Identity is not something we have, it is something we do. It emerges in discourse, takes shape through interaction and becomes legible through the semiotic resources we bring into play across contexts. From everyday conversation to institutional communication, from digital platforms to embodied practices, identity is continuously performed, negotiated and contested.
In contemporary societies marked by mobility, digital mediation and ecological crisis, identity is increasingly fluid, relationa
The conference “Shape – in Language and Cognition” brings together international researchers to examine the role of shape in visual perception, conceptual development, and linguistic structure. This event marks the launch of the ERC-funded SHAPE project (ERC SynergyGrant – ID 101167183).
June 8–9, 2026
Auditorium Georges Dumézil, INALCO, Paris
Free access | Online participation available:
https://zoom.us/j/98346033268 | Passcode: 024336
Shape is a prominent feature of the visual worl
Focus: The program is organized around five key themes in the field:
- Psychology of reasoning (May, 27-28)
- Linguistics (May, 29)
- Logic (June, 2-3)
- Cognitive architectures (June, 4)
- Computer science and artificial intelligence (June, 8, 9 and 10)
Description:
9 school days spread over 3 weeks: May,27 to June,10 2026
Our summer school aims to present research in several major areas of contemporary research on knowledge, reasoning, and decision-making, adopting a resolutely int
I would like to share Style Scalpel, a free forensic stylometric AI-text analysis system developed from my research in computational and forensic linguistics.
Style Scalpel is designed for exploratory comparison of human-written and AI-generated texts using interpretable stylometric features. The system focuses on transparent linguistic evidence rather than black-box detector output.
The project currently includes:
- a live web interface
- a Windows desktop release
- GitHub documentat
The Center of Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (CLUL, https://www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en) is calling for expressions of interest from researchers working in any of CLUL's areas of research (http://www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en/research) who fulfil the conditions to apply to the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) 2026 call. As host institution, CLUL welcomes applications for both European Fellowships and Global Fellowships. More information on these fellowships is found at http
2025. v, 107 pp.
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Introduction
Towards an integrated approach to heritage languages in multilingual education policies: The case of Geneva
Claire de Goumo?ns, Laurent Gajo & Myriam Radhouane
pp.?229–241
Articles – Artículos – Aufs?tze – Artikoloj
Aper?u statistique et démographique des élèves allophones à Genève
Aurélie Pont & Marion Dutrévis
pp.?242–269
Estruturas de acolhimento, ensino regular e ensino de língua de heran?a: Rumo a uma política articula
2025. iii, 104 pp.
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Articles
Experienced saudade in times of COVID-19 pandemic
Félix Neto, Joana Neto & Etienne Mullet
pp.?209–227
Russian culture (rather than grammatical gender) influences artistic personifications
Ahmed Abdel-Raheem, Tatiana Permyakova & Ekaterina Pozdeeva
pp.?228–250
A clash of ‘Prides’ in Chinese-English bilinguals
Fung Yee Chun & Bee Chin Ng
pp.?251–289
On the pragmatics of praising: How gender movements in Africa celebrate wome
2026. iii, 132 pp.
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Articles
Chinese Russian language teachers’ agency in response to the New Liberal Arts policy: An ecological perspective
Yuan Tao & Lei Cai
pp.?1–25
ASR-based system for promoting pronunciation: Promoting collaborative approach for higher education ELF learners
Sariani Sariani, Mutia El Khairat, Welsi Haslina & Baety Baetty
pp.?26–44
Implementing translanguaging strategies in the English writing classroom in higher education: A systemati
2026. iii, 167 pp.
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Articles
The syntactic and semantic features of the “X zhōng de [中的] X” construction in modern Chinese and its motivations
Xu Wen, Zichang Dong & Shuyan Yang
pp.?1–37
Mandarin donkey conditionals: In defense of the null hypothesis
Hang Kuang & Haihua Pan
pp.?38–68
Predicting semantic transparency of Chinese QIEs using distributional semantics and lexical frequency
Lin Ruo & Stephen Skalicky
pp.?69–99
Exceptive construction: Pragma-
2026. iii, 145 pp.
