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Mon, 03/23/2026 - 12:05
In the age of ecological crisis, language and discourse are emerging as a new battleground in the environmental debate. With the rise of new environmentalist movements and their subsequent backlash, we are now exposed to a plethora of different and often opposing discourses on the environmental crisis and our relationship with nature. This book argues for the need to develop classroom practices which aid students in critically reviewing and evaluating different perspectives on discourses of envi

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 12:05
In Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), paradigmatic relations are formalised in system networks. This book provides a practical, step-by-step guide to designing system networks for language description, one of the key aspects of SFL theory and analysis. Including examples from English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish, and exercises with answer keys for each of the main chapters, this book offers a broad coverage and guides learners through the process of designing system networks for the purpo

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 11:05
Language resources are the foundation of linguistic research and NLP. Corpora, lexicons, annotated datasets, benchmarks, and models are produced at an unprecedented pace. Yet their long-term stewardship, interoperability, and reuse remain inconsistent and often fragile. Rapid creation has outpaced sustainable design. This workshop aims to bring together researchers, infrastructure providers, data stewards, and policy actors who are committed to building durable language resource ecosystems. We a

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 11:05
We are pleased to announce that registration (free but required) for the conference "Parameters of Language Staging: Forms, Functions, and Multimodal Dynamics of Staged Discourse" (PLS8), to be held on Thursday, May 21, and Friday, May 22, 2026, at the University of Paris Nanterre, is open until April 20. The conference program and registration form are available on the conference website: https://pls8.sciencesconf.org/

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 11:05
Kilmer is a free, browser-based tool for creating syntactic tree diagrams in the generative framework. It requires no installation or account, running entirely in the browser as a single-file web application. You can access Kilmer here: https://carlosgonzalezvergara.github.io/kilmer/ Its central design principle is direct visual editing. Unlike most tree-drawing tools, which require users to write bracket notation or code and then render the result, Kilmer works as a WYSIWYG editor. Nodes

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 10:05
Call for Papers: Extended abstract deadline: 3rd April 2026 Northern Englishes is a series of workshops focused on dialects of English associated with the linguistic ‘north’ of the UK. We are delighted to announce that the 11th Northern Englishes Workshop (NEW11) will take place in York from 9th-10th September 2026 at The Guildhall, a stunning 15th century building right in the heart of York city centre. We are adopting a fairly loose definition of what constitutes 'northern Englishes

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 10:05
(English below) Chèr.e.s collègues, Je vous invite à participer à une étude portant sur les phrases interrogatives en français parlé. Le titre de l’étude est « La forme et le sens des questions en français ». Elle fait partie de ma thèse de spécialisation au niveau de baccalauréat. Il s’agit de répondre à un sondage en ligne d’une durée approximative de 10 minutes. Toutes les informations recueillies dans le cadre de cette enquête seront traitées de façon confidentielle et anonyme. Il s

Mon, 03/23/2026 - 10:05
Call for Papers: Implicit arguments – participants in an event or relation that are not overtly realized but are nonetheless interpreted and syntactically active – pose persistent challenges for theories of argument structure, linking, and the syntax-semantics interface. Canonical examples include, among others, the unexpressed external argument of passives (The ship was sunk), null internal arguments of certain transitive verbs (Tom already ate), and unsaturated thematic roles in deverbal no

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 17:05
Summary The course book, entitled ‘Morphosyntaxe du français- Approche générative’, co-authored by Omar Gamboa Gonzalez and Juvenal Ndayiragije, consists of a foreword, an introduction and ten chapters. Each chapter begins with a summary of its objectives and ends with a section of concluding remarks and a section of exercises. The ten chapters are followed by an appendix, a bilingual glossary, the exercise solutions, the references and an index. The target audience of the book is said to

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 17:05
SUMMARY This volume investigates discourse about (nonhuman) animals, in particular anthropocentric representations and behaviour. Studying discourse on animals matters because language both reflects and shapes beliefs, which in turn serve to justify “human exceptionalism” – the idea that humans stand apart from other species – and a view of animals’ worth primarily in terms of their value in our economy (p.2). The book is meant to be of interest both to linguists and non linguists, and it is

