Formal Linguistic Approaches to MultiModality (FLAMM) will take place at Trinity College Dublin on 4-5 December 2025. The workshop aims to promote and advance the study of multimodality from a formal linguistic perspective by bringing together scholars interested in the formal study of multimodality. Invited Speakers: - Cornelia Ebert (Goethe-Universit盲t Frankfurt) - Donna Jo Napoli (Swarthmore College) - Philippe Schlenker (CNRS - Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris / New York University) -

We are pleased to announce that the 19th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL19) will take place on 30 June 鈥� 2 July 2026 at the Leibniz-Center General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany. The event will cover topics in theoretical Altaic linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics, as well as work based on experimental approaches of theoretical relevance. The term 鈥楢ltaic鈥� is understood here to include Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages, as we

The research group 鈥淐ODILAC - Convergence on Dominant Language Constellations: World Englishes in their multilingual ecologies鈥� (DFG FOR 5728) invites proposals for papers and posters to be presented at the workshop on 鈥淚nter- and intra-generational Dynamics of Multilingualism鈥� at the University of Hamburg (Germany) on 25-27 June 2026. The workshop aims to explore the social dynamics of multilingualism as constantly negotiated and transformed phenomena across generations. Recognizing language

Workshop conveners: Oliver Ehmer, Osnabr眉ck University, oliver.ehmer@uni-osnabrueck.de Katharina K枚nig, M眉nster University, katharina.koenig@uni-muenster.de J枚rg Zinken, Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, zinken@ids-mannheim.de Keywords: semantic maps, polysemy and functional networks, qualitative and quantitative analysis, language change and grammaticisation, interaction and interactional linguistics Semantic maps have been around for over 40 years (Anderson, 1982) and have p

Visit our Conference Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mia-conference2026/call-for-papers?authuser=0 Send your abstracts to: MIA.Conference2026@gmail.com Indicate the category that most represents your abstract. Languages for Submissions: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, and English. Motivations and goal: Migration is not only a demographic phenomenon but also a site where power, ideology, language, class, sex, gender, and identity intersect. This conference is motivate

The Department of English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Applied Sciences at Dhofar University is pleased to announce the First International Conference on English Studies (ICES 2026), taking place in Salalah, Oman, on 11鈥�12 February 2026. The theme highlights the dynamic intersections of English language, literature, and translation with technology, pedagogy, and culture. This event will serve as a vibrant forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to share insights int

The way we say the words we say helps us convey the meanings we intend. The way words are 鈥榗hunked鈥� into intonation phrases conveys information about grammatical structure and constituency relations, and within these phrases, differences in the relative amplitude, length and pitch of syllables help direct a listener鈥檚 attention to the most salient points of a message. But as well as conveying linguistic information, prosodic elements such as pitch, stress and intonation convey information about

Meeting Description: The Workshop on Ideophones in Use (WIU-2026) will take place on December 5-6, 2026 (Japan Standard Time [JST]). It is an online meeting co-hosted by Nagoya University, Japan, and York University, Canada. WIU-2026 aims to deepen understanding of the role played by ideophones in language use by bringing together researchers from around the globe. The workshop focuses on identifying the characteristics of ideophones used in communication, writing, and verbal art. We welc

In occasion of the 59th annual meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Prof. Evelina Leivada (Autonomous University of Barcelona & ICREA) and Dr. Vittoria Dentella (University of Pavia) invite submissions to the workshop "A cross-linguistic approach to Artificial Intelligence agents and the syntax-semantics interface", whose details can be found here: https://societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2025/10/Workshop-Proposal-SLE-2026_Artificial-Intelligence-agents-and-

The XXII EURALEX International Congress will be held between 29 September and 3 October 2026 in Vienna, Austria. The congress will be organised by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and will take place at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) has begun to transform the ways in which lexicographic data are compiled, analysed, and presented. Large language models, advanced corpus tools, and other m

