The Syntax-Semantics Group will be meeting on Monday, February 24 at 3pm in Room 117 of the 不良研究所 linguistics department. Online participants can join with this link:聽https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/16ZiB1ATRMGSUxbkGOJGvw. Ina Zeng (不良研究所) will be discussing 鈥淢orphological Realization of Presuppositionality in Igala.鈥� Here is Ina鈥檚 abstract: In this talk I discuss the morphological realization of presuppositionality in Igala (Niger-Congo) […]
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Ein Vortrag dauert 20 Minuten. Im Anschluss gibt es eine un
Die spraWIEN ist eine transdisziplin盲re Tagung ohne thematischen Schwerpunkt an der Universit盲t Wien. Sie bietet Studierenden, Absolvent:innen als auch Interessierten die M枚glichkeit, Beitr盲ge aus allen Bereichen der Sprachwissenschaft und benachbarten Disziplinen vorzutragen. Egal ob Seminar-, Bachelor-, Master-, Diplomarbeit, Dissertation oder ein Thema, das dich aktuell interessiert: Du kannst einen Vortrag zu jedem Thema halten.
Ein Vortrag dauert 20 Minuten. Im Anschluss gibt es eine un
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Call for Papers:
Journal of Child Language issues a Call for Papers for a special issue on Later language development, guest edited by Ciara O'Toole (University College Cork, Ireland) and Ana L煤cia Santos (University of Lisbon, Portugal).
This special issue of the Journal of Child Language will focus on later language development, defined as language acquisition and use beyond early childhood, encompassing middle childhood through late adolescence. The issue will aim to advance our underst
This conference aims to support and promote research that significantly utilizes sources in Turkish or other Turkic languages by graduate students from fields including but not limited to literature, history, linguistics, language education and related fields at North American academic institutions. It also offers a collaborative platform for the student presenters to share their work and exchange research ideas with their peers and the colleagues in attendance from the field.
The AATT is
This conference aims to support and promote research that significantly utilizes sources in Turkish or other Turkic languages by graduate students from fields including but not limited to literature, history, linguistics, language education and related fields at North American academic institutions. It also offers a collaborative platform for the student presenters to share their work and exchange research ideas with their peers and the colleagues in attendance from the field.
The AATT is
Au-del脿 d鈥檜n usage de l鈥檃nglais comme lingua franca d茅sormais bien 茅tabli, les individus vivent des exp茅riences plurilingues diverses qui prennent place dans de nombreux contextes (professionnels, acad茅miques, relationnels, de loisirs, que ce soit en ligne ou en pr茅sentiel) et qui t茅moignent du caract猫re multilingue des interactions caract茅ristiques du monde d鈥檃ujourd鈥檋ui (Kalaja & Melo-Pfeifer, 2024). Cette pluralit茅 se retrouve dans de nombreuses offres de formation en langues 脿 l鈥檜niversit茅.
Au-del脿 d鈥檜n usage de l鈥檃nglais comme lingua franca d茅sormais bien 茅tabli, les individus vivent des exp茅riences plurilingues diverses qui prennent place dans de nombreux contextes (professionnels, acad茅miques, relationnels, de loisirs, que ce soit en ligne ou en pr茅sentiel) et qui t茅moignent du caract猫re multilingue des interactions caract茅ristiques du monde d鈥檃ujourd鈥檋ui (Kalaja & Melo-Pfeifer, 2024). Cette pluralit茅 se retrouve dans de nombreuses offres de formation en langues 脿 l鈥檜niversit茅.
Call for Papers:
Reminder and Update: The research project 鈥淭he Therapeutic Game鈥� (PI Stefan Rinner) funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and based at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Duisburg-Essen is organising an interdisciplinary two-day online conference on questions regarding language and its use in psychotherapeutic settings, to be held via Zoom on ***MAY 8 and 9*** (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN DATE!).
Our goal is to bring together researchers interested in this to
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Linguistics: An Introduction 3rd edition by William B. McGregor is a textbook aimed at presenting linguistics in a way to 鈥渟timulate [the reader鈥檚] understanding of the subject, rather than encourage mere rote memorization of facts鈥� (Preface). McGregor goes on in the preface to explain that he wrote the first edition to reflect his preferred 鈥渕anner of presentation, pedagogic philosophy, [and] the range and type of information presented and theoretical stance鈥�. At the beginning of the
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Douglas Bell鈥檚 book titled English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future is a welcome addition to the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in general particularly in the context of the United Kingdom , where the author is from. Together with his article (Bell, 2018), this work represents an important text to outsiders of those two contexts. The book in question, which is originally based on the author鈥檚 doctoral thesis, stays true to its title, t
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Ancient Languages Corpus Construction and Natural Language Processing for non-Chinese students. Advances in artificial intelligence present unprecedented opportunities to unlock the secrets of ancient texts, reconstruct fragmented languages, and bridge the gap between historical linguistics and modern technology. Ancient language documentation faces challenges such as decaying manuscripts, undeciphered scripts, and limited interdisciplinary collaboration. This project addresses the
Other Specialties: Syntax, Semantics, Phonology
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The Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland is looking to fill up to 2 positions for post-baccalaureate researcher assistants. Starting date for all positions is late Summer or Fall 2025. Salary is competitive, with benefits included. The positions would be ideal for individuals with a BA or BS degree who are interested in gaining significant research experience in a very active research group as preparation for a
[To see the International Sign version of the announcement, please visit: https://youtu.be/V0VwJzon7ZA]
As members of the Section for Sign Linguistics team at the University of Warsaw, we are pleased to share some information on the upcoming Sign CAF脡 3 conference (Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Explorations in Sign Language Linguistics) which will take place on September 18鈥�19, 2025 at the University of Warsaw.
This workshop has been set up at the University of Birmingham as a regul
[To see the International Sign version of the announcement, please visit: https://youtu.be/V0VwJzon7ZA]
As members of the Section for Sign Linguistics team at the University of Warsaw, we are pleased to share some information on the upcoming Sign CAF脡 3 conference (Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Explorations in Sign Language Linguistics) which will take place on September 18鈥�19, 2025 at the University of Warsaw.
This workshop has been set up at the University of Birmingham as a regul
The Linguistics and Language Studies Interdisciplinary Network of the GSA invites papers on topics relevant to linguistics and language in German Studies, broadly conceived. We seek to bring together transdisciplinary approaches to the study of both the German language in its various forms, periods, and functions and the study of minority languages of historical and political relevance to German Studies. We welcome papers from the diverse fields for which language is a central object of analysis
The Linguistics and Language Studies Interdisciplinary Network of the GSA invites papers on topics relevant to linguistics and language in German Studies, broadly conceived. We seek to bring together transdisciplinary approaches to the study of both the German language in its various forms, periods, and functions and the study of minority languages of historical and political relevance to German Studies. We welcome papers from the diverse fields for which language is a central object of analysis