Focus: Forensic linguistics, forensic speech science, and artificial intelligence
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The theme of this year's Forensics Summer School will be protection, privacy, and proactive synthesis. In different words, we鈥檙e looking at questions like: is it possible to protect our voices from malicious actors who might want to clone us whilst still being recognisable to people around us? Further along the scale, can AI keep our identities fully withheld in sensitive contexts such as when we
2026. iii, 149 pp.
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Articles
(Self-)censorship of sex-related language in translated young adult novels from English into Indonesian depicting sexual assault
Lidya Pawestri Ayuningtyas
pp.鈥�291鈥�312
Integrating subtitling training into a general translation programme to enhance students鈥� translation competence in Hong Kong
Wenjing Li & Xiaolu Wang
pp.鈥�313鈥�339
Fusion and 鈥渃ontra fusion鈥�: On translating ekphrastic poetry in Edward Hopper, Ernest Farr茅s, and Law
2026. iii, 110 pp.
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Articles
Role of pragmatic instruction and individual differences variables in determining level of pragmatic competence
Vahid Rafieyan
pp.鈥�1鈥�24
The influence of closeness and anonymity on peer feedback
Stachus Peter Tu
pp.鈥�25鈥�51
Seeing multilingual learner agency and interactional competence in second language classroom interactions: Through a multimodal examination of the humor construction
Yumi Matsumoto
pp.鈥�52鈥�84
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Invites readers to undertake active leadership addressing equity in their own contexts.
Aimed at educators and community members seeking to build an anti-racist society, this book examines lived teaching and researching experiences which illustrate and challenge the inequities that arise in classrooms with diverse student bodies. The authors draw on the constructs of intersectionality and complexity to examine complex issues of race, language variety, religious practice, educational backgroun
A practical guide combining theory and best teaching practices to enable teachers to support multilingual learners to reach a level of deeper, conceptual understanding.
This book guides educators through a concept-based curriculum designed to foster deep, enduring understanding for multilingual learners. The authors provide language scaffolds for this curriculum to allow all students to develop conceptual understanding and the ability to express it in multiple languages. The book opens with t
Offers both a guide in restorative narrative methods for use with marginalised and exploited groups, and examples of what successful, guided work can look like in practice.
This book is a groundbreaking introduction to restorative intercultural practices. It explores the understanding of the narration and positionality of the researcher in a more-than-human world. Following a collaborative, call and response structure, the book explores how Indigenous people and refugees can lead the developm
The Department of English Philology at the University of Zielona G贸ra is pleased to announce a scientific conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of English philology at the University of Zielona G贸ra.
The conference "Contemporary Perspectives on Language and Literatures in English" aims to bring together young and established scholars giving them a venue for reexamining the focus, content, boundaries and interconnections between disciplines within the broad area of English Studies. Part
First bilingual volume on family engagement in multilingual education, providing evidence of the need for schools to work with Latinx families, communities and students, to the benefit of all involved.
This book examines the significance of family engagement policies and practices within culturally and linguistically diverse schooling contexts, through English and Spanish chapters which explore these alianzas familiares/family alliances in a variety of multilingual contexts.
It employs a w
Timely and important revised edition of a significant, influential classic text which is still peerless in the field.
This new edition builds on Jane Willis鈥檚 classic textbook to reflect the changing needs and priorities of language teachers in today鈥檚 classrooms. The book has been revised and expanded to reflect the widespread use of technology and the internet in language classrooms, as well as recent debates and developments in research on language learning.
The book maintains the pract
The Department of English Philology at the University of Zielona G贸ra is pleased to announce a scientific conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of English philology at the University of Zielona G贸ra.
The conference "Contemporary Perspectives on Language and Literatures in English" aims to bring together young and established scholars giving them a venue for reexamining the focus, content, boundaries and interconnections between disciplines within the broad area of English Studies. Part
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The organizing committee of New Ways of Analyzing Variation 54 (NWAV 54) invites abstract submissions for the conference to be held at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al from October 22 to 24, 2026.
Since its first meeting in 1972, NWAV has served as a major international forum for research on language variation and change. The conference brings together scholars interested in understanding how linguistic practices vary across speakers, communities, and social contexts, and how su
Call for Papers:
The conference provides a dynamic platform for scholars, researchers, and practitioners from around the world to share their work and exchange ideas in the field of linguistics. It aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and promote the exploration of current theoretical and applied issues in language research. Participants will have the opportunity to present their findings, engage in academic discussions, and establish connections with colleagues from the international li
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The conference serves as a platform for educators from around the world to share their experiences in teaching foreign languages to both young and adult learners across a variety of settings. This year鈥檚 online event focuses on inclusive practices that empower diverse learners and support equitable access to language education. Participants will gain practical strategies, discover innovative tools, and connect with a global community committed to creating welcoming learner-ce
Contemporary migration is a phenomenon shaped by histories of displacement, changing work opportunities, geopolitical shifts, global inequalities, and the climate emergency. As people migrate, they navigate new social, cultural, political, and linguistic terrains. A large proportion of people who migrate for better opportunities elsewhere tend to be at the mercy of forces of power both at the origin and in the destination. In the process, their identities are reshaped across roots (heritage and
The study of cross-linguistic variability between languages has been a central question in linguistic theory and has delivered important insights into language. This focus on cross-linguistic variation is essential for formulating and testing linguistic theories: A theory of grammar should be a theory of all possible human grammars. Similarly, a theory of the psychology of language should be based on cross-linguistic evidence: Although grammars are language-specific, speakers' minds and brains a
Contemporary migration is a phenomenon shaped by histories of displacement, changing work opportunities, geopolitical shifts, global inequalities, and the climate emergency. As people migrate, they navigate new social, cultural, political, and linguistic terrains. A large proportion of people who migrate for better opportunities elsewhere tend to be at the mercy of forces of power both at the origin and in the destination. In the process, their identities are reshaped across roots (heritage and
The study of cross-linguistic variability between languages has been a central question in linguistic theory and has delivered important insights into language. This focus on cross-linguistic variation is essential for formulating and testing linguistic theories: A theory of grammar should be a theory of all possible human grammars. Similarly, a theory of the psychology of language should be based on cross-linguistic evidence: Although grammars are language-specific, speakers' minds and brains a
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This fifth edition of the Globalising Sociolinguistics conference series focusses on the sociolinguistics of formal as well as informal L2 language learning. This year, the conference is organized by the Faculty of Humanities at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and will be held in a hybrid format.
Below are some suggestions for themes of the papers.
- Language policing inside and outside the L2 classroom
- Online language learning
- Using the L1 as langua
Following the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Spanish Bilingual Lexicography held at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Granada on June 2023, we are pleased to announce the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Bilingual Spanish Lexicography (BIL.LEX26). It will be held on 26-27 May 2026 at the same venue.
This conference continue the research into recent bilingual dictionaries, focusing on one of the gaps identified in studies of Spanish lexicograph
We invite the submission of long and short papers, as well as system demonstrations, related to all aspects of Natural Language Generation (NLG), including data-to-text, concept-to-text, text-to-text and vision-to-text approaches. Accepted papers will be presented as oral talks or posters.
The event is organized under the auspices of the Special Interest Group on Natural Language Generation (SIGGEN) of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). The event will be held from October 17