Confs: Workshop "Conceptual Structure of Attitudes: Language and Cognition"
Organizers: Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University) and Salvador Mascarenhas (ENS)
Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=ESSLLI.eu/2026/Workshop/CSA
Propositional attitudes, linguistically expressed with predicates like “believe”, “intend”, “know” or “want”, constitute one of the central topics in linguistics and philosophy, and they are the foundation of belief-desire-intention psychology. Propositional attitudes allow us to express key aspects of our mental lives for external use
Review: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List.
If you would like to become a reviewer for one of the books announced in the AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW posting, you will need to follow steps 1-4 explained below:
Step 1: Go to https://linguistlist.org/reviews/request
Step 2: You will be asked to log in or create an account.
Step 3: Update your personal information and add reviewer specific information on why you would be a good reviewer for the books you wish to select.
Step
FYI: Editorial Change JB Journal Language Problems & Language Planning (LPLP)
As of volume 50 (2026) Editor Michele Gazzola (Ulster University) will succeed François Grin (Université de Genève) as Editor-in-Chief of the John Benjamins journal Language Problems & Language Planning. François Grin will remain member of the board. LPLP also welcomes Antonio Leoni de León (University of Costa Rica) as new Editor.
Language Problems and Language Planning (LPLP) is a peer-reviewed international and multilingual journal which focuses on language issues and the challenges they r
FYI: STAL Seminar, Elisabeth Camp, "Why Do Mantras Move Us?"
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home) an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs, pejoratives, expressives and evaluative terms from less studied languages, invites you to the fifth talk of the 2025-2026 academic year. The invited speaker is Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University), who will give a talk entitled "Why Do Mantras Move Us?" (see the abstract below). The event will take place o
FYI: 2nd Call for Papers: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Nordics
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Nordics
Edited by Pia Sundqvist, Liss Kerstin Sylvén, and Hayo Reinders
In Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Nordics, the aim is to shed light on this region with its fascinating linguistic landscape and long tradition of language learning and teaching research. People from the Nordics—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, including relevant territories—have always needed to be knowledgeable in ot
FYI: Webinar 9 February: Enacting Translanguaging in a Ghanaian Multilingual Classroom - Code Choices in Minority Language Classrooms
Upcoming webinar: Enacting translanguaging in a Ghanaian multilingual classroom - Code choices in minority language classrooms. Friday, 6 February 2026, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT. Presenters: David Dankwa-Apawu, University of Media, Arts and Communication, Accra; Yvonne Agbetsoamedo, University of Ghana, Legon; Elvis ResCue, University of Birmingham, UK
Register via https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5158c609-2abc-4ef6-88fb-2efa28d061b9@d400387a-212f-43ea-ac7f-77aa12d7977e
In the multilingual cl
Qs: Call for Participants: Variation in German Personal Reference Nouns / Variation von Personalbezeichnungen
I am running a 15-minute survey on the acceptability of alternative constructions for German nouns as part of my undergraduate dissertation. The survey is entirely in German and open to any adult speakers whether they consider themselves native speakers or not.
I am particularly interested in more repsonses from men, as the current sample is quite biased right now.
At the end of the task, you may optionally supply your age (in bins), gender, and first language. You may also enter a raffle
Qs: SLE Outreach Questionnaire: Mapping Linguistics Outreach in Europe
The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) is conducting a survey to map linguistics outreach activities across Europe and to reflect on the future role of the SLE in this area. This short questionnaire is open to all colleagues involved or interested in linguistics outreach, whether or not they are SLE members. All responses will be used for research and planning purposes only.
The questionnaire, which takes about 5 minutes to complete (or more if you want to share your thoughts), is available
Qs: HLH Plateauing in West African Languages
Especially those of you working with West African languages, but anyone can chime in:
I'm looking at a tone process in Kusuntu (bqg) of central Togo called HLH plateauing and wondering if it is an aerial phenomenon.
Plateauing occurs where there is an underlying HLH pattern across a morpheme- or word-boundary. The singly-linked L tone delinks and floats. The unassociated segment takes a H (because of H-spreading), but the floating L causes it to downstep so the resulting surface pattern i
Summer Schools: 7th Pavia International Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics
Focus: Indo-European Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Typology
Sanskrit
Germanic
Albanian
Old Church Slavonic
Hittite
Description:
Dear Colleagues and Friends of the Pavia Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics,
we are pleased to announce that from September 7 to 12, 2026 we will organize the 7th Pavia Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics.
