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2025. iii, 104 pp. Table of Contents Articles Experienced saudade in times of COVID-19 pandemic Félix Neto, Joana Neto & Etienne Mullet pp. 209–227 Russian culture (rather than grammatical gender) influences artistic personifications Ahmed Abdel-Raheem, Tatiana Permyakova & Ekaterina Pozdeeva pp. 228–250 A clash of ‘Prides’ in Chinese-English bilinguals Fung Yee Chun & Bee Chin Ng pp. 251–289 On the pragmatics of praising: How gender movements in Africa celebrate wome

2026. iii, 132 pp. Table of Contents Articles Chinese Russian language teachers’ agency in response to the New Liberal Arts policy: An ecological perspective Yuan Tao & Lei Cai pp. 1–25 ASR-based system for promoting pronunciation: Promoting collaborative approach for higher education ELF learners Sariani Sariani, Mutia El Khairat, Welsi Haslina & Baety Baetty pp. 26–44 Implementing translanguaging strategies in the English writing classroom in higher education: A systemati

2026. iii, 167 pp. Table of Contents Articles The syntactic and semantic features of the “X zhōng de [中的] X” construction in modern Chinese and its motivations Xu Wen, Zichang Dong & Shuyan Yang pp. 1–37 Mandarin donkey conditionals: In defense of the null hypothesis Hang Kuang & Haihua Pan pp. 38–68 Predicting semantic transparency of Chinese QIEs using distributional semantics and lexical frequency Lin Ruo & Stephen Skalicky pp. 69–99 Exceptive construction: Pragma-

2026. iii, 145 pp. Table of Contents Articles Group level and individual differences in second language sentence processing Ian Cunnings pp. 251–277 Age of onset does not matter for bilingual children’s understanding of late-acquired phenomena: The case of temporal connectives Christos Makrodimitris & Petra Schulz pp. 278–306 The acquisition of L3 Scandinavian impacts word order in advanced L2 English: Regressive cross-linguistic influence in verb-particle constructions An

We are pleased to announe that our Doctoral Network Project Joint Doctorates (2025) « Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society » (MultiLAwa) has been selected and will be funded by the European Union. Start of the project: September 1st, 2026 Start of the PhD theses: November 1st, 2026 Start of the application campaign: May 20th, 2026 Website : www.multilawa.eu Online Info-Session for all applicants: Tuesday 16 June 2026, at 2:00 pm (CEST) MultiLAwa is an int

Doctoral position in project A08 (f/m/x) | Collaborative Research Centre 1252 "Prominence in Language", University of Cologne, Germany Project A08 “The Role of Pauses in Prominence Marking” of the Collaborative Research Centre 1252 “Prominence in Language“ (CRC 1252) seeks to fill a doctoral position. The position is available from 1 August 2026 on a part-time basis (25,89 hours per week). The position is to be filled for a fixed term until 31 July 2029. If the applicant meets the relevant wa

The goal of the Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE) is to serve as a professional development forum tailored to the needs of post-secondary language educators, which will not only help to enhance the quality of language programs but also provide opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration. During the symposium, we will host talks and sessions about different aspects of language teaching and program administration in higher education settings. Both practice-oriente

ICMC-2026 will take place in a hybrid format at the University of La Rioja (Logroño, Spain) from November 4 to 6, 2026. It is organized by members of the research project "Lexical blending and cognitive modeling: Developing a theory-driven analytical database", funded by the Spanish State Research Agency and the research group Riojan Research Group on Semantics, Syntax and Language Use (Grupo Riojano de Investigación en Semántica, Sintaxis y Uso del Lenguaje, GRISSU) at the University of La Rioj

The LexESP Research Group at the University of Alicante is pleased to announce the International Conference on Language, Nutrition and Health, to be held in November 2026. The event is organized within the framework of the research project Clear Labels, Healthy Choices: Literacy, Bilingual Resources and Community Empowerment, which explores clarity, transparency, and effectiveness in food-related communication. In contemporary societies, food labeling, nutritional guidelines, and health commu

Stable perception of spectral information across contexts: From normalization to adaptive category representations Time: Thursday 11 June, 8.30-12.00 Place: Pärlan, Campus Albano (House 1, floor 6) One of the striking features of human speech perception is its stability: despite substantial between-talker differences arising from variation in vocal tract physiology, language background, and social factors, listeners typically understand speech with relative ease. This workshop focuses on th

The organizing committee of "Recontextualisation et Médiation des Discours Spécialisés / Recontextualisation and Mediation of Specialised Discourses" invites abstract submissions for the conference to be held at the Université Grenoble-Alpes from January 20 to 22, 2027. This conference aims to explore the mediation of specialized discourse as interdiscursive recontextualization. By recontextualization, we mean the reformulation and recreation of meaning across and between different genres an

第2回北海道言語科学会研究会は、2027年1月9〜10日（土〜日）に小樽商科大学で行われます。 The 2nd Workshop of the Hokkaido Language Science Society will take place at Otaru University of Commerce at 9-10 January 2027 (Sat-Sun). 参加資格：どなたでもご参加いただけます（道外，海外の方も歓迎） Partipants: Anyone can participate, Hokkaido resident or not, regardless of nationality. 使用言語：日本語と英語 Languages used in the workshop: English and Japanese 要旨規定：1000文字以内の日本語、または500単語以内の英語。書式自由。言語学関連のテーマは全て可能。 Abstract: Max. 500 words in English or 1,000 characters in Jap

On behalf of the Organising Committee of the methodological school “Interdisciplinary Methodologies in Linguistic Research from the Perspective of Polish and Slavic Studies (INTERMET)”, held at the Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences for international doctoral students, I am pleased to invite you to an online seminar at which participants of the school will present papers on their research. The seminar will take place on 25 and 29 May this year. To obtain the Zoom l

Description: Initially the successful candidate starts as an Assistant Professor with a qualification agreement for a fixed term tenure phase of six years. After successful completion of the qualification goals, the position will be converted into a permanent Associate Professor position. The successful candidate will contribute to the subject of English linguistics within the bachelor’s and master’s programmes, the teacher training programme in English Studies / American Studies, and the

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

Description: We are looking for trained phoneticians (PhD students, postdocs, MA candidates with strong IPA background) for paid, remote, part-time work transcribing English audio. The task: Each item is a short English audio clip (a few seconds), produced by either a native or an L2 speaker. For each clip the annotator provides: 1. A broad phonemic transcription in IPA, reflecting what is actually heard rather than the orthographic target. Conventions follow a simplified Oxford/OED styl

Call for Submissions – ARiEAL Research Magazine (ARM) We are pleased to announce that the ARiEAL Research Magazine (ARM) is accepting submissions for its Summer 2026 issue. In partnership with the Student Partners Program at the MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching and the Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL), ARM is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary magazine that seeks to publish the innovative research

Description: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor (Malay Literature/Literature Education) Asian Languages & Cultures Department Overview: The National Institute of Education (NIE) is among the world’s top education institutes, recognised for its excellence in teacher education and educational research.  NIE has played a key and pivotal role in shaping and developing Singapore’s teaching profession and landscape through evidence-informed, practice-focused and values-based programme

How and why do words cause people to take offence online? This book explores the complex nature of offence, examining how the structure of language – from individual words to broader linguistic patterns – can be employed to construct offensive meanings. It demonstrates that offence is not a universal concept but a subjective experience shaped by the perspective of the target. Through a multi-layered analysis of words, meanings and context, the book offers a deeper understanding of how offence is