The Language Attrition Network meets once a month (from October to June) in a 1-hour online session to discuss projects, papers, and chapters related to Language Attrition. You can see our past and next meetings here: https://languageattrition.org/language-attrition-network/
We would like to invite you to our next session, the last one of this academic year: Friday 12th, June, at 14:00 CET (13:00 UK), entitled "Phonetic Drift vs. Phonetic Attrition 鈥� same phenomena, different names?" by Erdin
I enclose the link to the interview with Diane Larsen-Freeman on " Second Language Development".
https://tv.uvigo.es/video/6a1937f878c6aead6558a912?track_id=6a193da178c6aead74060d52
Abstract:
This interview discusses the shift from traditional views of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) to more dynamic perspectives on Second Language Development (SLD). Early theories based on Universal Grammar viewed language learning as guided by innate principles, while connectionism and usage-based model
I do not doubt that there are languages where the WORD for '20' is etymologically something like '(whole) person', which fact is constantly cited as proof that those people counted fingers AND TOES. But two questions: (1) is there a language that actually has a numeral that etymologically derives from a word for toe? (2) Has anyone observed people counting on fingers and toes?
This volume posits that evidentials and other types of epistemic marking (i.e. epistemics) are deictic forms, indexing knowledge representation and attribution, and need to be analysed in context. The volume adopts an interaction- and discourse-based perspective to the study of meaning and distribution of epistemics in a varied sample of languages. Its primary aim is to further our understanding of epistemics by addressing three main analytical challenges: (1) the context-sensitivity of epistemi
Call for Papers:
The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the International Thematic Conference of Language Education Research and Applications, Language Education 2026, to be held online from 24-26 June 2026.
The primary aim of the conference is to advance key areas of language education, welcoming at the same time innovative approaches to related research and applications.
The Language Education 2026 conference envisions a vibrant platform for
Call for Papers:
The Center for Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology (CRISSP) of KU Leuven invites abstracts for the 18th edition of the Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics (BCGL18) and the third edition of the Expressivity workshop (Expressivity 3), to be held on 10鈥�11 December 2026 in Brussels. BCGL 18/Expressivity 3 is devoted to morphosyntactic variation and expressivity. We are pleased to announce that the following invited speakers have agreed to give a talk at BCGL 18
Call for Papers:
Last Call for International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 16) symposia presentations: deadline is June 30th 2026.
International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 16), to be held on June 14-18, 2027 in Saskatoon, Canada is issuing the last call for Symposia. Our theme for ISB 16 is 鈥淟anguages in Academia and in Communities鈥�. ISB is the most significant conference in the field of bi/multilingualism. Its formats include oral presentations, posters and symposia. Only the call f
Description:
CLA position in Linguistics with specialization in phonology and child language acquisition; additional focus in computational linguistics
The Department of Linguistics and Languages of McMaster University invites applications for a two-year Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) position in phonology and child language acquisition; with expertise in computational linguistics as an asset at the level of Assistant Professor. The position will commence on January 1st, 2027. A
Call for Papers:
We are happy to annouce Prof. Sophie Scott and Prof. Mark. Dingemanse as keynote speakers.
We invite submissions for SemDial 2026 鈥� LuffDial, the 30th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue at Loughborough University, Loughborough UK. This conference brings together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue across diverse disciplines, including formal semantics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology,
This special issue aims to bridge the gap between the scientific disciplines of multilingual language research, experimental psycholinguistics, and computational cognitive science. Computational modelling has long been a highly influential research method in the study of human language processing. In the last decade or so, the impact of computational simulations has further increased with the emergence of models with human-scale knowledge of language statistics as well as the availability of lar
Call for Papers:
Submission Deadline Extended
June 1, 2026 --> June 5, 2026
Online Event on Experimental Linguistics
Hosted by Dr. Anastasia Gerasimova and Prof. Ekaterina Lyutikova
The program features three keynote talks and a Showcase Session for early-career researchers.
Invited Speakers:
Jennifer Culbertson (University of Edinburgh)
Ellen Lau (University of Maryland)
Jana Willer-Gold (University of Oxford)
Call for Showcase Presentations:
In addition to the keynote l
Vocab@Hiroshima 2027, an international conference on vocabulary research, will be held in Hiroshima, Japan. The Summer School runs 13 to 14 September and the main conference 15 to 17 September 2027.
The conference brings together researchers, teachers, and postgraduate students with an interest in vocabulary, from acquisition and assessment through to teaching and use.
Key Dates:
30 November 2026: call for papers posted and submission portal opens
15 February 2027: abstract submission de
We are extremely pleased and proud to announce the JohanFest: a symposium in honour of our colleague and friend Johan Rooryck on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Johan is well known for both his achievements in (Romance) linguistics, his widely publicized resignation from Elsevier as the editor of Lingua and subsequent foundation of the Open Access journal Glossa. and his strong advocacy for Open Access. With this symposium we hope to do justice to the full breadth of Johan鈥檚 work.
The symp
Praha 2005 鈥� Liblice 2007 鈥� Mannheim 2009 鈥� Praha 2012 鈥� Warszawa 2014 鈥� Mannheim 2016 鈥� Paris 2018 鈥� Krak贸w 2020 鈥� Gent 2022 鈥� R墨ga 2025 ...
... D眉sseldorf 2027!
We are are happy to invite you to the 11th International Conference on Grammar and Corpora (GaC11), which is scheduled to take place June 30 鈥� July 2nd, 2027, at Heinrich Heine University D眉sseldorf.
GaC is a vibrant international forum for research that connects corpus linguistics and the study of grammar 鈥� both understood v
Vocab@Hiroshima 2027, an international conference on vocabulary research, will be held in Hiroshima, Japan. The Summer School runs 13 to 14 September and the main conference 15 to 17 September 2027.
The conference brings together researchers, teachers, and postgraduate students with an interest in vocabulary, from acquisition and assessment through to teaching and use.
Key Dates:
30 November 2026: call for papers posted and submission portal opens
15 February 2027: abstract submission de
We are extremely pleased and proud to announce the JohanFest: a symposium in honour of our colleague and friend Johan Rooryck on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Johan is well known for both his achievements in (Romance) linguistics, his widely publicized resignation from Elsevier as the editor of Lingua and subsequent foundation of the Open Access journal Glossa. and his strong advocacy for Open Access. With this symposium we hope to do justice to the full breadth of Johan鈥檚 work.
The symp
Praha 2005 鈥� Liblice 2007 鈥� Mannheim 2009 鈥� Praha 2012 鈥� Warszawa 2014 鈥� Mannheim 2016 鈥� Paris 2018 鈥� Krak贸w 2020 鈥� Gent 2022 鈥� R墨ga 2025 ...
... D眉sseldorf 2027!
We are are happy to invite you to the 11th International Conference on Grammar and Corpora (GaC11), which is scheduled to take place June 30 鈥� July 2nd, 2027, at Heinrich Heine University D眉sseldorf.
GaC is a vibrant international forum for research that connects corpus linguistics and the study of grammar 鈥� both understood v
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