Calls: Journal of Education for Multilingualism (Jrnl)
The Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM) is an international, peer-reviewed, and open-access scholarly journal that is devoted to the field of multilingual education. The online-only journal is primarily concerned with the education of multilingual individuals at various educational levels, beginning from kindergarten to higher education, and also focuses on workplace literacy settings. JEM encourages scholarship grounded in interdisciplinary frameworks that offer insights from related
Calls: Tracing Patterns Across Modalities – Similarities and Differences in Speaking, Writing and Signing (DGfS 2026 Workshop)
This short workshop is organized as part of the 48th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS 2026).
Organizers:
- Julia Muschalik (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
- Dinah Baer-Henney (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf/Ruhr University Bochum)
- Dominic Schmitz (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Final Call for Papers:
There is ever-growing evidence of a direct influence of central processing stages on the peripheral stages in language production across mo
FYI: Syntactic Theory and Research - "2025"
The editors Profs. Klaus Abels (UCL) and Suznne Flynn (MIT), the editorial board, and the publisher Open Library of Humanities (https://www.openlibhums.org) are exited to announce the publication of the first articles in the new, community owned, peer-reviewed, and fully open access journal Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR) (https://star-linguistics.org) and to issue an open call for papers.
Syntactic Theory and Research will publish a wide range of articles on the syntax of natural langu
Confs: Interpunktionszeichen – facettenreiche ‘Kleinigkeiten’ 2
The English version of this call for papers is available at the following link: https://www.lukasz-jedrzejowski.eu/organizing/punctuation/
Tagungsbeschreibung:
Interpunktionszeichen sind die stillen Organisatoren der geschriebenen Sprache – oft übersehen, aber unverzichtbar für die Strukturierung der Syntax, für die Lesesteuerung, die Verarbeitung und Interpretation sowie für die Darstellung diskursiver Beziehungen. Bredel (2008, 2020), Dürscheid (2016) sowie Kirchhoff & Primus (2016) beto
Confs: Innaugural Workshop of the Young Africanists' Research Network
The goal of the Young Africanists’ Research Network (YARN) is to highlight linguistic research being done on African languages and the early-career scholars behind this work. We also seek to foster collaboration and discussion surrounding theoretical and methodological issues in our field.
To meet this aim, we are hosting our inaugural workshop on March 19th-20th, 2026 at the University of Göttingen.
Invited Speakers:
Mary Amaechi -University of Ilorin (Nigeria) / University of Bielefeld
Confs: Cenas do Palco IV
The Linguistic Analysis and Cognition Research Group (PALCO) invites the academic community to submit abstracts for Cenas do Palco - Ato IV, an annual event, 100% online and free of charge, which brings together researchers interested in discussing the relationship between language and cognition.
This year's edition will take place on 9, 10 and 11 September 2025 and seeks to raise discussions around the theme ‘Meaning in Motion: Grammar, Culture and Cognition’, featuring conferences, lectures
Confs: Giornata di studi in memoria del linguista italiano Corrado Grassi nel centenario della nascita
„Giornata di studi in memoria del linguista italiano Corrado Grassi nel centenario della nascita”
Il simposio in onore del grande sociolinguista e dialettologo Corrado Grassi (1925-2018) si terrà il 9.9.2025 presso l’Istituto italiano di Cultura a Vienna, Ungargasse 43, A-1030 Wien.
Dopo aver detenuto la Cattedra di Linguistica e Dialettologia a Torino, Corrado Grassi ha ricevuto la chiamata all’Istituto di Lingue Romanze dell’Università di Economia di Vienna (WU) dove ha operato per dodici
Confs: SKY Symposium 2025: Meaning in Language, Machines and Humans
The programme has been published. The registration is open for presenters and audience.
The SKY Symposium is a biennial conference of The Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) and hosted by different institutions in Finland. This year the symposium is organised at Tampere University in cooperation with The Plural Research Centre.
The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers from linguistics and language technology working with topics related to meaning. We hope the symposium
Confs: Language Policy and the Challenges of Pluralism in the Contemporary World: Towards a Holistic Vision of the Linguistic Justice
This international conference organized by Linguistics, Language Planning and Terminology Laboratory at the Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization, in cooperation with the Moroccan Society of Linguistic Research and the Arab Society of Applied Linguistics to create a scientific space for dialogue and discussing contemporary issues concerning multilingualism management and language policies wording in light of cultural, social and political shifts known to the world today, in addition
Review: Typology: Susanne Wagner, Ulrike Stange-Hundsdörfer (eds.) (2025)
SUMMARY
(Dia)lects in the 21st Century: Selected Papers from Methods in Dialectology XVII is an edited volume compiled by Susanne Wagner and Ulrike Stange-Hundsdorfer. The volume comprises sixteen papers from the seventeenth Methods in Dialectology conference, held in 2022. Broadly speaking, the papers address contemporary issues in the field of dialectology, with particular attention given to the application of methodologies. As such, the organisation of the volume is thematic but with a cle
Confs: 9th Symposium on Second Language Interaction
The Conversation Analysis Network in Asia (CAN-Asia) Symposium on L2 Interaction invites participation from researchers interested in the micro-analysis of interaction involving second language users. The symposium will feature data-based presentations of conversation analytic research on L2 talk. Each session will include an open discussion among the presenters and participants. The 2026 symposium will be co-hosted by VietCA. We will also hold a free workshop for grad students who are new to CA
Jobs: Applied Linguistics, Discipline of Linguistics, Language Documentation, Ling & Literature, Linguistic Theories: Lecturer in Russian Language, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Other Specialties: Russian as a foreign/second language, Russian Linguistics, Russian Studies or equivalent.
