Calls: InterGedi2026 International Conference
Call for Papers:
Focus of the Conference:
This conference invites contributions that explore the communicative practices through which specialized knowledge is disseminated by experts in and across digitally-mediated contexts. Particular attention is given to proposals which examine the processes of recontextualization involved in adapting specialized knowledge so that it is accessible, understandable and acceptable to multiple audiences. Contributions may approach recontextualization and di
Calls: Aspiration in Language
2nd Call for Papers:
Workshop: Aspiration in Language
Part of the CRC 1252 Prominence in Language
University of Cologne, 3-4 December 2025
We invite abstracts for a two-day workshop on Aspiration in Language, which will take place on 3rd and 4th December 2025 at the University of Cologne within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre 1252 Prominence in Language (CRC 1252: https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/en/).
This workshop aims to bring together researchers working on aspiration
Calls: 3rd International Conference on Data & Digital Humanities
Call for Papers:
We invite researchers, practitioners, and scholars to submit abstracts for the 3rd International Conference on Data & Digital Humanities (DDHUM 2025), centered on the theme Text and Multimodal Data Processing for Sustainable Development.
This hybrid event aims to explore the challenges and opportunities involved in working with diverse data sources in the Digital Humanities. DDHUM 2025 will focus on making humanities data more accessible and fostering collaborative, data-dri
Calls: Workshop at SLE 2026: Large Language Models for Linguistics: Applications and Implications
Call for Papers:
Abstracts (max. 300 words, excluding references) should be sent to Natalia Levshina (natalia.levshina@ru.nl) and Nicole Katzir (nicole.katzir@gmail.com) by November 10th.
Large Language Models (LLMs) are models with billions of parameters, trained on vast amounts of text data to learn statistical patterns in language, and able to generate, process, and predict human(-like) text. As discussions at the recent SLE meeting and other venues demonstrate, the rise of LLMs has maj
Internships: General Linguistics: Chosun HK Global Fellowship – Call for Applications, Center for Data Science in Humanities, Chosun University, South Korea, Online
Chosun HK Global Fellowship – Call for Applications For Advanced-Stage Research Projects
The Chosun University HK Research Group invites applications for the HK Global Fellowship, open to undergraduate and graduate students who wish to bring an existing research project to a submission-ready stage with dedicated mentorship.
Fellowship Period:
November 15, 2025 – February 15, 2026 (3 months)
Application Deadline: October 15, 2025
Purpose:
This fellowship is designed for applicants wit
Calls: Studies in Second Language Acquisition - "Special Issue 2027" (Jrnl)
Special Issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, July 2027
Call for Proposals
Studies in Second Language Acquisition (SSLA) is now entertaining proposals for the thematic issue of Volume 49:3, to be published in July 2027. Thematic issues of SSLA focus on areas of current interest and are an excellent venue to bring together in one issue numerous approaches to a problem or methodology in the field of SLA. For special issue examples, see previous special volumes of SSLA. For examples
Jobs: English; Applied Linguistics, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition: English Instructor - ESL, Louisiana State University
Description:
The Department of English at Louisiana State University seeks an Instructor to teach courses in spoken and/or written English to international students. Our spoken English courses seek to develop and improve general spoken English skills (pronunciation, stress, intonation, and rhythm), overall comprehensibility, and interaction skills for international teaching assistants. Our English as a Second Language composition courses are designed to improve international students’ grammar
Calls: Text & Talk - "Special Issue: Communicative Practices and Genre Developments in Letter Writing" (Jrnl)
Editors:
Lisa Lehnen (JMU Würzburg, lisa.lehnen@uni-wuerzburg.de)
Theresa Neumaier (TU Dortmund, University, theresa.neumaier@tu-dortmund.de)
Ninja Schulz (JMU Würzburg, ninja.schulz@uni-wuerzburg.de)
Correspondence provides a rich data source for studies in historical sociolinguistics, genre analysis, language variation and change. However, to fully exploit the potential of the data, it is important to be aware of external factors relevant for their production and acknowledge the options
FYI: Watch on-demand: Building NLP for Complex Languages
Watch on-demand: Building NLP for Complex Languages
Now available to watch at your convenience:
https://languages.oup.com/products/on-demand-webinar-cracking-the-code-building-nlp-for-complex-languages/
In this 60-minute recording, you’ll gain practical insights into developing NLP tools for languages like Finnish through the Kielikone journey. Discover how domain data, morphology, and language structure impact technologies such as machine translation and proofreading, as explained by l
FYI: New German-English corpus available - MPI EVA Leipzig Corpus
We are pleased to announce that the first German-English bilingual corpus is now available on the CHILDES platform.
