2025. iii, 158 pp. Table of Contents Preface pp. 1–3 Interview Seeking synergy between research and practice in TBLT: An interview with Marije Michel Koen Van Gorp, Kris Van den Branden, Marije Michel & Matthew D. Coss pp. 4–24 Articles The development and reception of a digital task-based exam for young learners of Dutch as a Foreign Language Anne G. H. van Asseldonk, Christine C. F. Troussart Van Bulck, Lies Strobbe & Goedele Vandommele pp. 25–56 Exploring pre-servic

2025. iii, 123 pp. Table of Contents Editorial Once more unto the breach: Investigating the effects of AI on translation practice, teaching, and research Lynne Bowker pp. 1–10 Articles Evolution of Arabic video game localization: A case study of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series Mohammed Al-Batineh, Khadija Alzaabi, Amna Alnaqbi, Maitha Aldhaheri & Shamma Alhassani pp. 11–38 An eco-translatology-based comparison of localization in simplified and traditional Chinese locales

2025. iii, 173 pp. Table of Contents Articles Giving advice in HIV counselling in Malaysia Nur’ain Balqis Haladin, Zuraidah Mohd Don & Noor Aireen Ibrahim pp. 449–470 A multimodal analysis of a Japanese TV commercial: A case study of ethnopoetic texts and beyond Kuniyoshi Kataoka pp. 471–493 The pragmatics of communication in traditional ritual performance (Japanese kagura): Pragmemic triggers as performative acts William O. Beeman pp. 494–517 Societal pragmatics: Illo

Thank you very much for your visiting this page. I'm Naoki KAWAGUCHI teaching English in Japan. In this project, I would like to ask native English speakers to use the Google Form below to answer or judge English sentences. ★Details： ・Target sentences include an ING-participle clause. ・I would like to ask informants to judge the acceptability of target sentences or share with me what you intuitively feel about them. ★Length: ・There are four questions in the survey. Thank you,

The translation pioneer’s new dictionary offers clearer content and a cleaner experience to promote meaningful learning and literacy NEW YORK, August 12, 2025 -- Reverso, the global leader in online language tools, has expanded its pioneering translation platform with a disruptive new English dictionary for its website and apps: Reverso Define (https://dictionary.reverso.net/). Providing clear, concise definitions for over 500,000 meanings and growing, Reverso Define is built to make it easi

After the successful and inspiring GloSoc 3 conference at Tallinn University, the theme of this fourth edition of the GloSoc series is the sociolinguistics of decolonisation. This theme should be interpreted very broadly. We are hoping for contributions from countries that have experienced (linguistic) colonisation. PhD students and young researchers are welcomed in particular. Some themes for your inspiration: - The effects of colonisation on language use in a specific region or country - H

Call for Papers: Cross-cultural Communication and Media Studies Journal Website: https://journals.imist.ma/index.php/CMS ISSN: 3085-4598 Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=25cms Submission deadline : August 31, 2025 Call for Papers Details: The International Journal of Cross-cultural Communication and Media Studies (CMS) is a triannual, peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on interdisciplinary research in cross-cultural communication, media studies, and their inter

SUMMARY Multimodal Mockery in Face-to-face interaction: On the Negotiation of Nonseriousness and Stance is a monograph based on Clarissa de Vries’s PhD thesis. It investigates multimodality in spontaneous interactions and how it is employed in mockery. The multimodal resources under scrutiny are various and they include verbal language, gaze, body positions and movements, gestures and facial expressions. The analysis also takes into consideration handling objects that are part of the interact

ATRAS Journal Submission Deadline: August 15, 2026 Expected Publication: December 2026 Introduction Digital technologies—especially Free Software and Open-Source AI—offer transformative potential for democratizing knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). This special issue explores how open digital commons can foster epistemic justice, bridge linguistic divides, and empower diverse knowledge systems through collaborative approaches. We invite global perspectives on ethical AI