The courses we offer this year are:
Old Church Slavonic - Thomas Olander (Copenhagen)
Germanic - Ludwig Rübekeil (Züric
FYI: Editorial Change JB Journal Chinese Language and Discourse (CLD)
As of volume 17 (2026), Xiaoting Li (University of Alberta) will succeed Zhuo Jing-Schmidt (University of Oregon) and join Editors K.K. Luke (Nanyang Technological University), Hongyin Tao (University of California, Los Angeles) and Li Wei (UCL IOE, UK) as Executive Editor of the John Benjamins journal Chinese Language and Discourse. Zhuo Jing-Schmidt will remain member of the board. Furthermore, we welcome on board Associate Editor Shuangyun Yao (Central China Normal University), Assistant Edit
Books: Geografía lingüística y corpus en las lenguas románicas: Luna and Bagudanch (eds.) (2025)
Este volumen reúne los trabajos de especialistas en lingüística románica, que analizan la variación desde diversas perspectivas (fonético-fonológica, léxico-semántica y morfosintáctica) a partir de los datos de atlas lingüísticos y corpus textuales y orales de las lenguas romances. Los resultados constituyen una muestra ilustrativa de la complementariedad de la geolingüística y la lingüística de corpus.
TOC: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism Vol. 16, No. 1 (2026)
2026. v, 100 pp.
Table of Contents
Article
What returnee bilinguals may teach us about language attrition, language stabilization, and individual variation
Cristina Flores & Neal Snape
pp. 1–25
Commentaries
What returnee international adoptees may teach us about language attrition, language stabilization, and individual variation
Mirjam Broersma
pp. 26–30
The other side of the coin matters too: What changes in the former heritage language of returnees may reveal about the
TOC: Pragmatics and Society Vol. 17, No. 1 (2026)
2026. iii, 152 pp.
Table of Contents
Articles
Both responsiveness and standardization: Constructing institutional realities in intermediate labor markets
Sanni Tiitinen, Kirsi Juhila & Tea Lempiälä
pp. 1–23
Reciprocity and epistemicity on screen-based interactions: The case of MOOCs
Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira
pp. 24–44
Conflict, gender, and amount of talk: Gender differences in Spanish role play data
Gloria Uclés-Ramada, Sven Kachel & Pekka Posio
pp. 45–65
Books: Analysis of Cold Lake Dialect, Chipewyan: Goddard (2026)
Chipewyan, an Athapascan language in Canada, is found particularly along the Athabaska River and Lake, and the lakes and the streams draining into the Churchill River. The Athabaskan languages of the North are commonly referred to as Déné, after the word that in many dialects denotes a man who speaks that tongue.
It is the phonetic changes that makes the language almost unintelligible to one knowing only southern dialects. The main difference is in the presence of surd, sonant, and glottally af
Books: The Realis-Irrealis Distinction, Events, Propositions and Speech Acts: Nordström (2026)
This book shows through an extensive cross-linguistic investigation of 1051 languages that there are at least three distinct functions associated with the binary realis-irrealis distinction in the languages of the world, one more common one denoting event status (as in Elliot [2000], Foley and van Valin [1984]), another less common one denoting propositional modality (as in Givón [1994], Nordström [2010]) and a third, rare one involving speech act modality (as in Bybee and Fleichmann [1995], Pal
Jobs: Psycholinguistics: PostDoc (wiss. Mitarbeiter:in), University of Erfurt
Description:
Tasks:
- further academic qualification (with the aim of obtaining a habilitation)
- participation in teaching at the Department of Linguistics (2 courses per semester)
- collaboration in research of the Applied Linguistics/Psycholinguistics lab
- participation in administrative activities of the Applied Linguistics/Psycholinguistics lab
What we expect:
- completed university degree at MA level and an excellent doctorate in psycholinguistics or related subjects
- ability
Jobs: English, German; Cognitive Science, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Semantics: Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben, Universität Kassel
Description:
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (m/w/d), EG 13 TV-H, unbefristet, Teilzeit (derzeit 20 Wochenstunden)
Das Fachgebiet befasst sich auf der Grundlage des Englischen als empirischer Referenzsprache mit kognitionswissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen der theoretischen Linguistik, insbesondere an der Semantik-Pragmatik-Schnittstelle, sowie mit anwendungsbezogenen Kontexten, u. a. in der Sprachlernforschung oder der Nachhaltigkeits- und Geschlechterforschung.
Gesucht wird eine eng
Confs: Language Learning and Understanding for AI Scientists and Linguists
Technologies related to languages have never been this close to our daily lives. This development is leading the way to novel perspectives of language learning and understanding, shaped by contributions from linguists and non-linguists. Innovative research and technology are emerging alongside recent advances in model structures. While AI-related methodologies are having noticeable impacts on human language research, what crucial roles does linguistics play? As linguists, we are witnessing profo
Calls: 10th International Conference on Romance-German and Intra-Romance Contrastive Linguistics
Call for Papers:
The submission deadline for abstracts for the 10th International Working Conference “Romance–German and Intra-Romance Language Comparison”, which will take place from 2 to 5 September 2026 at the University of Innsbruck, has been extended to 15 February 2026.
Abstract submission link:
https://www.conftool.com/kontrastivelinguistik2026
Full Cal for Papers can be found here:
http://www.uibk.ac.at/de/congress/kontrastivelinguistik2026/
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