We are recruiting participants for an online study on how individuals speaking one or two languages represent meaning and how this may relate to their experiences in different linguistic and cultural contexts. We are looking for adults who: - are fluent in both English and Spanish; - have either English or Spanish as their first language; and - currently live in the UK or Spain. Participation involves two online sessions of approximately 30 minutes each, taking place about one week apa

The QuidiVidi application for analyzing CHAT files has been updated with the following changes: - Morpheme counting in Italian and German - Distances command - Custom tier code (search on any tier code in addition to the preset choices) - Alternate toolbar (Mac/Linux users now don't need to download a font for the toolbar) - Frequencies "concordance" mode (displays lines containing words found) - CHAT syntax colouring - Select files from multiple folders - Editing commands added to rig

As a native English speaker, you make countless language choices without thinking. What happens when you put those instincts to the test? Take part in a fun language experiment exploring how native speakers respond to English grammar. Challenge yourself, discover your score, perhaps even win a prize, and help us understand how language works! The experiment takes approximately 15–20 minutes. Complete it and you’ll automatically enter a prize draw, with one in every 20 participants winning 50 $

SUMMARY The monograph “The Fabrication of Traditional Language Teaching” provides an in-depth analysis of the treatment of “tradition” and “traditional” as a term and a concept both within the context of language teaching, and in western society in general. Across six well-researched chapters, Barbara Schmenk deftly breaks down the concept of tradition and its systematic neglect as a subject worthy of study in its own right. Schmenk’s stated aim in examining tradition in this way is to “tr

The Rhetoric in Society conference series is organised biennially under the auspices of the Rhetoric Society of Europe. The RiS10 conference explores the multifaceted relationships between rhetoric and language, bringing together scholars working across different theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. The proposed thematic sections cover the following areas: 1. Rhetoric: Discipline or Interdisciplinary Field? 2. Rhetorical Messages from a Linguistic Perspective 3. Rhet

In the early 2010s, the Romanian community was the largest immigrant group in Spain, and the prolonged contact between Romanian and Spanish fostered the emergence and development of Rumaniola, a linguistic variety that has been extensively studied with regard to its features, intergenerational transmission, and use in both spoken and digital communication. Over the past fifteen years, however, the sociolinguistic context has changed significantly: the Romanian community has declined in size, a s

Full day workshop colocated with the 20th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL 2027, https://2027.eacl.org/ ) Organised, sponsored, and endorsed by SIGLEX, the Special Interest Group on the Lexicon of the ACL. Important Dates: Direct Submission deadline: December 1, 2026 Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: December 22, 2026 Notification of acceptance: TBA (January 2027) Camera-ready paper due: January 19, 2027 Workshop date: one

The Rhetoric in Society conference series is organised biennially under the auspices of the Rhetoric Society of Europe. The RiS10 conference explores the multifaceted relationships between rhetoric and language, bringing together scholars working across different theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. The proposed thematic sections cover the following areas: 1. Rhetoric: Discipline or Interdisciplinary Field? 2. Rhetorical Messages from a Linguistic Perspective 3. Rhet

In the early 2010s, the Romanian community was the largest immigrant group in Spain, and the prolonged contact between Romanian and Spanish fostered the emergence and development of Rumaniola, a linguistic variety that has been extensively studied with regard to its features, intergenerational transmission, and use in both spoken and digital communication. Over the past fifteen years, however, the sociolinguistic context has changed significantly: the Romanian community has declined in size, a s

Full day workshop colocated with the 20th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL 2027, https://2027.eacl.org/ ) Organised, sponsored, and endorsed by SIGLEX, the Special Interest Group on the Lexicon of the ACL. Important Dates: Direct Submission deadline: December 1, 2026 Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: December 22, 2026 Notification of acceptance: TBA (January 2027) Camera-ready paper due: January 19, 2027 Workshop date: one

The III Jornada de Llengua i Societat Carme Junyent (3rd Carme Junyent Language and Society Meeting) will focus on the typology of information structure in signed and spoken languages. The meeting brings together researchers working on information structure from a cross-linguistic perspective, including research on Romance, Quechuan and Austronesian languages, as well as Catalan Sign Language (LSC) and other sign languages. The event will take place on Friday, 16 October 2026, at the Faculty

Call for Papers: Scheitern als Chance: Romanistische Perspektiven auf Überwindung und Neubeginn Gilt das Scheitern im Allgemeinen als Ausdruck von Misserfolg und als möglicher Auslöser von gravierenden Störungen oder gar Krisen, richtet das XLII. Forum Junge Romanistik den Blick auf das produktive Potenzial solcher Misserfolge. Gegenwärtig zeigt sich die Relevanz des Themas besonders deutlich im Kontext globaler Polykrisen: Kriege, Naturkatastrophen sowie wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftli

The III Jornada de Llengua i Societat Carme Junyent (3rd Carme Junyent Language and Society Meeting) will focus on the typology of information structure in signed and spoken languages. The meeting brings together researchers working on information structure from a cross-linguistic perspective, including research on Romance, Quechuan and Austronesian languages, as well as Catalan Sign Language (LSC) and other sign languages. The event will take place on Friday, 16 October 2026, at the Faculty

Call for Papers: We are pleased to share the Second Call for Papers for the 7th International Conference of the Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India (ICTiBLANEI-7), to be held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India, from 7 to 9 April 2027. The new deadline for abstract submission is 18th of October, 2026. We invite contributions on a wide range of areas in Tibeto-Burman linguistics, including, but not limited to: 1. Phonetics and Phonology 2. Morphology 3.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kristina Wirtz (Western Michigan University) The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual conference that brings together scholars from around the world who study the social life of language. We are now accepting submissions for SALSA XXXI, which will take place January 15-16, 2027. The deadline for submissions is October 16, 2026. The theme for SALSA XXXI is “Rites and Ritual”: How can language forge identities and shape the way we encount

Convenors: Dmytro Hrytsu (P.J. Šafárik University in Košice), Thomas van Hoey (KU Leuven), Adéla Dvořáková (Masaryk University) Abstract: Investigation of the perceived resemblance between aspects of linguistic form and meaning associated with the notion of iconicity has moved from the margins of linguistic theory to being considered a foundational property of language, spoken or signed (Dingemanse et al. 2015; Perniss et al. 2010). Iconicity has been shown to facilitate language developm

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kristina Wirtz (Western Michigan University) The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual conference that brings together scholars from around the world who study the social life of language. We are now accepting submissions for SALSA XXXI, which will take place January 15-16, 2027. The deadline for submissions is October 16, 2026. The theme for SALSA XXXI is “Rites and Ritual”: How can language forge identities and shape the way we encount

Convenors: Dmytro Hrytsu (P.J. Šafárik University in Košice), Thomas van Hoey (KU Leuven), Adéla Dvořáková (Masaryk University) Abstract: Investigation of the perceived resemblance between aspects of linguistic form and meaning associated with the notion of iconicity has moved from the margins of linguistic theory to being considered a foundational property of language, spoken or signed (Dingemanse et al. 2015; Perniss et al. 2010). Iconicity has been shown to facilitate language developm

Description: Looking for an Applied Linguistics program that has it all - language learning, multilingualism, technology, and language use? Texas Tech’s Applied Linguistics program brings together eight faculty members whose complementary expertise allows graduate students to develop individualized research trajectories across areas such as second language acquisition and pedagogy, multiliteracies, generative AI and language learning, corpus and quantitative approaches, L2 reading, writin

Other Specialties: specializes in sound systems (phonetics/phonology), language acquisition, speech-language disorders, or documentation Description: Position Description: The Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time teaching stream position in Linguistics. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. This search aligns with the