Los d铆as 16 y 17 de abril tendr谩n lugar el I Congreso de Ejemplificaci贸n Ling眉铆stica en el campus de Aranjuez de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. El objetivo de esta reuni贸n cient铆fica es crear un espacio interdisciplinar que profundice en el estudio de la ejemplificaci贸n ling眉铆stica desde una perspectiva integradora. As铆, el congreso acoger谩 investigaciones sobre la ejemplificaci贸n y los ejemplos desde aproximaciones muy diversas: te贸ricas o pr谩cticas, generales o particulares y actuales, hist贸r

18th European Society for the Study of English Conference, University of Santiago de Compostela Seminar #7: The English Verb: Driving Syntax, Shaping Meaning and Framing Thought Verbs are traditionally seen as the backbone of sentence structure, with their semantic requirements establishing syntactic relations between arguments. However, this fundamental role extends beyond clause-level relations, reaching into discourse, giving rise to various implicatures and shaping idiomatic use. The

The Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) is an annual conference put on by the Linguistics Student Organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WiGL is a conference run by students for students and is a forum for all students from UW-Madison and other institutions to present and share their research. WiGL includes presentations and posters from undergraduate, graduate, and recently graduated students on any linguistics-related topic. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics S

Less documented languages is an umbrella term meant to cover a vast variety of languages that are more difficult for scholars to access for a variety of reasons. Some of them concern the lack of written attestations or of an official status in education or administration, the small size of the speech community, the limited transmission from one generation to another 鈥� conditions that generally go together with minority or endangered status. However, it is possible to consider under the same head

Die Tagung widmet sich dem spannungsvollen Dialog zwischen Pragmatik und Computerlinguistik, der durch den rapiden Fortschritt von Large Language Models (LLMs) neu entfacht wurde. Im Fokus stehen die Grenzen und Gemeinsamkeiten von menschlicher und maschineller Kommunikation, von der Modellierung pragmatischer Ph盲nomene in KI-Architekturen bis hin zur Analyse neuer Interaktionspraktiken (z.B. Prompting). Keynotes: Tatjana Scheffler (Bochum) und David Schlangen (Potsdam) Gesucht werden theo

La C谩tedra global Nebrija del Espa帽ol como lengua de migrantes y refugiados organiza, el pr贸ximo 12 de noviembre de 2025, la XI edici贸n de esta jornada, en la que se proponen diferentes actividades de divulgaci贸n cient铆fica relacionadas con la ense帽anza de espa帽ol en contextos migratorios. Desde una perspectiva integradora y cr铆tica, la jornada se plantea como un espacio de reflexi贸n y di谩logo para docentes, investigadores, estudiantes y profesionales del 谩rea. La jornada se integra en las ac

Over the past years, interactions between humans and artificial interlocutors have increasingly become part of everyday life. AIs such as ChatGPT, Woebot, and Replika are perceived not merely as tools, but as helpers, confidants, or even romantic partners. These encounters compel us to rethink the linguistic, social, and epistemic foundations of concepts such as 鈥�(social) interaction,鈥� and furthermore to reconsider the boundaries of subjectivity and identity. This interdisciplinary workshop expl

The workshop Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value will take place at the University of Barcelona & University Pompeu Fabra on November 6-7th, 2025. We will explore topics surrounding the phenomenon of the 鈥渁cquaintance inference" of aesthetic language. Program: Day 1: Seminari de Filosofia (Room 4100), Facultat de Filosofia, University of Barcelona -10:30-10:45 Welcome -10:45-11:30 Nate Charlow (University of Toronto): Against Indeterminacy-Based Theories of Acquaintance -12:00-12:45 Suchit

The 2026 European Society for the Study of English Conference Seminar 10.- Disinformation in and out: Qualitative Linguistic Analyses of Digital Disinformation Texts With the challenges and crises of recent years, digital disinformation texts (in popular 鈥� though not always precise 鈥� usage also referred to as 鈥榝ake news鈥�) have become increasingly popular and seem to have gained ground among various groups of internet users. Defined as 鈥渇alse information [that] is knowingly shared to cause ha

The Learner Corpus Research Conference 2026 (LCR 2026) will be held in the beautiful and historically rich city of Prague in September 2026. Organized biennially under the auspices of the Learner Corpus Association, the upcoming conference is hosted by the Department of Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The event is co-organized by two of its constituent units: the Department of English Language and ELT Methodology and the Czech National Corpus. The conference, titled Fo