Speakers of Dyirbal in North Queensland, Australia, have an everyday language style which has been well described. They also have an avoidance style, called Jalnguy, which must be used in the presence of certain ‘tabooed kin’ such as the mother-in-law. Jalnguy has the same grammar and phonology as the everyday style, but the vocabularies are entirely different. Jalnguy has only about one-sixth as many lexemes as the everyday style, with various techniques used to create a Jalnguy correspondent f

Language and place are intimately connected: depending on where we are, what the context is and what our aims are, we will adjust our language accordingly. Yet linguistics defines itself by a framework that determines which kind of language is worth investigating. Within that framework, linguistics constructs both language and place in multiple ways: language as a sequestered thing belongs to the field site or the classroom; language as fluid practice is associated with the street; language as r

A conference exploring new frontiers in dynamical models of speech. Registration: - Free registration before 27 June 2025 - Register at: https://lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MV1PPHZ8izeNUO - More information at: https://samkirkham.github.io/dymos/ The event is co-located at the 2025 LSA Linguistics Institute. This two-day conference will bring together researchers in dynamical models of speech, featuring plenary talks from invited speakers, contributed talks, and open d

Organizers: Alessandro Capone (University of Messina), Roberto Graci (University of Messina) Introduction: Alessandro Capone Presentations: Yael Sharvit - UCLA (Los Angeles, USA) - “Tenselessness and modal particles”. Michael Nelson - UC-Riverside (Riverside, USA) - “An Ockhamist theory of the modal particle 'power’ in sentences of the form A has at t1 the power to F at t2” Nathan Salmon - UC-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, USA) - “Modal discourse” Alessandra Giorgi - Ca'

The Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences announces the Fifth Conference on Uralic, Altaic and Paleo-Asiatic languages. The Conference will take place at the Institute for Linguistic Studies (St. Petersburg, Tuchkov per., 9), on November 24-26, 2025. This year the Conference will be held in a mixed format, offline and online. Here is a tentative list of topics that will be studied at the conference on the material of Uralic, Altaic and Paleo-Asiatic languages: 1

Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) organizes an annual conference on 26-27 November every year. The conference is one of the major activities of Society which provides a platform for those who have been working on different aspects of languages. LSN has been organizing the annual conferences since 1979 unfailingly bringing various linguists and practitioners together from home and abroad concentrating on the studies of Nepalese languages. This society would like to request all the linguists and

The conference also invites presentations on other topics relating to the field of linguistics. This year, we welcome in particular presentations addressing the following two themes: 1. Linguistic/Language in the Pacific region One of the purposes of the conference is to bring together language workers, researchers, linguists, anthropologists, creolists, translators and educators who are working on languages in the Pacific region and to promote collaboration and research in this area; as the

As part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Alicante and the 30th anniversary of the studies of Translation and Interpreting, the Department of Translation and Interpreting has the pleasure of convening the 9th International Lucentino Colloquium "30 years of Translation and Interpreting studies: Insights from didactics, professional practice and research" (January, 28-30, 2026). Also, 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the

Call for Abstracts: Human communication is a multimodal system. Research on the contribution of the visual modality - in terms of gestures - to linguistics has grown in the last years. While aspects of gesture’s meaning and function have been intensively studied, less attention has been paid to visual and kinematic features, which nevertheless form the building blocks from which multimodal utterances constitute their meaning. To fully grasp the meaning and function of gestures and gradual var

We are delighted to welcome you to the Fourth International Language-for-All Conference (LFAC’25), organised in collaboration with Çukurova University and Hasan Kalyoncu University. LFAC’25 will take place on October 16-17, 2025, at Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep, Türkiye. This year’s conference theme, "Sustainable Learning, Global Impact," aims to foster meaningful discussions on innovative and sustainable approaches to language education. It is our privilege to gather with you in pu

Coexistence of borrowed and native word formation morphology is a widespread if not universal characteristic of languages (Matras & Sakel 2007; Gardani, Arkadiev & Amiridze 2015). In many cases, foreign derived morphemes occupy specific lexical strata or registers, reflecting a compartmentalisation into native and borrowed subsystems (Matras 2009). For example, English word formation features both native Germanic and borrowed Latinate suffixes (e.g., -ness vs. -ity, respectively), whereby some o

Join us for our last free webinar of the academic year. The Northern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages presents; A special panel discussion "Revisiting ESOL Entry learners’ needs & our teaching approaches" Panelists: Robert Merrell & learners, Rabia and Lul Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES) Date: Thursday 19 June 2025 Time: 15:30 - 16:30 (UK time) Online via Zoom Free registration via NATESOL’s website here: https://www.natesol.org/ You

Description: Established in 1928, National Taiwan University (NTU) is a leading research university in Asia with over 30,000 students. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (DFLL) welcomes applications for the following faculty positions. I. General requirements (see also specific requirements under each track): Minimum requirements include a PhD in a related field, a strong publication record and university-level teaching experience. NTU is a research institution; faculty ar

Description: University of Delaware Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority Group Members, Women, Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans. The University's Notice of Non-Discrimination can be found at http://www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html Job No: 502035 Work Type: Faculty Location: Newark Categories: Linguistics & Cognitive Science, Full Time Temporary Assistant P

Focus: The Romanian Cultural Institute is extending the registration period for the Romanian Language, Culture, and Civilization Courses – the Summer School in Brașov – until June 17, 2025, at 5:30 PM. Summer School in Brașov – Courses in Romanian Language, Culture, and Civilization, will take place between June 30 – July 13, 2025. Now in its 28th edition, this program is aimed at those who wish to explore Romania's cultural richness, students from Romance language departments abroad, researc

Focus: This intensive program provides students with a background in the formal syntax of Semitic languages (mainly contemporary Arabic dialects), and develops collaborative micro-comparative research on some specific topics. The program offers classes both in formal syntax and relevant related topics, taught by a team of expert linguists, and guided field work sessions with a specific focus on the micro-comparison of different semitic languages, from well-documented to lesser-known varieties of

Hi everyone! I am looking for monolingual speakers of English with no or minimal knowledge of additional languages to participate in an online research study. Briefly, the study involves the completion of online questionnaires and listening to a series of podcasts in Spanish over the course of 4 weeks. Potential participants should also be living in Canada. Participants will be compensated per phase of the study completed. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at gmarti49@u

Other Specialties: Corpus Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Field Research Description: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Language and Literature, Department German Language and Linguistics seeks to fill the position of a researcher (=Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in) – E 13 TV-L HU (Third-party funding until 12/31/2027). Field of duty (a) collaboration in the DFG-funded research project A06 "Modeling Register Variation across Languages” of SFB1412 “Register”; (b) r

Other Specialties: Background in generative grammar; German is a must, Chinese and Vietnamese are options Description: The Institute of Linguistics/German Studies at the University of Stuttgart is seeking to fill a TVL13 position of the German public service remuneration scheme (65%) in academic service for an initial period of three years, starting on October 1, 2025. The successful applicant will have a solid background in formal linguistics, preferably in generative linguistics and synt