan Luttenberger 1 Contact E-Mail: phonetik.workshop.oelt@gmail.com 1 Acoustics Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences 2 Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna 3 Department of German Studies, University of Graz Phonetics as a discipline and research area not only connects a number of different academic fields but, because of its requirements for data

The International Conference on Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education (icCALTE) will be held at TED University, Ankara, Türkiye on 13-15 February, 2026. The icCALTE aims to bring together researchers broadly interested in language teacher education, professional development, classroom discourse, classroom interactional competence, L2 interactional practices and competences, and L2 learning/teaching/assessment. The conference welcomes contributions drawing on ethnomethodology, c

2nd Call for Papers: The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the 16th International Conference of Linguistic Research and Applications, Linguistics 2025 Paris, to be held on 22-24 October 2025 in Paris, France. The primary aim of the conference is to advance key areas of contemporary linguistics, while also welcoming innovative approaches to linguistic research and applications. The Linguistics 2025 Paris conference envisions a vibrant platform for

Description: registration number: fb09-0014-wmz-2025 Entry date: 2025-10-01 Application deadline: 2025-07-06 Salary: E 13 TV-H Duration: 2029-09-30 Volume of employment: part-time (65 %) The University of Marburg, founded in 1527, offers a variety of excellent programs of study for around 22,000 students and confronts the important topics of our time through excellent research across a broad spectrum of sciences. The Department of German Studies and Arts, Institute

Description: registration number: fb09-0013-wmz-2025 Entry date: 2025-10-01 Application deadline: 2025-07-06 Salary: E 13 TV-H Duration: 2029-09-30 Volume of employment: part-time (65 %) The University of Marburg, founded in 1527, offers a variety of excellent programs of study for around 22,000 students and confronts the important topics of our time through excellent research across a broad spectrum of sciences. The Department of German Studies and Arts, Institute