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Articles
Group level and individual differences in second language sentence processing
Ian Cunnings
pp.?251–277
Age of onset does not matter for bilingual children’s understanding of late-acquired phenomena: The case of temporal connectives
Christos Makrodimitris & Petra Schulz
pp.?278–306
The acquisition of L3 Scandinavian impacts word order in advanced L2 English: Regressive cross-linguistic influence in verb-particle constructions
An
We are pleased to announe that our Doctoral Network Project Joint Doctorates (2025) ? Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society ? (MultiLAwa) has been selected and will be funded by the European Union.
Start of the project: September 1st, 2026
Start of the PhD theses: November 1st, 2026
Start of the application campaign: May 20th, 2026
Website : www.multilawa.eu
Online Info-Session for all applicants: Tuesday 16 June 2026, at 2:00 pm (CEST)
MultiLAwa is an int
Doctoral position in project A08 (f/m/x) | Collaborative Research Centre 1252 "Prominence in Language", University of Cologne, Germany
Project A08 “The Role of Pauses in Prominence Marking” of the Collaborative Research Centre 1252 “Prominence in Language“ (CRC 1252) seeks to fill a doctoral position. The position is available from 1 August 2026 on a part-time basis (25,89 hours per week). The position is to be filled for a fixed term until 31 July 2029. If the applicant meets the relevant wa
The goal of the Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE) is to serve as a professional development forum tailored to the needs of post-secondary language educators, which will not only help to enhance the quality of language programs but also provide opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration. During the symposium, we will host talks and sessions about different aspects of language teaching and program administration in higher education settings. Both practice-oriente
ICMC-2026 will take place in a hybrid format at the University of La Rioja (Logro?o, Spain) from November 4 to 6, 2026. It is organized by members of the research project "Lexical blending and cognitive modeling: Developing a theory-driven analytical database", funded by the Spanish State Research Agency and the research group Riojan Research Group on Semantics, Syntax and Language Use (Grupo Riojano de Investigación en Semántica, Sintaxis y Uso del Lenguaje, GRISSU) at the University of La Rioj
The LexESP Research Group at the University of Alicante is pleased to announce the International Conference on Language, Nutrition and Health, to be held in November 2026. The event is organized within the framework of the research project Clear Labels, Healthy Choices: Literacy, Bilingual Resources and Community Empowerment, which explores clarity, transparency, and effectiveness in food-related communication.
In contemporary societies, food labeling, nutritional guidelines, and health commu
The goal of the Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE) is to serve as a professional development forum tailored to the needs of post-secondary language educators, which will not only help to enhance the quality of language programs but also provide opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration. During the symposium, we will host talks and sessions about different aspects of language teaching and program administration in higher education settings. Both practice-oriente
ICMC-2026 will take place in a hybrid format at the University of La Rioja (Logro?o, Spain) from November 4 to 6, 2026. It is organized by members of the research project "Lexical blending and cognitive modeling: Developing a theory-driven analytical database", funded by the Spanish State Research Agency and the research group Riojan Research Group on Semantics, Syntax and Language Use (Grupo Riojano de Investigación en Semántica, Sintaxis y Uso del Lenguaje, GRISSU) at the University of La Rioj
The LexESP Research Group at the University of Alicante is pleased to announce the International Conference on Language, Nutrition and Health, to be held in November 2026. The event is organized within the framework of the research project Clear Labels, Healthy Choices: Literacy, Bilingual Resources and Community Empowerment, which explores clarity, transparency, and effectiveness in food-related communication.
In contemporary societies, food labeling, nutritional guidelines, and health commu
Stable perception of spectral information across contexts: From normalization to adaptive category representations
Time: Thursday 11 June, 8.30-12.00
Place: P?rlan, Campus Albano (House 1, floor 6)
One of the striking features of human speech perception is its stability: despite substantial between-talker differences arising from variation in vocal tract physiology, language background, and social factors, listeners typically understand speech with relative ease. This workshop focuses on th
The organizing committee of "Recontextualisation et Médiation des Discours Spécialisés / Recontextualisation and Mediation of Specialised Discourses" invites abstract submissions for the conference to be held at the Université Grenoble-Alpes from January 20 to 22, 2027.
This conference aims to explore the mediation of specialized discourse as interdiscursive recontextualization. By recontextualization, we mean the reformulation and recreation of meaning across and between different genres an