This Element examines the origins, development, and prospects of forensic linguistics in Indonesia, drawing on a survey of 53 participants and a systematic review of studies from 2011 to 2023. Emerging from early language-related cases in the Old Order era and initially driven by scholars trained abroad, the field has grown through research, collaboration, and academic integration. Key topics include justice sector needs, linguistic diversity, standardization, and institutional strengthening. De

This Element introduces PrInDT (Prediction and Interpretation in Decision Trees), a statistical approach for modeling relationships between extra- and intralinguistic variables in World Englishes. It is based on decision trees and controls their size in a way that they are easy and straightforward to interpret. Furthermore, PrInDT optimizes their accuracy so that they best fit the data and can be reliably used for prediction. Moreover, it can handle unbalanced classes that occur, for example, wh

This book showcases the current state of the art of research on rhythm in speech and language. Decades of study have revealed that bodily rhythms are crucial for producing and understanding speech and language, and for understanding their evolution and variability across populations-not only adults, but also developmental and clinical populations. It is also clear that there is perplexing dimensionality and variability of rhythm within and across languages. This book offers the scientific founda

This book tells the fascinating story of American English, tracing its emergence in the colonial period through to the present day. Written by a leading scholar, and drawing on data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, it explores how and why American English differs from British English, how it has been standardized, and how the USA's global political power has influenced its prominent status around the world. Illustrated with copious examples of language in use, it also surveys the various diale

Call for Papers: Second Call for Papers for the 7th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA), to be held 5-7 November 2026 online, with East Texas A&M as virtual host. The goal of this conference is to promote both theoretical and applied research in pragmatics, and to bring together scholars who are interested in different subfields of pragmatics (philosophical, linguistic, cognitive, social, intercultural, interlanguage, etc.). Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Call for Papers: The Escuela Nacional de Lenguas, Lingüística y Traducción of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is pleased to announce the upcoming 2nd Experimental Linguistics Meeting. The meeting will take place on November 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2026 in a hybrid format (virtual and in-person). The purpose of the Experimental Linguistics Meeting is to bring together researchers and students interested in the analysis of linguistic phenomena from experimental approaches, with the ai

Natural Language Processing (NLP) has witnessed remarkable progress in recent years, largely driven by the emergence of deep learning architectures and, more recently, large language models (LLMs). Nevertheless, these advances have disproportionately benefited high-resource languages that possess abundant data for model training. By contrast, low-resource languages—which account for at least 85% of the world’s linguistic diversity and are often spoken by smaller or marginalised communities- have

In an era of growing social polarization and the digital transformation of communication, we wish to subject to schoalarly reflection the tension between the traditional ethos of sport and the phenomena that negate it. We welcome submissions from: - humanities scholars, - sociologists, - political scientists, - representatives of physical education and health sciences. We also welcome contributions from linguists and discourse scholars addressing the role of language in shap

The ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics, the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Croatian Language Technologies Society invite submissions to the 2nd International Workshop on Language and Language Models. As the submission deadline approaches, we encourage researchers and practitioners in the social sciences and humanities to contribute extended abstracts and take advantage of the opportunity to hear from our distinguished keynote speakers. Keynote Speak

The papers presented at the interdisciplinary conference on Marketing Linguistics will focus on the intersections between marketing and linguistics. The conference aims to find common ground between the two disciplines, outlining current trends and laying the foundations for the interdisciplinary research field of Marketing Linguistics in Hungary. The intersection of the two disciplines is inevitable: We gather information about products, brands, and services primarily through language. Conse

Call for Papers: The call for abstracts has been extended to Wednesday 10 June, 2026. We welcome proposals for papers, colloquia, and posters. We warmly invite colleagues and researchers to the 2026 Joint ALAA–ALANZ–ALTAANZ Conference, hosted at The University of Queensland in Brisbane. Keynote speakers: - Prof Joseph Lo Bianco - Prof Rawinia Higgins - Principal Fellow (Emerita) Cathie Elder and Prof Ute Knoch - Dr Carly Steele This special joint conference marks the 50th a

Call for Papers: The contemporary world is marked by a state of ongoing tension, no longer driven by isolated crises, but by the convergence and interplay of multiple, simultaneous crises: pandemics, war, migration, climate catastrophes, economic instability, disinformation, and the erosion of social trust. This polycrisis has become a new paradigm of experiencing reality — complex, unpredictable, and difficult to articulate in simple terms. In this context, language gains critical importanc

Conference on Innovations in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language explores how new ideas, technologies, and methods are reshaping the way Chinese is learned and taught in Canada and North America. The conference brings together educators, scholars, and practitioners to share evidence-based research, creative classroom practices, and innovative pedagogies that respond to diverse learner needs and evolving social contexts. Topics included but not limited to: - Innovation in teaching approac