Description:
School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University
Young and research intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world’s top universities.
The School of Humanities (SoH) at NTU Singapore is committed to promoting high quality research and teaching. Students are given ample opportunities to develop strong critica
Calls: Phraseme in Beziehung: Phonologie –Assimilation – Informationsstruktur (DGfS 2026 AG 15)
2nd Call for Papers:
Phraseme in Beziehung: Phonologie –Assimilation – Informationsstruktur
(Kurz-AG für die 48. DGfS-Jahrestagung „Tracing Patterns – Sprachlichen Mustern auf der Spur“ an der Universität Trier, 24.–27. Februar 2026)
Extended Deadline: 10.09.2025
Die Phraseologie beschäftigt sich traditionell mit der Musterhaftigkeit der Sprache. Von Sprichwörtern über Idiome hin zu Phraseoschablonen spannt sich eine heterogene Gruppe. Allen Phrasemtypen gemein ist die Festigkeit, di
Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Assistant Professor (Applied Linguistics), University of Massachusetts Boston
Description:
Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics with specialization in Multilingual Education
The Applied Linguistics Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a start date of September 1st 2026. We envision a colleague who will contribute through research, teaching, and service to our commitment to engagement with and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in higher ed
Support: General Linguistics, Ling & Literature, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University College Dublin
Two PhD Full Fee Waiver Scholarships (covering full EU fees) are now available at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University College Dublin.
These scholarships will cover four years of full-time PhD study and are open to applicants across all six SLCL subject areas (French, German, Italian, Linguistics, Portuguese & Spanish).
Key Details:
Scholarship Type: 4-Year Full EU Fee Waiver
Number Available: 2
Start Date: PhD programme must begin before 31 January 2026
Calls: Tracing the Patterns of (Non-)splittability in Germanic. Structures, Methods, Comparison (DGfS 2026 Workshop)
2nd Call for Papers:
All Germanic languages exhibit patterns in which two components of a constituent interpreted as a semantic complex surface in a discontinuous syntactic configuration. Such constructions include, e.g., so-called what-for-phrases (1), locative adverbs featuring indexical particles (2), prepositional adverbs (3) and aggressively non-D-linked expressions (4):
(1) Norwegian
[Hva](i) har du lest [t(i) for slags bok]?
what have you read for sorts book
‘What kind of bo
Review: Anthropological Linguistics: Joseph Errington (2022)
SUMMARY
The book "Other Indonesian" provides a concise yet comprehensive analysis of language use in the Indonesian periphery. The title itself represents the other than standard Indonesian languages which are merely underexplored because of the rise of the regime of standardization and centralization of Indonesian language. It was written by a Yale University professor who has investigated Indonesian sociolinguistics and anthropology since 1977. His direct experience with the community provi
Review: Applied Linguistics: Christiane Fäcke, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Paula Garrett-Rucks (eds.) (2025)
SUMMARY
The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning consists of 37 chapters edited by Christiane Fäcke, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, and Paula Garrett-Ruckes. It discusses both theoretical and practical issues in intercultural and plurilingual language learning across contexts (mostly US and EU with some representations from the Global South). The book is divided into four main sections. Section 1 (Chapters 1-15) deals with fundamentals of intercultural and plurilingual learning.
Confs: Workshop: Effects of Grammatical System on the Lexicon
Addition to the Workshop Announcement
Throughout the history of linguistics, the prevailing assumption has been that the lexicon is an independent component of language, and that syntax operates on the lexicon. One characteristic of the lexicon across languages is that the types of lexical categories and subcategories differ from one language to another. For example, some languages have the category adjective, while others do not (Dixon, 1977, 1982); some languages have the category adjectiva
Calls: 11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture
2nd Call for Papers:
We would like to express our sincere thanks for your kind interest in the 11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture (LLC), jointly organized by Batman University, Çankaya University, the University of Prešov (Slovakia), and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland).
In response to multiple requests and considering the summer period, we are pleased to announce an extension of the submission deadline. We hope this will provide you with additi