Description: The Department of Communication is looking for a scholar of language and social interaction and/or interpersonal communication who conducts applied empirical research of interaction and/or communication in complex social and relational contexts. Responsibilities of the position include undergraduate and graduate teaching, an active program of research in the candidate’s area of expertise, and service contributions in accordance with university policy. A Ph.D. or equivalent doctor

Fernanda Ferreira (2025). Psycholinguistics: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192886774. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780192886774.001.0001. SUMMARY Ferreira’s Psycholinguistics: A very short introduction consists of nine chapters, of which the final one is an outlook chapter, followed by a subject index and a list of references and further reading. The book is intended to be an accessible and short, yet insightful and critical, introduction to p

This open-access book casts light on an understudied corpus of Indian Francophone literatures by writers originally from former French territories of India and from other regions of India, who also engage in processes of translation: Ari Gautier (Pondicherry), M. Mukundan (Mahé), Manohar Rai Sardessai (Goa), Toru Dutt (Calcutta) and Shumona Sinha (Calcutta). By examining the range of ways in which these writers write between languages, Sheela Mahadevan advances theories of translation and lit

Queer Correctives explores Christian discourses of sex and sexuality in Singapore to argue that metanoia, the theological concept of spiritual transformation, can be read as a form of neo-homophobia that coaxes change in the queer individual. In Singapore, Christian discourses of sex and sexuality have materialised in the form of testimonials that detail the pain and suffering of homosexuality, and how Christianity has been a salve for the tribulations experienced by the storytellers. This bo

At the heart of the dramatic arts lies a single phenomenon: human social interaction. The crux of the practitioner's work involves knowing how interaction works: knowing what a pause does, or why a particular intonation contour changes a line from interrogative to accusative, or what goes into inferring something about a character. Social Interaction and Dramatic Performance uses case studies from dramatic performances and data from real-world interaction to present findings from interaction ana

Tagung B03 SFB 1391 Andere Ästhetik Brücken bauen Metaphern und Symbole an der Schnittstelle von Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik Tübingen, 24. – 26. September 2025 Metaphern und Symbole stellen seit jeher ein zentrales Gestaltungsmittel in der Alltagssprache und Literatur dar. Immer wieder stehen sie dabei auch im Kontext ästhetischer Ansp

Call for Papers: AG7 of the Annual Meeting of the German Linguistic Society: https://www.uni-trier.de/universitaet/fachbereiche-faecher/fachbereich-ii/forschung-und-zentren/dgfs2026 Organized by: Jana Häussler (Uni Bielefeld), Thomas Weskott (Uni Göttingen), Sarah Zobel (Uni Hannover / HU Berlin) Linguistic acceptability is one of the major tools to detect patterns in language: our intuitions about whether a sentence is "good" or "bad" are a source of evidence that is readily accessible a

Our Places is a mobile app with which to explore the etymologies of South African place names and discover place-name signs in South African Sign Language (SASL). The free version of the app includes 30% of entries from the Dictionary of Southern African place names (Raper, Möller & Du Plessis, 2014). SASL place names is provided from our research corpus. Available for Android on Google Play Store: https:/play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=za.ac.ufs.ourplaces

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Philippinescapes and Beyond Nicko Enrique Manalastas, Christian Go, & Nelson Buso Jr. (Editors) Under consideration with Palgrave Macmillan About the Volume: Linguistic Landscape (LL) studies have emerged as a dynamic and increasingly visible area of inquiry in Philippine scholarship. Filipino and foreign scholars across disciplines—from sociolinguistics and discourse studies to education, sociology, and cultural geography—have begun to explore the ways in whic

Final Call for Papers: Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 27 August 2025. The first Conference on Formal Models in Linguistics will be held on December 2nd-3rd 2025 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. It is organized by the Laboratory of Formal Models in Linguistics (HSE University, Moscow) together with the Centre for Language and Brain (HSE University, Saint-Petersburg). The FML Conference aims to provide a platform for discussion of formal studies of nat

