This volume contains 70 papers and posters selected from among those presented at the 40th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, which took place from May 5-7, 2023, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The papers include the invited talks from Dorothy Ahn and Eva Zimmermann. The complete table of contents is available at https://www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/41/index.html along with abstracts and the complete papers in PDF format. This volume has been published by Cascadilla Proce

The Collaborative Research Center "Prominence in Language" (CRC 1252), at the University of Cologne, will be holding a 2-day international workshop on multimodal analysis of co-speech gestures: "Beatology: Identifying beat components in co-speech gestures" October 7-8, 2025, The University of Cologne, Germany Webpage: https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/internationale-tagungen-workshops/beatology Registration is now open (no registration fee): https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/ver

The term “micromorphology” was coined by Stump 2017b for the hypothesis that an affix can itself be morphologically complex. Variations of this hypothesis and its uses have been investigated by Bochner 1993, Soukka 2000, Luís and Spencer 2005, and Stump 2017a, b, 2023, among others. The relevant phenomenon is illustrated for derivational suffixes in (1), see Stump 2017b for the demonstration that (1) involves a complex suffix rather than iterative addition. (1) a. whimsy → *whimsic, whimsical

The term “micromorphology” was coined by Stump 2017b for the hypothesis that an affix can itself be morphologically complex. Variations of this hypothesis and its uses have been investigated by Bochner 1993, Soukka 2000, Luís and Spencer 2005, and Stump 2017a, b, 2023, among others. The relevant phenomenon is illustrated for derivational suffixes in (1), see Stump 2017b for the demonstration that (1) involves a complex suffix rather than iterative addition. (1) a. whimsy → *whimsic, whimsical

Call for Papers: We are pleased to announce the 14th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, which will take place on 3 - 5 September 2026. The conference is organised jointly by the Faculty of English and the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. We warmly invite you to submit your original research contributions on any facet of multilingualism, focusing on the acquisition or use of three or more lang

Scholars increasingly apply Cognitive Linguistic methods to study the language of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). A variety of these approaches have led to important insights for the analysis of Biblical Hebrew, especially with regard to the study of its meaning. This expert meeting brings together leading international specialists to present and discuss current research at the intersection of Cognitive Linguistics and the Hebrew Bible. Scholars, students, and anyone interested in cutting-e

The notion of finiteness involves a grouping of verb forms into two classes, finite versus nonfinite (Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1999: 147). The term itself goes back to the Latin finitus, the perfective participle of the verb finio, ‘finish, limit’ (Nikolaeva 2007: 1), illustrating the traditional view that finite verb forms are ‘limited’ by categories such as person, number, tense or mood, etc., while nonfinite verb forms (e.g., infinitive, participles, gerunds) are not marked for these categories. The

The 25th Arbeitstagung zur Gesprächsforschung (Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis) will take place from 25-27 March 2026 at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) in Mannheim, Germany. In 2026, the conference theme is “Technology use and social interaction: New interactive practices, new data and methods”. The conference aims to offer researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds an opportunity to discuss interactional work on technology use in and for s

The notion of finiteness involves a grouping of verb forms into two classes, finite versus nonfinite (Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1999: 147). The term itself goes back to the Latin finitus, the perfective participle of the verb finio, ‘finish, limit’ (Nikolaeva 2007: 1), illustrating the traditional view that finite verb forms are ‘limited’ by categories such as person, number, tense or mood, etc., while nonfinite verb forms (e.g., infinitive, participles, gerunds) are not marked for these categories. The

Description: Tenure-track assistant professor in computational neuroscience and/or cognition The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester invites applications from outstanding early-career candidates in Computational Neuroscience and Cognition for a tenure-track assistant professorship. This position is part of a new cluster of faculty positions in Mathematics, Physics, Biology, and the Brain and Cognitive Sciences supported by the Simons Foundation. We

The 25th Arbeitstagung zur Gesprächsforschung (Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis) will take place from 25-27 March 2026 at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) in Mannheim, Germany. In 2026, the conference theme is “Technology use and social interaction: New interactive practices, new data and methods”. The conference aims to offer researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds an opportunity to discuss interactional work on technology use in and for s

This symposium aims at bringing together researchers working on World Englishes (especially those focusing on varieties of English other than the “inner circle” varieties of the British Isles and North America) in staged and mediatized performances. While it cannot be said that such a perspective has hitherto been ignored in linguistic research (see Lee & Kachru 2006; Moody 2021), it is evident that pop cultural artifacts serving entertainment and recreational purposes, such as films and TV seri

The 35th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 35) will take place from June 24–27, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by the Research Center for Linguistics (CLUNL) at NOVA University Lisbon, one of Portugal’s leading institutions in the language sciences. EuroSLA 35 brings together researchers working on second, foreign, and additional language acquisition, bilingualism, and multilingualism. The conference will feature keynote talks, individual papers, poster

This symposium aims at bringing together researchers working on World Englishes (especially those focusing on varieties of English other than the “inner circle” varieties of the British Isles and North America) in staged and mediatized performances. While it cannot be said that such a perspective has hitherto been ignored in linguistic research (see Lee & Kachru 2006; Moody 2021), it is evident that pop cultural artifacts serving entertainment and recreational purposes, such as films and TV seri

Call for Papers: Queer linguistics has emerged as an essential field for understanding how language, across its various analytical dimensions, relates to LGBTIQ+ identities and experiences. This linguistic branch goes beyond merely documenting specific varieties or sociolects within queer communities. Instead, it examines the linguistic and discursive mechanisms through which dominant culture constructs, maintains, and sometimes challenges established norms around gender and sexuality. Dr

The 35th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 35) will take place from June 24–27, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by the Research Center for Linguistics (CLUNL) at NOVA University Lisbon, one of Portugal’s leading institutions in the language sciences. EuroSLA 35 brings together researchers working on second, foreign, and additional language acquisition, bilingualism, and multilingualism. The conference will feature keynote talks, individual papers, poster

Call for Papers: We are delighted to announce the upcoming conference on ‘Critical Language Awareness for Sustainability, Solidarity and Inclusion’, set to take place on 25-26 February 2026 at Ghent University. This two-day event is organised as part of the CLADES Erasmus+ project (Critical Language Awareness, Democratic Engagement and Sustainability). This interdisciplinary, critical, and student- and teacher-oriented conference invites participants to explore how language and discourse

Please find below the call for papers for a conference entitled Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins that will be organised at the Université de Lorraine (Metz campus) on 28-29 May 2026. We are very pleased to announce that we will be welcoming the following keynote speakers during the event: - Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham) - Erez Levon (University of Bern) Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 18 December 2025 Abstracts are to be submitted via the conf

The first registration deadline is approaching for the Workshop on Individual Differences in Reading (IndiREAD), to take place at Saarland University, in Saarbrücken, Germany, 26-27 November 2025. Please note that at least one presenting author must register by September 28 (end of day MESZ) to be included in the program. All other presenters and participants may register until October 25: https://forms.gle/539mJUdNSvYNCqLC7 We have a small number of travel grants available for participa

Please find below the call for papers for a conference entitled Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins that will be organised at the Université de Lorraine (Metz campus) on 28-29 May 2026. We are very pleased to announce that we will be welcoming the following keynote speakers during the event: - Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham) - Erez Levon (University of Bern) Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 18 December 2025 Abstracts are to be submitted via the conf