This longitudinal and dense corpus contains transcripts of spontaneous child–adult interaction involving three bilingual children. At present, only the data from Fion are available, with the remaining children’s corpora to be added in the near future.
The Fion corpus spans the period from age 2;3 to 3;11, comprising 211 hours of recordings with 53,372 child utterances and 120,5
Software: Corpus Sense
Corpus Sense is a new web-based platform for corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. The application is free to use for academic purposes, and access can be requested via the Contact page on the website: https://corpus-sense.app
Corpus Sense has been designed to support both research and teaching, offering a user-friendly interface alongside powerful NLP tools. Its main features include:
- Corpus management: Upload, organize, and share corpora securely.
- Concordancing & KWIC: Explore ke
Confs: 4th Language Policy Forum
Running since 2018, the Language Policy Forum is an international conference bringing together researchers and practitioners from around the world, working across the broad field of language policy. It is organised by the Language Policy Special Interest Group within the British Association of Applied Linguistics (https://langpol.ac.uk).
Location: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Plenary speakers:
- Lily Chimuanya, Covenant University, Nigeria
- Andrew Shorten, University of L
Confs: Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines
We are pleased to announce that the next Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be organised and hosted by Universidad de Valladolid.
The conference will take place from 8-10 July 2026.
The 2026 edition marks the 20th anniversary of CADAAD. Under the theme Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies, we invite scholars to reflect on the evolution of the field and the ways in which different methodo
Confs: 9th International Language Management Symposium
The Hungarian Usage and Language Consulting Research Group and the Terminology Research Group of the ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics are pleased to organize the 9th International Language Management Symposium (ILMS), to be held in Budapest on 3–4 September 2026.
The symposium focuses on the theme Language Management: Terminological Processes and aims to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines who are interested in how terminology is shaped, negotiated, and managed across vari
Jobs: Syntax: Assistant Professor of Syntax and Artificial Intelligence, The Ohio State University
Description:
Position Overview:
The Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor who specializes in syntactic theory, with additional interest in artificial intelligence. We are interested in candidates who apply a mathematically rigorous (e.g., logical or statistical) approach to hypothesizing about empirical syntactic data. While theoretical syntax is the primary foc
Confs: Workshop at the 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Phonomorphology at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and Opaqueness in Word Formation
Workshop Proposal at the 22nd International Morphology Meeting (IMM22)
Title: Phonomorphology at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and Opaqueness in Word Formation
Workshop organized within 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Atypical Morphology
Meeting URL: https://nytud.hun-ren.hu/en/event/22nd-international-morphology-meeting-2
Workshop date will be specified later by the conference organizers.
Convenor: Michela Russo (CNRS SFL UMR 7023/U. Paris 8 & UJML 3, France)
Rationale:
Jobs: French; Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition: Assistant Professor, French & Italian (TE), University of Arizona
Description:
The Department of French and Italian in the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arizona invites applications for a tenure-eligible position at the rank of Assistant Professor to serve as Director of the French Basic Language Program (BLP), beginning in August 2026, with a Ph.D. in French linguistics, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, or second language education in hand at the time of appointment. We are particularly i
Confs: Sommergarten 2026: Inaugural International Symposium
We are happy to share details about an upcoming symposium that may be of interest. The theme of this inaugural event is "Culture in Language Education: Interpersonal and Intellectual Developments," and it will take place online on July, 10, 2026, and in person on July 11, 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio. We are currently seeking session proposals that engage with this theme and hope that you might consider sharing your experiences and expertise. All languages of instruction are welcome.
Below, I hav
Confs: Workshop at the 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Words in the Mind: Morphological Processing in Children and Older Adults
Convenors:
Alina Villalva (University of Lisbon, The Word Lab)
Carina Pinto (Politécnico de Leiria, Politécnico de Setúbal, CLUL, The Word Lab)
Rafael Minussi (UNIFESP, LabLinC, The Word Lab)
Workshop Description:
Morphology plays a central role in language structure, yet its processing remains less explored than phonological, syntactic, or semantic processing and is often overlooked in clinical and educational models. Investigating morphological processing requires fine-grained analysis
Jobs: Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics: Assistant Professor in Language Science/Linguistics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Description:
The School of Modern Languages (www.modlangs.gatech.edu) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Language Science/Linguistics. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to teaching and mentoring students.
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an o