We warmly invite colleagues and researchers to the 2026 Joint ALAA–ALANZ–ALTAANZ Conference, hosted at The University of Queensland in Brisbane. Keynote speakers: - Prof Joseph Lo Bianco - Prof Rawinia Higgins - Prof Ute Knoch and Principal Fellow (Emerita) Cathie Elder - Dr Carly Steele This special joint conference marks the 50th anniversary of ALAA, bringing together scholars from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia, and across the globe to reflect on the evolving trajectori

The 13th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 13), co-organized by the University of Bern and the University of Lausanne, will be held at the University of Lausanne from 29 June – 2 July 2026. ICLaVE is the premiere forum for research on language variation in Europe. It brings together scholars of languages and language varieties in Europe and elsewhere to discuss current empirical, methodological, and theoretical issues related to the study of language variation a

54th Poznań Linguistic Meeting Thematic Session: Managing linguistic diversity. Social factors and constraints in the transmission of multilingualism organized by Justyna Olko and Elwira Dexter-Sobkowiak (University of Warsaw)  Submission Deadline: 15-Apr-2026 The session aims to explore some of the urgent questions related to the conceptualization, study, and management of linguistic diversity in a broad cross-cultural perspective. We are particularly interested in identifying key factor

History of terminology – Diachronic terminology The emergence of a terminological conscienceness organized by Danielle Candel (SHESL / HTL), Pascaline Dury (CeRLA) & John Humbley (ALTAE) 28 – 29 January 2027 Maison de la recherche, 4 rue des Irlandais, Paris 5e This conference, which follows the second francophone conference on diachronic terminology (held in Lyon in 2023), is intended to take stock of research in terminology carried out in a historic or evolutionary perspective. Two co

We are excited to announce that an initial version of the program for ELM 4 (as well as a pdf abstract booklet) is now posted, and registration (for both in person and online-only participation) is now available on the conference website. Early registration discounts are available through April 30th. See links below (and in Menu under ELM 4 on ELM website) for details. Program https://www.elm-conference.net/elm-4-2026/elm-4-program/ - Full list of presentations https://www.elm-conference.n

ICPhS is the world’s flagship phonetic sciences conference, held once every four years. ICPhS 2027 will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, under the general theme of Shifting Currents. While we encourage contributions from across the spectrum of phonetic sciences, we plan to spotlight (via plenary addresses) research related to speech technology (with many companies located in the Pacific Northwest), clinical phonetics, and community-engaged phonetic documentation. Focusing on these them

ICAAL is the principal regular meeting for presenting and discussing research on Austroasiatic languages and linguistics. The Faculty of Foreign Languages at Nguyen Tat Thanh University invites interested scholars to submit abstracts for the 14th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 14). The conference will be held in a hybrid format, allowing for both in-person and virtual presentations and participation. We look forward to a lively exchange of ideas in this forum.

We're delighted to put on Discoveries and Insights into Skills Training for Intergenerational Language Sustainability (DISTILS-01)! This FREE Hybrid Conference about the intricacies of training communities to document, preserve, and revitalize their language(s) from a variety of perspectives from across the globe will be the first of it's kind! The hybrid nature of the conference allows for people to register for both in person and online attendance and participation for the Conference Presen

AFRILEX is celebrating its 30th year of existence. To commemorate this special occasion, the AFRILEX Board decided on a theme that engages with the role the association’s members and affiliates played in Africa’s lexicographic landscape over the last 30 years. Abstracts dealing with all aspects of lexicography and terminology, or the demonstrable implications or ramifications that research in related disciplines such as linguistics, computer and information science, etc., has for lexicograph

The Discourse Research Association of Ireland (DRAOI) is happy to announce that it is now accepting abstract proposals for its annual Summer Seminar Series, which will return for its sixth consecutive year this summer, taking place weekly throughout July and August 2026. In keeping with DRAOI's inclusive ethos, we welcome proposals addressing discourse research in all its forms. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - (Critical) Discourse Analysis/Studies - Discourse Theor

