2nd Call for Papers:
We would like to thank all the people who have already submitted their proposals and, following up on the many requests we have received over the past few days, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions until December 31st!
The CERLIS2025 conference on Metaphors in Specialized Discourse In and Across Cultures (12-14 June 2025, University of Bergamo) aims to explore the intricate and multifaceted roles that metaphors play in specialized forms of discourse, enco
Call for Papers:
Poster Session: Call for Papers
We invite contributions to the poster session on Friday, March 21, 2025. This is an opportunity for researchers, including M.A. students, to share their work on topics in corpus linguistics involving concordance reading.
Submission Details: Submit an abstract (max. 500 words, excluding tables and references) to dhss-team@fau.de with the subject line 鈥淩C21 Poster鈥�.
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: February 7, 2025
Call for Papers:
Abstracts for individual presentations and poster presentations should be limited to 500 words (excluding title and references) and should fit on a single page, single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font. An additional page containing references, tables, figures, or examples may also be included. Abstracts must not contain any identifying information.
Important Dates:
Abstract submission open: November 28th, 2024
Abstract submission deadline: February 7th, 2025
Author notif
2nd Call for Papers:
On the linguistic side, we welcome submissions examining any grammatical phenomena sensitive to the degree of agency or interpretation of an action as intentional versus accidental, such as controller choice, subjunctive obviation, licensing of polarity items, aspect choice in Slavic, case marking in ergative split languages and 鈥榦ut-of-control鈥� morphology. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: ways in which natural languages manifest differe
Call for Papers:
Abstract Submission
鈥� Each abstract should not exceed 300 words (incl. at least four keywords and references).
鈥� Text should be justified and single-spaced (font size: Times New Roman 12pt).
鈥� Name, affiliation, and e-mail address should be on separate first page of the electronic copy.
鈥� Every individual presentation will last 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for discussion and questions).
Conference Themes:
We invite submissions that engage with the following themes:
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Call for Papers:
Language in Japan, the English-language journal of the Society for Japanese Linguistics, is now soliciting papers for its next issue, Volume 3, scheduled for publication in March 2026. The deadline for submission is the end of June 2025. Authors are NOT required to be a member of the Society. Language in Japan is a fully open-access journal, with no associated costs.
For journal scope, rules of submission and other information, see https://www.jpling.gr.jp/en/lij.
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Organisers:
Andreas Witt, Institut f眉r Deutsche Sprache (IDS), Mannheim
Christian Mair, English Department, University of Freiburg
Key dates:
From 1 Dec. 2024: Submission of abstracts
16 Feb. 2025: Abstract submission deadline
1 March 2025: Notification of acceptance; registration
For information see the conference website (https://www.ids-mannheim.de/fi/veranstaltungen/workshop-corpus-linguistics-2040/). A full programme will be available from 15 March 2025. All inquiries should be addres
Organisers:
Andreas Witt, Institut f眉r Deutsche Sprache (IDS), Mannheim
Christian Mair, English Department, University of Freiburg
Key dates:
From 1 Dec. 2024: Submission of abstracts
16 Feb. 2025: Abstract submission deadline
1 March 2025: Notification of acceptance; registration
For information see the conference website (https://www.ids-mannheim.de/fi/veranstaltungen/workshop-corpus-linguistics-2040/). A full programme will be available from 15 March 2025. All inquiries should be addres
Call for Papers:
We invite submissions relating to the following four topic areas:
- Corpora of spontaneous speech 鈥� new formats, new searches
- Corpora versus AI/LLMs? Corpora and AI/LLMs?
- Multilingual and multimodal corpora
- Future infrastructures for corpus linguistics and text-based Digital Humanities
Please indicate which focus you consider the best fit for your contribution. Abstracts (max. 500 words, including references) should be submitted (with the header 鈥渁bstract submission鈥�) to
Final Call for Papers:
The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until 13 December 2024!
Call for Papers:
Writer agency during multilingual writing
Special Issue Editors:
鈥� Maarit Mutta (University of Turku, Finland, maarit.mutta@utu.fi)
鈥� Katja M盲ntyl盲 (University of Jyv盲skyl盲, Finland, katja.mantyla@jyu.fi)
鈥� Outi Toropainen (University of Turku, Finland, outi.toropainen@utu.fi)
Deadlines for submissions:
The deadline for one-page paper proposals: January 15, 2025
The deadline for submission: August 31, 2025
Tentative publication date: Summer 2026
The editors and editorial
SummerTrans is back!
The next edition of the summer school, SummerTrans IX, will take place in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy from 21 to 27 September 2025 under the theme 鈥淗uman vs machine translation with a focus on legal translation鈥�. You can find the course programme, course descriptions and information on registration and travel on the website: https://www.summertrans2025.eu/
The world of language mediation is changing. We all face new challenges but also exciting opportunities. For this reason, Sum
Visiting Assistant Professor - Japanese
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Summary
The Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor fixed-term position in Japanese to begin in August 2025.
The Japanese program at UNCW is currently small but also over capacity, with high student interest and enrollment demonstrating the potential for growth. We seek a candidate with except
The Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (ILAS), Taiwan invites applicants for a tenured or tenure-track position at all levels (Assistant, Associate or Full Professor equivalent). A Ph.D. in Linguistics or related field is required. Applicants specializing in integrating modern technological methods in the study of syntax, semantics, and phonetic interfaces, with a focus on Min and Hakka dialects as research subjects will be given preference.
Applicants should be able to communicate in Ch
We鈥檙e excited to share the official program for the 2nd International Conference on Data & Digital Humanities 鈥� Generative Artificial Intelligence for Text and Multimodal Data! Join us from 12th of December to 13th of December at University of Minho or online.
For full details and registration, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/ddhum-2024/program
We鈥檙e excited to share the official program for the 2nd International Conference on Data & Digital Humanities 鈥� Generative Artificial Intelligence for Text and Multimodal Data! Join us from 12th of December to 13th of December at University of Minho or online.
For full details and registration, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/ddhum-2024/program
Call for Papers:
Le projet OPLA (Observatoire des Pratiques Langagi猫res Actuelles) mis en 艙uvre en 2022, a pour objectif de renseigner l鈥檃ctualit茅 sociale et culturelle de Francophones par le prisme de leurs pratiques langagi猫res. Il entend contribuer 茅galement 脿 l鈥櫭﹙olution des pratiques d鈥檈nseignement du fran莽ais vers davantage de coh茅rence avec les r茅alit茅s langagi猫res telle qu鈥檃ppr茅hend茅e par les 茅l猫ves/apprenant-es. Dans ce cadre, un colloque annuel permet de donner 脿 voir l鈥檃vanc茅e des tr
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CSSP invites papers combining empirical inquiry and formal explicitness, and favours comparisons between different theoretical frameworks. We welcome submissions using theoretical, experimental or computational methods in:
- syntax,
- semantics,
- pragmatics,
- the syntax-semantics interface,
- the semantics-pragmatics interface,
- language acquisition: syntax-semantics-pragmatics.
Submission: We invite submissions for 40 minute presentations (including 10 min
The Young Linguists鈥� Meeting in Pozna艅 (YLMP2025) is pleased to announce a special thematic session titled "Multimodal approaches to language, communication & social interactions".
Communication has long been recognized as multimodal, with various modalities at play whenever we convey or receive a message (e.g., Forceville 2020, Gibbs 2020, Stampoulidis et al. 2019, Dyrmo 2023, Olszewska et al., under review). Beyond more obvious modalities such as language, art, or gesture (e.g., El Rafaie 201
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