JALTCALL 2026 lands at Konan University (Nishinomiya Campus), June 12鈥�14, 2026. Under the theme 鈥淧revail or Fail?鈥�, JALTCALL 2026 invites educators, researchers, and technologists to explore how digital tools, pedagogical innovations, and AI are reshaping language teaching and learning in an age of rapid change and uncertainty. We welcome presentations that critically examine both successes and setbacks in technology-enhanced language education: projects that worked, those that didn鈥檛, a

Organizers: David Hern谩ndez-Coalla (Universidade de Vigo), david.hernandez@uvigo.gal Xulia S谩nchez-Rodr铆guez (Universidade de Vigo), xulia.sanchez@uvigo.gal Description: Agreement has been at the center of linguistic debate for a long time. In the case of English, its reduced morphological system has possibly fostered research in subject-verb agreement from different perspectives: theoretical, geographical, cognitive-based, among others. In fact, a wide range of phenomena have/has received

Organizers: David Hern谩ndez-Coalla (Universidade de Vigo), david.hernandez@uvigo.gal Xulia S谩nchez-Rodr铆guez (Universidade de Vigo), xulia.sanchez@uvigo.gal Description: Agreement has been at the center of linguistic debate for a long time. In the case of English, its reduced morphological system has possibly fostered research in subject-verb agreement from different perspectives: theoretical, geographical, cognitive-based, among others. In fact, a wide range of phenomena have/has received

The recent advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), especially large language models (LLMs), has affected society as a whole, including the scientific field. This volume of Working Papers in Linguistics is dedicated to studies that aim to reflect on the two-way relationship between AI and sociolinguistics: on the one hand, the use of automated tools in research practice鈥攕uch as interview transcription, linguistic annotation, variant classification, and large-scale data analysis; and on the o

One 4-year PhD position in the project 鈥楥yclicity in Inflectional Morphology鈥� as part of the DFG Research Unit 鈥楥yclic Optimization鈥� Starting date: March 1, 2026 Salary: Fully Funded Position Deadline: december 15, 2025 The DFG Research Unit 鈥楥yclic Optimization鈥� starting its second phase on March 1 2026 with 13 new research positions explores the interaction of cyclicity and optimization in all areas of grammar: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The position announced here i

Onomastics Online 11 December 2025 17:00-18:00 (UTC+2) Microsoft Teams (preregistration required): https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8e439fdc-aff5-414a-b733-7ec07d273768@8efc1bb9-b90f-4a48-bf6c-ba0686193b80 Speaker: Rethabile Possa (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Moderator: Chrismi-Rinda Loth (University of the Free State, South Africa) OFFSPRING OF AN OUTCAST: THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMING AMONG THE BASOTHO ABSTRACT: This study explores the cultural context of

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is looking for participants aged 18鈥�50 who have a medium鈥揾igh level of English, Spanish, and French (in any order). The study is conducted online, lasts approximately 1 hour, and participants will receive 15 euros as compensation. During the study, you will read short texts in the three languages while your voice is recorded. For more information, or if you are interested in taking part, please contact: h.hu@bcbl.eu

Description: The DFG Research Unit 鈥楥yclic Optimization鈥� starting its second phase on March 1 2026 with 13 new research positions explores the interaction of cyclicity and optimization in all areas of grammar: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The Post-Doc position announced here is part of the subproject 鈥歁orpho-syntactic strata of tone鈥� (PIs: Eva Zimmermann and Jochen Trommer). The subproject investigates tonal morpho-phonology and develops the novel theory of 鈥濰armonic Layer Th

Call for Papers: The Workshop on Aspect and Argument Structure of Adverbs/Adjectives and Prepositions/Participles WAASAP is an international Workshop series that takes place biannually focussing on the aspect and argument structure of adjectives and participles and adverbs and prepositions. 鈥� The 2026 edition is hosted in Paris by the research group Structures formelles du langage (UMR 7023, CNRS & Universit茅 Paris 8) on 18-19 June 2026. 鈥� Keynote Speakers: 鈥�- Ane Berro (Universidad de De