Accent Variation and Change 'Accents' is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at University of Lodz, Poland. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and non-native accents of English, approached from a variety of theoretical and/or practical perspectives. The key issues discussed each year include individual accent characteristics, the dynamism of accent usage, accent teaching and learning, and the methods and to

Description: Founded in 1994 and awarded the University title in 2016, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is a publicly funded university, dedicated to the advancement of teacher education and related disciplines through a diverse offering of academic, professional and research programmes. The University aspires to become a leading university in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, with a focus on educational and multidisciplinary research, development and innovation. We are committ

2nd Call for Papers: Formal Linguistic Approaches to MultiModality (FLAMM) will take place at Trinity College Dublin on 4-5 December 2025. The workshop aims to promote and advance the study of multimodality from a formal linguistic perspective by bringing together scholars interested in the formal study of multimodality. Invited Speakers: Cornelia Ebert (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) Donna Jo Napoli (Swarthmore College) Philippe Schlenker (CNRS - Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris / New York

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 publication is German.

We are happy to announce the 5th Conference on Discourse, Culture & Interaction that provides a forum for researchers in the areas of Pragmatics, (Applied) Linguistics, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies among others to share their research findings. We welcome submissions from established scholars as well as early career researchers – including Honours, MA and PhD. Abstracts are invited for papers on any topic relevant to pragmatics, qualitative discourse analysis, culture and interact

Call for Papers – Current Issue of The International Arab Journal of English for Specific Purposes (IAJESP) We invite submissions on: - ESP Methodology & Disciplines – Teaching approaches, course design, and applications in business, science, medicine, law, and more. - Technology, Innovation & Assessment – AI integration, digital resources, testing techniques, and program evaluation in ESP. - Cross-Cultural, Policy & Social Dimensions – Intercultural communication, translation, language

The Graduate Student Network of the Language, Communication and Culture signature research area at the University of Alberta is pleased to announce the fifth annual Conference for Graduate Students in Language, Communication and Culture. This free, online event is open to all. Conference Schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y_rPJmwj2eqGsEkp6c3B7S-2k95XjLbE/view?usp=drivesdk This year’s theme is Communication and Culture Across Generations.

Research Areas Reported: Onset of Language and Drawings, Book History, Typography. History of Writing Technologies, Origins and forms of Writing, from Cave & Vessel History & Writing, Child Language and Writing Development beginning with 3 and 4-year olds through Adult Writing, History of School Writing, Cognition and Writing, Writing and Knowledge-Building, Self-Regulation in Writing, Digital Writing, Intertextual Rhetoric when Writing, Drumming and Storytelling in Ghana, Everyday Writing, C

SUMMARY Subjects: Applied Linguistics, Education, Cognitive Science, General Linguistics This volume comprises a range of discussions and approaches to grammar teaching based on theoretical linguistics. The book is split into four sections and 13 chapters, outlining novel research, practical approaches to native and second language/foreign language teaching, and addressing challenging concepts in a classroom setting. The chapters cover a variety of languages and include case studies that c

2025. iii, 108 pp. Table of Contents Articles Frequency and listener perceptions of the nursery we in instructor-student interactions Elizabeth Hanks pp. 1–28 Does grammatical aspect convey pragmatic meaning? The case of believe in the progressive aspect Marianna Gracheva pp. 29–55 Ontological realism as a validity criterion in second-language strategic competence assessment Stephen P. O’Connell & Steven J. Ross pp. 56–81 Pragmatic research in English as an Asian ling

The Recently Extinct Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sandu and Its Dialectal Affiliations Hezy Mutzafi An Early Judeo-Persian Rabbanite Text Vat. Pers. 61, Its Linguistic Variety, Its Arabic Vocabulary, and the Targum Onqelos Chams Benoît Bernard Three Judeo-Persian Contributions Dan Shapira A Translation of the Bible into Maghrebian Judeo-Arabic, by Bar-Asher, Moshe Aharon Maman Notre judéo-arabe. Les dialectes judéo-arabes du Maroc: structures, usages et diversité, by Chetrit, J