We are pleased to invite submissions for a special issue of Applied Linguistics Compass exploring the role of discourse in constructing, contesting, and legitimising representations of war in the Middle East. This special issue seeks to bring together scholars working within Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) and related fields to investigate how narratives of conflict are shaped by ideological affiliations and identity positions. As wars in the Middle East remain central to global political di

EDITOR: Alan Cienki TITLE: The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press YEAR: 2024 SUMMARY The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies is a fitting encapsulation of the state of a relatively young, interdisciplinary field of enquiry. Alan Cienki has managed the difficult task of distilling the topic while also reflecting a well-curated range of methods, voices and perspectives. An understanding of the vital role of gesture in language is essential for

We are pleased to announce the third edition of the 'Current issues in syntax, semantics, and pragmatics' workshop. Like in the previous years, the workshop will be part of the 脰LT (49th Austrian Linguistics Conference), which takes place December 5-8, 2025 in Klagenfurt, Austria. The workshop aims to create opportunities for researchers to discuss their original, unpublished work related to any of the fields mentioned in its title as well as at the interfaces. We invite submissions for oral pre

Other Specialties: phonetics/phonology, morphology/syntax, semantics/pragmatics Description: School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Young and research intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities. The School of Humanities (SoH) at NTU Singapore is committed to promoting high quality research and teaching. 聽Students are given ample opportunities to develop strong critical thinking, resear

We are pleased to invite talk proposals for Arizona Linguistics Circle 18 (ALC 18). ALC 18 is an annual graduate student-run conference held at the University of Arizona. Our goal is to foster a deeper appreciation for linguistics while providing a healthy environment for academic discussion, especially as it concerns graduate student research. However, we happily invite submissions from scholars at all points in their careers, including undergraduate. The theme of this year鈥檚 conference is L

The question of how humans process social information is one of the biggest topics in cognitive science. This workshop addresses the topic from the perspective of linguistics and aims at breaking new ground by bringing together the two very different perspectives of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology on the one hand and formal syntax and semantics on the other hand. Confirmed Speakers: Elin McCready (ICREA/Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona) Emma Moore (University of Sheffield) Pa

DiversiPHy is pleased to announce a free online vowel plotting tool: the Vowel Map-o-lator (https://linguisticking.com/VowelMapolator.html) This tool is intended for students with little to no coding background such as introductory phonetics students, introductory sociolinguistics students, or honors/thesis students whose specialty is not in phonetics. With this tool, students and instructors can easily plot vowels and update visualizations as parameters in the plot change (e.g. transform the

7000 Languages is a non-profit organization with the mission to empower communities around the world to teach, learn, and sustain their endangered languages. We are seeking applicants for our 2025 Language Revitalization Cohort. As a part of the Language Revitalization Fellowship Program, you will work within your community to design and implement online language learning lessons using free language learning technology tools. Meet together as a cohort, and learn about language revitalization

Long-distance dependencies remain a central area of investigation across linguistic fields: syntax, semantics, pragmatics and language acqusition. They pose fundamental questions about clause structure, locality, and cross-linguistic variation, while also providing a rich opportunity for experimental work. This workshop invites contributions that address movement and agreement across clause boundaries, with a focus on the mechanisms and constraints that govern such dependencies. We invite

The International Linguistics and Language Education Community (ILLEC) gathers researchers who work on linguistics and language education to communicate and collaborate together. The aims of this community are: -To exchange ideas -To organize events in linguistics and language education (online and on-site) -To collaborate in publishing -To help members in finding research opportunities -To involve members in research projects -To involve members in leading events -To partic

Countdown to AMLI 2025 Please find the programme here: https://sites.google.com/hope.ac.uk/amli/home Registration is open till the 8th of August.

Dear all, I am conducting a bilingual (German/English) online survey for my Master's thesis in English Linguistics at the University of Mainz (Germany). The study investigates how gendered language influences mental representations of gender. I am currently looking for native speakers of either German or English to participate. The survey takes approx. 10鈥�12 minutes and includes short response-time-based tasks. All responses are anonymous and used for academic purposes only. You can par

The aim of this conference is to bring together specialists in didactics, linguistics, geography, and second language acquisition, as well as teacher trainers and secondary school teachers to discuss the teaching and learning of English as a Second Language (ESL) using a CLIL approach, in geography classes more specifically. The CEFR (2001, 2018) promotes an action-oriented perspective for the teaching of foreign languages and considers learners as social actors. This approach aims to engage

Other Specialties: Forensic Phonetics, Applied Linguistics Description: Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow in Experimental Phonetics in the School of English (Ref.: 532565), to commence as soon as possible for a period of two years. This appointment is under the University Research Committee鈥檚 Post-doctoral Fellow Scheme. The appointee is expected to contribute to the research project 鈥淛ustice in China: Showing the way with forensic voice comparison鈥� and devel

Description: The University of Queensland鈥檚 School of Languages and Cultures is seeking a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Linguistics with expertise in Morphology and at least one other area (Semantics, Phonology, Syntax, or Sociolinguistics). Candidates with a specialisation in Australian Indigenous languages is highly desirable.

La setena edici贸 de les Jornades de Ling眉铆stica Catalana a Viena se celebrar脿 del 28 al 29 de maig de 2026. La tem脿tica se centrar脿 en els marcadors discursius i en els processos de pragmaticalitzaci贸. Les propostes de presentaci贸 cal que s'envi茂n en format PDF a l'adre莽a indicada (ignasi.planas.villalba@univie.ac.at) i han d'incloure un 脿bstract an貌nim que no ha de superar dues p脿gines, amb bibliografia inclosa. La data l铆mit d'enviament 茅s el 18 de gener de 2026. Com a nota addicional, ens

SciProdLLM 2025 is a forum for presenting and discussing research on integrating large language models (LLMs) into the typical research workflow: from ideation to experimentation to scientific writing, with a particular focus on human-centered approaches that ensure ethical and responsible use of LLMs. We also invite work that evaluates the quality of LLM-assisted research workflows and the resulting outputs. We welcome submissions on any aspect of human-LLM collaboration for science producti

This dictionary is an electronic version of the "Dictionary and Thesaurus of Tocharian A," by Gerd Carling and Georges-Jean Pinault (Harrassowitz, 2023). The resource aims to include reference to all lexemes and their occurrences in attested Tocharian A manuscripts. Dictionary lemmas include information about translation, word class, parallels in Tocharian B, Sanskrit, and Uighur, reference to earlier interpretations, syntax, phraseology, and inventory of paradigms, forms, and occurrences. Etymo

We are pleased to invite submissions to the 1st International Conference on Speech, Multimodal and Advanced Communication Systems (ICSMACS'26), which will be held on June 29鈥�30, 2026, in Algiers, Algeria. The first ICSMACS aims to bring together researchers, academics, engineers, and industry professionals to present and discuss recent advances in speech processing, natural language processing, multimodal human-computer interaction, and advanced communication systems. The conference promotes

The Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC) is an annual conference in general linguistics. It aims to bring together researchers from different subfields, and is open to submissions from faculty, students, and independent researchers. PLC 50 will be held in person in Philadelphia. In addition to discussing their papers at the conference, accepted authors will have the chance to publish their work in the conference proceedings. PLC 50 will feature a keynote speech from Rajesh Bhatt (University of Mass