Position Overview
The Department of Linguistics at Ohio State University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in Phonetics. The start date for the position is August 15, 2025. The ideal candidate will focus on amassing and using primary data to advance phonetic theory and cutting-edge research. Candidates with research involving innovative methods, fieldwork, language acquisition, and/or other areas which complement existing strengths in the Department are espe
The Department of Linguistics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 鈥� New Brunswick invites applications for a tenure-track position in Linguistics with a focus on Semantics and Pragmatics, at the level of Assistant Professor. Salary will be commensurate with experience. The position will begin on September 1, 2025.
The successful candidate will be engaged in a rich and productive research program in semantics, with the additional option of pragmatics, which contributes to the breadth
Andrei Munteanu presented the results of a聽project conducted by last year’s LING 630 class at the 8th International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics: Structure, Use, and Meaning (SUM) on September 20th, in Transilvania University of Bra葯ov (Romania).聽 Munteanu, Andrei; Kim, Andrea; LeBrun, Benjamin; LiVolsi, Simon & Jackson Mundie. “Partial voicing neutralization in unstressed stop-nasal […]
Our next meeting will be on聽September 23 at 10 AM in room 002.聽Meghan聽will be presenting the following paper (attached). Myers, E. B., Olson, H. E., & Scapetis-Tycer, J. (2024). Individual Differences in Accent Imitation. Open Mind, 8, 1084-1106. Abstract: All talkers show some flexibility in their speech, and the ability to imitate an unfamiliar accent […]
George Bennett (不良研究所) will present a talk 鈥淐ase and agreement in Scandinavian pancake sentences鈥�. The meeting will take place on Monday, September 23 at 3pm in Room 002 of the 不良研究所 linguistics department. George鈥檚 abstract is below: Pancake sentences are copula constructions in which the predicative adjective (e.g., yummy) bears default phi-features and the subject (e.g., pancakes) is interpreted as denoting a contextually […]
On the basis of analyzed examples from many languages, basic concepts of grammaticalization theory are explained. Grammaticalization is delimited against other types of variation and change. Degrees of grammaticalization are assessed by well-defined criteria and parameters. Many well-documented cases from different functional domains are analyzed in depth. Issues of directionality are settled on a theoretical basis. The cognitive bases of grammaticalization are identified.
At the intersection of Jewish studies and linguistic research, the essays assembled in this book approach the topic of the languages of Sephardic Jews from different perspectives, spanning chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on diverse sources 鈥� from medical glossaries to inquisition archives, from rabbinic responsa to recordings of today's speakers 鈥� the scholars collaborating on this project have endeavoured to reconstruct fragments of a complex and elusive linguis
Robert L. Rankin was a seminal figure in late 20th and early 21st centuries in the field of Siouan linguistics. His knowledge, like the papers he produced, was voluminous. We have gathered here a representation of his work that spans over thirty years. The papers presented here focus on both the languages Rankin studied in depth (Quapaw, Kansa, Biloxi, Ofo, and Tutelo) and comparative historical work on the Siouan language family in general. While many of the papers included have been previously
This book presents the first major study of ditransitives in Swedish. Using a combination of well-established and innovative corpus-based methods, the book reveals considerable changes in the constructional behaviour of ditransitive verbs over the course of the last 200 years. The key finding is that the use of the so-called double object construction has decreased dramatically in terms of frequency, lexical richness and semantic range. This development is parallelled by a decisive increase in p
Since the translation of the Septuagint in the 3rd century BCE, scholars have attempted to identify the stones that populate the biblical text. This study rejects the long-standing reliance on ancient translations for identifying biblical stones. Despite the evident contradictions and historical inconsistencies, scholars traditionally presumed these translations to be reliable. By departing from this approach, this volume presents a novel synthesis of comparative linguistics and archeogemologica
This book explores the evolution of modal constructions of necessity and obligation in New Englishes. Focusing on Singapore English, analysis of corpus data reveals lower levels of grammaticalization compared to its lexifier, British English. This trend is explained through the lenses of a 鈥減an-stratist鈥� model, which considers a spectrum of forces influencing the dynamics of contact. On the one hand, cognitive mechanisms seem to favour the selection of less grammaticalized (and more transparent)
The following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:
Alex D'Arcy (University of Victoria)
Mar铆a del Pilar Garc铆a Mayo (University of the Basque Country)
Daniela Landert (Heidelberg University)
Graeme Trousdale (University of Edinburgh)
Bernd Kortmann (University of Freiburg) [Presidential Address]
The following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:
Alex D'Arcy (University of Victoria)
Mar铆a del Pilar Garc铆a Mayo (University of the Basque Country)
Daniela Landert (Heidelberg University)
Graeme Trousdale (University of Edinburgh)
Bernd Kortmann (University of Freiburg) [Presidential Address]
Call for Papers:
We are delighted to announce that the University of Santiago de Compostela will host ISLE8 between 1 and 4 September 2025, with the conference theme English Linguistics on the Way: Expanding Horizons. The event, which aims to bring together researchers interested in any area of the study of the English language and of English linguistics, is organized by the research groups Variation, Linguistic Change and Grammaticalization (VLCG) and Spoken English Research Team at the Univer
The journal Asian Languages and Linguistics (ALaL), sponsored by the Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Beijing Normal University and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, has recently been included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). This significant milestone underscores the journal鈥檚 commitment to publishing high-quality research and its growing recognition within the academic community.
We warmly invite you, esteemed linguists and researchers specia
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home) invites you to a talk by Bianca Cepollaro (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele), Filippo Domaneschi (University of Genoa) and Isidora Stojanovic (Pompeu Fabra University/CNRS) entitled "Slurs across Syntactic Realizations. Experimental Evidence on Predicative vs. Ad-nominal Uses of Slurs". The talk will take place online on SEPTEMBER 23, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time and is part of the of STAL
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Journal of Pragmatics Jacob L. Mey and Hartmut Haberland Early Career Award for 2023:
Anna-Kaisa Jokipohja (Tampere University, Finland) for the article: Demonstrating and checking understanding 鈥� Bodily-visual resources in action formation and ascription
Ibi Reichl (University of East Anglia, UK) for the article: A closer look at refusers鈥� counters: Benefactive changes, design constraints, and interpersonal implications
Congratulations to the
The Editors of Ampersand are pleased to announce that the winners of the 2023 Best Paper Award are Roberto Filippi and Peter Bright for their article 鈥淎 cross-sectional developmental approach to bilingualism: Exploring neurocognitive effects across the lifespan鈥�. The winning article was selected by the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members based on its originality, scientific quality and global impact. Congratulations to the winning authors!
Wray & Grace (2007) propose that esotericity and exotericity in languages is the default setting within the language evolution model. It is a product of specific social and cultural conditions. According to Scontras (2023), the Adjective Hierarchy is universal across languages of the world, without paying attention to one of evolutionary factors, i.e. whether they are esoteric or exoteric.
In order to answer the research questions above, we run an Adjective Phrase Experiment (APE) in several la
2nd Call for Papers:
The deadline for submissions is extended until Sunday, October 6, 2024, 23:59 (CEST).
We invite abstract submissions for both oral presentations (20-minute talk plus additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion) and poster presentations. We welcome abstracts from a broad field of linguistic subfields (e.g., language acquisition, morphology, phonetics/ phonology, semantics/ pragmatics, syntax) and methodologies (e.g., computational, experimental, fieldwork, theoretic