CLaSIC 2026 celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Language Studies at NUS. To mark this milestone, we invite educators, researchers, and practitioners to explore how language education is evolving in an age of rapid technological change. While AI and digital tools increasingly shape teaching and learning, a central question remains: How does the human teacher continue to guide, transform, and enrich language learning today? Our central theme focuses on the role of the teacher in A

The call for proposals is now open for the VII International Congress of RECoD. This edition brings together academics and researchers to explore current debates on digital discourse in and about the Spanish language, focusing on research advances and theoretical-methodological reflections. Call for Proposals: We invite submissions that analyse digital discourse in Spanish through various theoretical and applied perspectives. Possible thematic areas include: - Discourse and image analysi

This conference seeks to explore the dynamic and complex ways in which Italian culinary discourse was and is constructed, translated, and consumed within Anglophone contexts. The journey of Italian food language, from recipe titles, ingredient names, and menu descriptions to broader gastronomic narratives, presents a rich area for interdisciplinary study, as it crosses linguistic and cultural borders. We are interested in examining the linguistic, semiotic, and cultural transformations that o

VII Jornadas Antroponomásticas Del 11 al 13 de noviembre de 2026 Areas Tematicas: - Antroponomástica / antroponimia ficcional. - Socioantroponomástica. - Antroponómástica sincrónica. - Antroponomástica diacrónica. - Etnonimia y antroponimia nativa. - Antroponomástica/antroponimia en contextos de migración e inmigración. - Antroponomástica/antroponimia y cruces con la toponimia / toponomástica. - Antroponomástica/antroponimia y tecnologías digitales. - Otros temas relacionad

Workshop Description: Over the past 20 years, the NLP community has given steadily-increasing attention to the idea of regarding human annotation disagreement not as a nuisance but as a potential asset that can be exploited for understanding the respective task better. In practice, this means that multiple annotations are not just adjudicated or averaged (and the individual annotations then thrown away) but taken as a spectrum that constitutes a "complex ground truth", for instance in the for

You are invited to submit an abstract for a poster presentation during ISC’s 2026 Summer School on Knowledge, Reasoning, and Decision-Making organized by University of Quebec in Montreal’s Institute of Cognitive Sciences (ISC). This event will take place from May 27 to June 10 2026 (poster presentation date TBD). Knowledge plays a determinant role in effective decision-making. This is why humans use a considerable amount of cognitive energy to reason and make decisions by mobilizing and tran

Following the success of the inaugural edition last year, the Linguistics & Language Variation group at the Meertens Institute in Amsterdam (LiME), is pleased to announce the second edition of the LiME Conference on Language Variation (LiCLA 2). The conference aims to promote work in socio-syntax—the intersection of syntax and sociolinguistics—as a venue not only for worked-out interdisciplinary socio-syntactic contributions but also contributions from one of these subdisciplines which are seeki

The Diversity in Linguistics Talk Day is a one-day online event that brings together linguists from diverse social and linguistic backgrounds to present their work across all areas of linguistics. Contributions from all subfields and theoretical perspectives are welcome. The event will take place on 11 August 2026 and will be held via Zoom. Talks will be grouped thematically, with regular breaks, and we will make every effort to accommodate different time zones. Participation is free of charg

We are pleased to announce the program of the 18th meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-18) which will take place at the University of Cambridge, April 16-18, 2026. Invited speakers - Laura Dominguez, University of Southampton On languages, multilingual grammars and the status of mental representations - Ayşe Gürel, Boğaziçi University What can agglutinative morphology tell us about inflectional variability in the L2: Evidence from Turkish - Cr

The 6th International Symposium on Corpora (PACOR 2027), which will take place at the University of Córdoba from 25 to 27 January 2027. Organised by the research group LinguaCor (HUM-1144), PACOR is a biannual international conference dedicated to corpus research. Under the theme “Re-thinking Evidence: Corpus Linguistics in a Changing Language Landscape”, PACOR 2027 invites contributions that examine how linguistic evidence is being reshaped by digital communication, multilingual realities,