Représenter l’écriture. Outils, techniques, exploitations. Journée d’études internationale co-financée par les universités de UQAM (Canada), HEC Montréal (Canada), Bordeaux (France), Turku (Finlande), Vendredi 17 octobre 2025 - Montréal (Canada) Lieu : Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - Salle DR 200 / 10h00-16h00 Dans le champ des études sur l’écriture, on observe depuis un demi-siècle un déplacement de l’intérêt des chercheurs du produit (l’écrit terminé) vers le processus (le traje

We are pleased to invite submissions for Speech Prosody 2026, the 13th International Conference on Speech Prosody, to be held May 26–29, 2026, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. https://www.speechprosody2026.org Speech Prosody is the largest international forum dedicated to prosody in all its forms. This year’s theme, Prosodic Encodings in Context: From Structure and Cognition to Technology, and Back, highlights our commitment to advancing interdisciplinary inquiry into the

Doctoral Position in Multilingual Sentence Processing (part-time 50 %, E 13 TV-L) Reference no.: 2025/180. The Multilingualism Group at the University of Konstanz headed by Prof. Dr. Theodoros Marinis is recruiting a PhD candidate to work within his team and conduct research on morpho-syntactic processing in multilingual children with typical language development, children with DLD or autistic children. The Multilingualism Group is part of the Linguistics Department that combines theoretical

WEDiSyn ist eine internationale Veranstaltungsreihe, die als Forschungsnetzwerk konzipiert ist und Wissenschaftler zusammenbringt, die sich mit syntaktischen Variationen in Dialekten, d. h. den geografischen Varietäten der Sprachen Westeuropas, befassen. Das Hauptziel dieses Forschungsnetzwerks ist es, den Austausch über die neuesten Entwicklungen und laufenden Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der (morpho-)syntaktischen Dialektologie zu fördern. Dazu gehören Diskussionen über: - Spezifische morphosy

The English Department of Politeknik Negeri Malang is delighted to invite you to participate in the 3rd International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Communication (ICALCom), which will be held on November 1, 2025. This year’s theme is: “From the Classroom to the World: English, Employability, and Intercultural Readiness.” Venue: Politeknik Negeri Malang, Indonesia and Online (Hybrid) Visit https://icalcom.or.id for more details Abstract Submission: August 4 - 31, 2025 The con

2nd Call for Papers: English version below Wanneer? Op vrijdag 31 oktober 2025 organiseert de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fonetische Wetenschappen weer de jaarlijkse Dag van de Fonetiek. We willen u van harte uitnodigen een bijdrage in te dienen voor een presentatie. Deze kan gaan over lopend of recent-afgerond fonetisch onderzoek binnen de empirisch-wetenschappelijke traditie, en/of demonstraties van nieuwe applicaties of methodes op het gebied van spraakonderzoek. Ingediende abstract

The Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies at the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University cordially invites you to the international conference Translation at the Crossroads of Ideologies and Cultures to discuss a multilevel role and complex positionality of translation and translators in changing historical, social, political, and communicational settings. Throughout the course of history, translation has been seen as both, dangerous and necessary. Like two-faced Janus, it

2nd Call for Papers: Queer Linguistics applies insights from Queer Theory to linguistics. More specifically, it seeks to explore the intersections of language and social identity informed by a non-binary, social constructionist and interactional perspective on gender and sexuality. Queer linguistic research investigates how speakers use language to subvert and reconfigure linguistic and socio-cultural hegemonies. As a growing area of inquiry, it critically explores variation, creativity, and

Call for Papers: Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity is a traditionally triennial conference that originated in Canada as a forum for discussing methodological issues in dialect research. Methods conferences have progressively extended their topical range and now include the whole spectrum of regional, historical, and social language variation, as reflected in the now expanded conference name. The Methods series welcomes contributions investigating any of the world’s languages.

2nd Call for Papers: We are pleased to announce a conference on Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages. Towards Third Wave approaches and beyond, which will take place at the University of Cambridge on 26-28 March 2026, at Jesus College and at the Faculty of Classics. The theme is how Third Wave approaches can enhance our understanding of variation in ancient languages, and how we can integrate such approaches with previous methodologies. We focus especially on new methodologies and n