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 16:05
English has become a pervasive feature of everyday life in Norway, where it functions across a wide range of domains, including education, media, digital communication, commerce, and public space. Norwegians rank among the most proficient speakers of English worldwide. The country consistently scores high on the EF English Proficiency Index, a global statistic on English language skills in countries where it is not the first language of the majority of the population. In 2025, Norway ranked 5th

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 16:05
We are delighted to invite you to attend the third workshop of the EXREAN project* at Freie Universität Berlin, focusing on individual differences in pragmatic processing. Pragmatic processing plays a central role in how speakers and hearers arrive at intended meanings in context. In everyday communication, language users routinely infer speakers’ intentions, resolve underspecification, enrich meanings, align perspectives, and negotiate common ground. These processes are not only fundamental

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 16:05
2nd Call for Papers: We are inviting proposals for presentations at the 21st Annual Meeting of Slavic Linguistics Society to be held at Seoul National University (Korea), from August 12 to 14, 2026. Papers dealing with any aspect of Slavic linguistics, within any theoretical framework or methodological approach, are welcome. The abstract submission deadline is April 15, 2026. Keynote Speakers: John F. Bailyn (Stony Brook University) Hana Filip (Heinrich Heine Universität) Motoki Nomachi

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 15:05
Fully Funded PhD Positions in Romance Languages (Linguistics or Literature) The Department of Romance Studies and Classics at Stockholm University, Sweden, invites applications for fully funded PhD positions in Linguistics or Literature in Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese. Doctoral candidates are employed on a full-time basis for up to four years. The positions include a monthly salary and full exemption from tuition fees. The programmes offer interdisciplinary training and participa

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 15:05
Focus: The programme will explore the interplay between case, binding, and agreement syntactically, and look at distinct discourse strategies with special reference to the syntax and semantics of particles. The teaching faculty will consist of the following experts in formal linguistics: Ashwini Deo University of Texas, Austin Topic: Discourse strategies with special focus on Indo-Aryan languages Troy Messick Rutgers University Topic: Case, binding, agreement, concord, noun/adposition

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 15:05
Hi! I’m a PhD student in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge. For my PhD project, I’m currently looking for participants for an online study on how people describe cartoons in different languages. What’s involved? You’ll complete a series of language tasks (including describing cartoons). The study takes about 60 minutes. Compensation: You’ll receive £10 for your time. Who can take part? Native speaker of French or German Aged 18–35 Loca

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 14:05
Call for Papers: Keynote with Charlotte Bosseaux with a Screening and Q&A of Surviving Translation Roundtable discussion with poets and translators Anna Błasiak, Maria Jastrzębska, and Piotr Florczyk Political literature encapsulates and brings to light how the political permeates our everyday lives and situations, using a range of literary devices and genres as tools to share ideas and observations, thus actively taking part into shaping societies and individuals. As there are laws suppo

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 14:05
Basque is a language of central importance to linguists because it is a 'language isolate,' a rare type of language that is typologically 'alone' and cannot be classified as a part of any language family. Language isolates remain somewhat a mystery, and this book aims to provide an important piece of the puzzle, by both exploring the structure of Basque and shedding new light on its unique place within the languages of the world. It meticulously examines various properties of Basque, including

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 14:05
For more than a decade, linguistics has moved increasingly away from evaluating language as an autonomous phenomenon, towards analysing it 'in use', and showing how its function within its social and interactional context plays an important role in shaping in its form. Bringing together state-of-the-art research from some of the most influential scholars in linguistics today, this Handbook presents an extensive picture of the study of language as it used 'in context' across a number of key lingu

Fri, 03/20/2026 - 13:05
This engaging textbook provides a unique introduction to language and society, by showing students how to tap into the linguistic resources of their communities. Assuming no prior experience of linguistics, it begins with chapters on introductory methods and ethics, creating a foundation for students to think of themselves as linguists. It then offers students the sociolinguistics tools they need to look both locally and globally at language and the social issues with which it interacts. The boo

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