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 second talk of the 2025-2026 academic year. The invited speaker is Claire Horisk (University of Missouri), who will give a talk entitled "Derogatory Speech: Conversations, Hearers, and Listeners" (see the abstra

Dans le cadre d'une recherche de thèse, on recherche des participants motivés pour une courte étude en ligne. L’étude consiste en deux tâches d’évaluation de mots, pour une durée totale d’environ 15 minutes. Pour participer à l’étude, il faut que : - Vous soyez locuteurs natifs du français, peu importe si monolingues ou multilingues. - Vous n’ayez pas d’antécédents de troubles du langage. - Vous soyez connectés depuis un ordinateur (aucun dispositif mobile accepté). - Vous ayez accès à

SUMMARY Containing seven chapters ranging from six to forty pages, Weaponizing Language examines how ‘linguistic trickery’ is employed by Hindus on the political right—through “slogans, speeches, writings, parliamentary debates, laws, social media, and media interviews” (p. 19)—-to demonize and legislate against Muslims in India while simultaneously reinforcing Hindutva (‘Hindu Nationalism’). Numerous examples are provided in English, whether original or translated, to illustrate these rhetor

Our next presentation will be on Tuesday, Nov 11, from 1-2 pm in room 002 and on Zoom. Josh will present his work. Presenter: Josh Lee Topic: High vowel devoicing in Seoul Korean spontaneous speech All relevant documents (presentation schedules, abstracts, papers and slides/handouts) are available on this Google Drive.

Convernors: - Eva Skopečková (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic) skopecko@kan.zcu.cz - Emanuela Tenca (UniCamillus, Italy) emanuela.tenca@unicamillus.org “The rise of English as a global language has led scholars to call for a paradigm shift in the field of English language teaching (ELT) to match the new sociolinguistic landscape of the twenty-first century.” (Rose et al., 2021, p. 157). Over the last two decades, this issue has been addressed in a considerable body of rese

Convernors: - Eva Skopečková (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic) skopecko@kan.zcu.cz - Emanuela Tenca (UniCamillus, Italy) emanuela.tenca@unicamillus.org “The rise of English as a global language has led scholars to call for a paradigm shift in the field of English language teaching (ELT) to match the new sociolinguistic landscape of the twenty-first century.” (Rose et al., 2021, p. 157). Over the last two decades, this issue has been addressed in a considerable body of rese

2nd Call for Papers: Organizers: Angelika Golegos & Andreas Trotzke Confirmed speakers: Ann-Marie Moser (University of Zurich) Anna Pineda (University of Barcelona) Tom Rankin (Masaryk University Brno) Michelle Sheehan (Newcastle University) Jimmy van Rijt (Utrecht University) Europe’s linguistic landscape is increasingly diverse. It encompasses standardized national languages (taught to both L1 and L2 learners), regional minority languages and dialects, home and heritage language

The Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL) is an annual conference held in UCSB's Department of Linguistics. This conference brings linguists, language activists, and community members together to learn about and advocate for the endangered indigenous languages of North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. This conference aims to introduce community members to the world of linguistics, as well as to contribute to an inclusive, positive culture within the field of linguistics itse

Half a century after Aumann’s “Agreeing to Disagree” (1976), this workshop revisits agreement theorems, common knowledge, and related frameworks at the interface of game theory, economics, logic, and language. Opening day: honorary participation and talk by Robert J. Aumann. Invited/featured speakers include: Galit Ashkenazi-Golan, Mathias Beiglböck, John Geanakoplos (TBC), Ani Guerdjikova, Alia Gizatullina, Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Michael Greinecker, Ziv Hellman, Roni Katzir, Yoram Moses,

The Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL) is an annual conference held in UCSB's Department of Linguistics. This conference brings linguists, language activists, and community members together to learn about and advocate for the endangered indigenous languages of North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. This conference aims to introduce community members to the world of linguistics, as well as to contribute to an inclusive, positive culture within the field of linguistics itse

Final Call for Papers: Workshop Description: Expressivity is a category in natural languages that concerns the direct expression of emotions and attitudes (in contrast to their description). Expressive meaning can be conveyed at all linguistic level: by lexical expressions, special syntactic constructions, intonation or on the pragmatic level by expressive speech acts. While expressivity has been approached from many different angles and has been studied in almost all disciplines of lingu