How do languages capture and represent the sounds of the world? Is this a universal phenomenon? Drawing from data taken from 124 different languages, this innovative book offers a detailed exploration of onomatopoeia, that are imagic icons of sound events. It provides comprehensive analysis from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, and identifies the prototypical semiotic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, word-formation, and socio-pragmatic features of onomatopoeia. Supported with

Description: The Department of Linguistics at Yale University is looking to hire a Lecturer in Historical Linguistics, with a 3-year appointment, beginning July 1, 2026. The Lecturer will offer introductory and advanced courses and advise student research in historical linguistics/language change at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The teaching expectation is normally 4 courses per academic year, plus advising responsibilities. The focus of the courses would be historical linguistics/l

Kren-M鈩� is Meghalaya鈥檚 first foundational AI model and the first open-source bilingual large language model (LLM) built specifically for Khasi (ISO 639-3: kha), an Austroasiatic language spoken by ~1.4 million people across Meghalaya, Northeast India, and parts of Bangladesh. Khasi is an analytic, verb-initial language with rich derivational morphology, phonemic aspiration and glottal contrasts, and a long literary history. Despite official status in Meghalaya, Khasi has never been represente

Other Specialties: Intersection of introductory cognitive science with linguistics (including but not limited to psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, or cognitive systems. Description: The Department of Cognitive Science in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position beginning Fall 2026. This position is a one-year appointment, with the possibility of renewal based o

I鈥檓 writing to invite you to participate in a research survey I鈥檓 conducting with Sharon Unsworth (Radboud). The survey is part of a study on perceived challenges in public engagement. It鈥檚 not targeting the usual stuff about barriers to public engagement like lack of time or incentives, but about the actual content of our work that can make it feel tough to connect with members of the public. On average, this survey takes about 20 minutes to complete (but could range between 10-30 minutes, d

Call for Papers: The third edition of MMSYM continues the symposium series on multimodal communication previously held in Frankfurt am Main (2024) and Barcelona (2023). The symposium aims at gaining insights into the interaction and/or co-dependence of semiotic resources in spoken and signed language. To advance our understanding of communication, the symposium aims at further integrating multimodality as an integral part of linguistics and cognitive science. This overarching goal of the symp

Call for Papers: The Manchester Forum in Linguistics (MFiL) is an annual conference for postgraduate students and early-career researchers in all fields of Linguistics. The aim of the conference is to share current theoretical and methodological linguistic work and provide information and advice for postgraduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and others in the early stages of their scientific career, through oral and poster presentations, plenary talks, and a careers panel. The MFiL websit

Call for Papers: International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG XVI) will host a workshop on language iconicity A WINDOW INTO URSCH脰PFUNG: PRIMARY ICONIC COINAGE IN SPOKEN LANGUAGES this year. We invite scholars of ideophones and onomatopoeia, etymologists, lexicologists and language typologists to share their expertise in primary iconic coinage in spoken languages (comparative research on iconicity spoken vs. signed languages is also very welcome). Abstract Submission: We

Call for Papers: We are living in a transformative era, characterised by technological innovation, social change, and widespread uncertainty. Global transformations and digital acceleration are affecting education and communication, opening new pathways for language teaching, learning, and intercultural engagement. In these complex times, Language Centres face growing demands: providing learners with effective communication skills, supporting inclusive education, and fostering intercultural u

Official Journal of the Research Institute for Translation Studies, Allameh Tabataba鈥檌 University, Tehran, Iran The Translation and Interpreting Research (TIR) journal invites submissions of original research articles that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and innovation in the fields of translation and interpreting studies. As the official publication of the Research Institute for Translation Studies at Allameh Tabataba鈥檌 University, TIR provides an international, open-access platform

The Research Group Monumenta Linguae Vasconum (MLV) and the University of the Basque Country are pleased to announce that the First International Conference on the History of Basque (ICHB1) will take place next week in Gasteiz, from 25鈥�27 November 2025. The first quarter of this century has been a productive period for the study of the history of the Basque language, marked by significant advances in text editing, historical dialectology, and linguistic reconstruction, among other areas. Hist