Automated translations can break down language barriers and increase access to information, but they can also be highly inaccurate. This timely book explores the social challenges and ethical considerations of using artificial intelligence (AI) translations in high-stakes professional environments. Based on contributions from over two thousand professionals from critical sectors including healthcare, social work, emergency services and the police, the analysis explores the motivations and conseq

This book, “Speech Act Theory: Between Narrow and Broad Pragmatics” by Stavros Assimakopoulos, is a recent and substantial contribution to the studies of pragmatics and speech acts. Rather than offering another textbook overview of speech acts, the author focuses on the relationships between speech act theory and the Anglo-American and Continental European pragmatic traditions. He argues that the current position has significantly drifted away from Austin’s original vision and represents a narro

Call for Papers: Many children worldwide grow up learning and using two or more languages. The experiences of multilingual children vary greatly. Therefore, it is impossible to treat multilingual children as a homogeneous group, and an increasing body of research examines how multilinguals differ from one another and how these differences influence their development. We aim to bring together psychology and interdisciplinary researchers who have adopted this perspective and are working toward

Call for Papers: As recent advances in AI and large language models continue to reshape language research, LLU 2026 aims to foster dialogue between AI scientists and linguists on research and applications related to language learning, representation, and understanding. Jointly organized by the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (ILAS) and the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), LLU 2026 welcomes submissions presenting ideas, approaches, and findings from

Call for Papers: The Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting of the Ionian University invites submissions for TIERA 2026: Translating and Interpreting in the Era of Algorithms, an international conference dedicated to exploring the impact of artificial intelligence, large language models, machine translation, and emerging technologies on translation and interpreting research, practice, and education. The conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among schol

The Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (WoReLa 2) focuses on building cumulative knowledge in linguistics through reproducible, robust, and replicable research findings. Building on the success of WoReLa 1 in Frankfurt, this second workshop aims to further our understanding of the factors that contribute to (a lack of) replicability in the language sciences, and to identify effective strategies to improve how linguistic research is conducted. For WoReLa 2, we particularly en

The 58th Algonquian Conference will be held in St. John’s, Newfoundland/Ktaqmkuk/Akami-assi at Memorial University, from Friday, 23 October to Sunday, 25 October, 2026. This conference is an international meeting for Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and community members to share research and practice relating to Algonquian peoples, the largest First Peoples group in Canada. Fields of interest include anthropology, archaeology, art, biography, education, ethnography, ethnobotany, folklo

Methodenmesse auf der IDS-Jahrestagung 2027: "Sprache und Literatur" Die 63. Jahrestagung des Leibniz-Instituts für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim steht unter dem Motto "Sprache und Literatur" und zielt darauf ab, Phänomene literarischer Sprache aus der Perspektive linguistischer Fragestellungen und Methoden zu beleuchten. Wir rufen zur Einreichung von Beiträgen für die Methodenmesse auf, die am Mittwoch, 10. März 2027, im Rahmen der Tagung stattfindet. Der Fokus der Methodenmesse ist

Call for Papers: “Natural languages offer a variety of means not only to describe our world by making a claim with specific truth conditions, but also to address the validity of the claim and highlight its truth itself.” (Müller 2024: 577) There is however only limited research on the means that languages other than German and English use for such truth highlighting, or verum marking (most notably, Gutzmann et al. 2020, Kerr & van der Wal 2023, De Cia 2025). From this research, there already

Session 5-LING at 25th International Congress of the German Association of Hispanic Studies (DHV), 9–13 March 2027 Session Chairs: David Paul Gerards (Mainz) and Jonas Grünke (Regensburg) The Spanish-speaking world is characterized by transatlantic mobility and situations of intense language contact, in which Spanish comes into contact with indigenous and minority languages while functioning either as the sole first language or as one of several first languages. This section focuses on the

The Arabic Linguistics Society (ALS) and the University of California, Berkeley’s department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures are pleased to announce the 40th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (ASAL40) to be held at the University of California, Berkeley from April 2 to 4, 2027. Papers are invited on topics that deal with a variety of issues in Arabic linguistics. Presentations on research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics are welcome: - Linguistic analysis (Phonology

The conference aims to bring together voices from around the world to share knowledge, experiences and transformative projects related to linguistic diversity, social cohesion, culture and innovation working on the present and future of Basque and other minoritized and minority languages around the world. It will be an opportunity to reflect collectively on how languages can help build stronger, more open and more connected communities.

(English below) Am 10. und 11. September 2026 findet der Workshop „Sprache und Kolonialismus / Language and Colonialism“ am Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim statt. Die Ziele des Workshops sind, die bereits erfolgte Forschung zu kolonialer und postkolonialer Linguistik mit einem Schwerpunkt auf deutsch(sprachig)em Kolonialismus zu würdigen, bestehende Forschungslücken identifizieren und die Möglichkeit für neue Impulse eröffnen. Der Workshop soll auch Raum bieten, um üb

Newer results on modal particles (MPs) show that they have a large variety of functions that go beyond their Common Ground-managing function in an utterance (Repp, 2013). MPs have been shown to interact with gestural information (Schoonjans, 2018), Perspectivization (Klages, 2020; Hüge, 2025), and coherence relations (Döring & Repp, 2019; Seemann, 2025). Their contribution of not-at-issue meaning has been argued to impose additional use-conditions and processing costs (Hinterwimmer & Ebert, 2018

The Young Africanists Research Network (YARN) invites submissions for the workshop Interfaces and Multimodality, to be held as part of WOCAL (12th edition), taking place in Vienna from Wednesday, July 7 to Saturday, July 10, 2027. This workshop intends to provide a venue for discussion of how African languages can contribute to the understanding of the interaction and overlap of varying linguistic domains. Multimodality (seen as the interface between speech and gesture) in particular serves t

SUMMARY In recent years, the study of affect has moved from the margins to the Centre of linguistic inquiry, reflecting growing recognition that emotions are integral to how people use, interpret, and experience language. “Affect Expression in Language, Culture, and Social Context” enters this expanding field with an ambitious interdisciplinary agenda. The volume brings together thirteen chapters that explore affective phenomena across diverse linguistic, cultural, educational, and translatio

ELDP Call for Applications The 2027 grant round is now open Apply here: https://grants.eldp.net/en/ The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants for the documentation of endangered languages globally. ELDP especially welcomes applications from documenters from language communities, local scholars and students from the country where the language is spoken/signed, as well as collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. There are no restrictions on national

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Language is integral to human doing, being, becoming and belonging, and its acquisition is naturally distributed in and across activity spaces over time. Different learning experiences form 'a dialectical unity', where one brings the others into existence, and the capacities fostered in one inform and transform those in the others. Thus, connected learning across time and space is fundamental to the coherence, relevance, and meaningfulness of language learning, yet is not given sufficient attent

This Element explores the innovative integration of microlearning and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in second-language education. Designed for language teachers, teacher trainers, and future educators, it offers research-informed insights and actionable strategies for designing learner-centred, technology-enhanced instruction. The Element introduces the evolution and applications of GenAI in language learning, examines its synergy with microlearning, and presents pedagogical framewo