Half a century after Aumann’s “Agreeing to Disagree” (1976), this workshop revisits agreement theorems, common knowledge, and related frameworks at the interface of game theory, economics, logic, and language. Opening day: honorary participation and talk by Robert J. Aumann. Invited/featured speakers include: Galit Ashkenazi-Golan, Mathias Beiglböck, John Geanakoplos (TBC), Ani Guerdjikova, Alia Gizatullina, Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Michael Greinecker, Ziv Hellman, Roni Katzir, Yoram Moses,

Convenors Valentina Del Vecchio1, Laura Tramutoli2, Margherita Di Salvo3, Ad Backus1 1 Tilburg University, NL 2 University of L’Aquila, IT 3 University of Naples, IT Keywords language contact; usage-based approaches; code-switching; borrowing; multiword units. 1. Introduction The study of language contact has long been structured by foundational dichotomies: the analysis of synchronic speech phenomena versus diachronic contact-induced change, on the one hand, and of lexical phenome

Description: Subject Language: Tamil (ta-IN), Telugu (te-IN), Chinese (cmn-CN), Romanian (ro-RO), Ukrainian (uk-UA), Portuguese (pt-BR), Vietnamese (vi-VN), Linguistic Specialty: General Linguistics, Phonology We are currently seeking consultants with a BA, MA, or higher in Linguistics. - Chinese (cmn-CN) - Romanian (ro-RO) - Tamil (ta-IN) - Telugu (te-IN) - Ukrainian (uk-UA) - Vietnamese (vi-VN) - Portuguese (pt-BR) Productive Playhouse, an international production a

Convenors Valentina Del Vecchio1, Laura Tramutoli2, Margherita Di Salvo3, Ad Backus1 1 Tilburg University, NL 2 University of L’Aquila, IT 3 University of Naples, IT Keywords language contact; usage-based approaches; code-switching; borrowing; multiword units. 1. Introduction The study of language contact has long been structured by foundational dichotomies: the analysis of synchronic speech phenomena versus diachronic contact-induced change, on the one hand, and of lexical phenome

We are pleased to announce the next TaLC conference, which will take place at University of Extremadura. The conference will be held in Jarandilla de la Vera, a village within the La Vera district, north of the province of Cáceres, approximately 200 kilometers from Madrid. As summers in this part of Spain are typically very hot, the conference will instead take place in this area of Extremadura. Surrounded by mountains, valleys, gorges, and natural swimming pools, it offers a cooler and more ple

We are pleased to announce the next TaLC conference, which will take place at University of Extremadura. The conference will be held in Jarandilla de la Vera, a village within the La Vera district, north of the province of Cáceres, approximately 200 kilometers from Madrid. As summers in this part of Spain are typically very hot, the conference will instead take place in this area of Extremadura. Surrounded by mountains, valleys, gorges, and natural swimming pools, it offers a cooler and more ple

This volume presents a collection of state-of-the-art studies that illustrate recent advances in the understanding of human language, grammar design and linguistic categories. The title of the volume aims at highlighting the mark that the work of Tim Stowell has had on the field of Linguistics since his dissertation, Origins of Phrase Structure, defended at the MIT in 1981. Stowell’s work established the principles that replaced individual phrase structure rules from previous generative models w

This book presents an account of English in the communicative repertoires of anglophone West-Africans living in Southwestern Germany. Adopting an ethnographically grounded perspective, it analyzes how participants perceive and utilize English as well as other linguistic resources at their disposal in an environment where linguistic competence is routinely under scrutiny. The book traces how linguistic practices participate in the construction of socially meaningful spaces and images of personhoo

The COVID-19 pandemic set off a maelstrom of social, cultural, and political changes—as well as some surprising linguistic ones. This volume explores these dramatic changes through the lens of Cognitive Linguistics, analysing noteworthy examples of pandemic discourse to reveal correspondences and contrasts between different cultures’ conceptions of the illness and its aftermath. The contributions examine a variety of genres, including newspaper articles, storefront signs, artistic creations, per