The Department of Linguistics at UC Davis invites abstracts for the fifth North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL 5). We welcome original research on any aspect of Iranian languages, from any theoretical or methodological perspective. Relevant areas include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, typology, documentation, acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and pedagogy. We especially welcome submissions

HISTLING Exchange, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies and supported by the Trinity Centre for Digital Humanities, is an interdisciplinary event that brings together philologists, computational linguists, and scholars of religious studies to offer a comprehensive investigation into the future of Buddhist philology in the age of digital humanities and AI research. The event builds on the background of public-facing education in ancient languages provided annually through the Summer Sch

We are pleased to welcome you to the joint 17th Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLINKI) and 12th Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast (SLISE) conference at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, on Friday, March 5 (evening only), and Saturday, March 6, 2027 (full day). The plenary talk will be held on Friday, March 5, 2027, while regular conference sessions and poster sessions will be held throughout the day on Saturday, March 6, 2027. We invite abstracts for 20-minute

The Department of Language and Literacy Skills of the University of Botswana is excited to announce a call for abstracts for the 6th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication (ICAPC), slated for 6 – 18 July 2027. The ICAPC is a biennial academic event that responds to the growth of academic literacy and professional communication as research areas. Length of abstracts: 200–250 words, including an introduction, background/context, methods, key findings or anticipated fi

HISTLING Exchange, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies and supported by the Trinity Centre for Digital Humanities, is an interdisciplinary event that brings together philologists, computational linguists, and scholars of religious studies to offer a comprehensive investigation into the future of Buddhist philology in the age of digital humanities and AI research. The event builds on the background of public-facing education in ancient languages provided annually through the Summer Sch

We are pleased to welcome you to the joint 17th Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLINKI) and 12th Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast (SLISE) conference at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, on Friday, March 5 (evening only), and Saturday, March 6, 2027 (full day). The plenary talk will be held on Friday, March 5, 2027, while regular conference sessions and poster sessions will be held throughout the day on Saturday, March 6, 2027. We invite abstracts for 20-minute

The Department of Language and Literacy Skills of the University of Botswana is excited to announce a call for abstracts for the 6th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication (ICAPC), slated for 6 – 18 July 2027. The ICAPC is a biennial academic event that responds to the growth of academic literacy and professional communication as research areas. Length of abstracts: 200–250 words, including an introduction, background/context, methods, key findings or anticipated fi

The 34th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held at Stony Brook University (the State University of New York at Stony Brook) on June 2-4, 2027. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference is an annual meeting dedicated to the study of Japanese and Korean languages. Contributions addressing any aspect of Japanese or Korean linguistics, as well as comparative studies of these languages with other languages are welcome. Invited Speakers: - Young-mee Yu Cho (Rutgers University) -

3rd Annual Unconference for Language Educators Hosted by The Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College, Columbia University Theme Translanguaging in Foreign Language Instruction: Perspectives & Practices The Unconference brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and students to share research, classroom experiences, and innovative practices while exploring the possibilities and challenges of translanguaging across educationa

The 34th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held at Stony Brook University (the State University of New York at Stony Brook) on June 2-4, 2027. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference is an annual meeting dedicated to the study of Japanese and Korean languages. Contributions addressing any aspect of Japanese or Korean linguistics, as well as comparative studies of these languages with other languages are welcome. Invited Speakers: - Young-mee Yu Cho (Rutgers University) -

Call for Papers In an era of heightened attention to issues surrounding social justice, marginalization, and inequality, the role of language in reproducing and perpetuating social inequities has received increasing scrutiny. One salient example is the phenomenon of microaggressions (Sue & Spanierman, 2020), in which members of dominant groups may convey subtle messages that invalidate or insult the experiences, identities, or social positioning of marginalized individuals and communities. Wh

3rd Annual Unconference for Language Educators Hosted by The Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College, Columbia University Theme Translanguaging in Foreign Language Instruction: Perspectives & Practices The Unconference brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and students to share research, classroom experiences, and innovative practices while exploring the possibilities and challenges of translanguaging across educationa

A study of how the science of diachronic linguistics merged with the will to reform language in the Catholic missionary milieu of Republican China. In focus is a romanization of the Chinese language that was proposed in 1931 by two missionaries in Manchuria. The inventors of the new system claimed that their so-called 'Romanisation Interdialectique' (R.I.) could spell all dialects of Chinese using a single orthography. This feat was, allegedly, made possible by the reliance on the latest achieve

The "Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique" is the annual bibliography of theoretical linguistics published by the Permanent International Committee of Linguists under the auspices of the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies of UNESCO. With a tradition of over seventy years, the "Linguistic Bibliography" is by far the most comprehensive bibliographic reference work in the field. It covers all disciplines of theoretical linguistics, both general and language spe

East and Southeast Asia are home to remarkable linguistic diversity, yet this diversity is increasingly under threat as political, economic, cultural, and other social transformations reshape the region. This volume brings together two introductory chapters and ten country-focused studies—covering Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia—to identify patterns of language endangerment and marginalization, and to showcase ongoing revitalization efforts. A

Can minority languages continue to flourish in the 21st century? This book tells you how the Sebuyau of Malaysia have managed to pull that off. They have preserved their unique way of speaking in spite of being surrounded by the powerful English, Chinese, and Malay languages. Even more amazing is that they have left their traditional culture, yet keep their indigenous language alive. In this book you will learn some of the mechanisms they use to resist language shift, and come to understand the

2026. vi, 206 pp. Table of Contents Foreword to the special issue on marginal phonemes László Fejes pp. 217–219 Identifying, documenting, and describing marginal phonemes: A fieldworker's guide Tihomir Rangelov pp. 220–245 How to be a marginal phoneme László Fejes pp. 246–266 How do marginal phonemes emerge? Case studies from minor Finnic varieties Fedor Rozhanskiy and Elena Markus pp. 267–285 Between Ingrian and Votic: More marginal than core consonants in Lower

Welcome to the Second STAGE Research Webinar, Tuesday 24 November 2026, 12.00-13.30 (CET), where we will present new findings from the STAGE projects about starting age and learning English inside and outside of school. Last year, University of Oslo hosted the first STAGE Research Webinar. This second STAGE Research Webinar is hosted by KU Leuven. Program: - Welcome (Elke Peters, Pia Sundqvist) - The STAGE project (Pia Sundqvist, Elke Peters) - Main findings (Elke Peters, Eva Caltabellotta

Call for Papers: This is a friendly reminder about the upcoming 14th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL). The deadline has been extended to October 11, 2026. The NSSHL is an intellectual forum for the discussion and advancement of education and research around Spanish heritage bilingualism in the United States. The 14th NSSHL will be held from Thursday, February 18, to Saturday, February 20, 2027, at the University of California, Davis. It will take place in per

Description: The San Diego State University Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages seeks to hire a tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in computational linguistics. We particularly welcome candidates whose research engages with one or more of the following areas: multilingual language technology; computational approaches to speech, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics; language variation, processing, or learning; and language technology for under-reso