The CRC 1646 is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and investigates linguistic creativity in communication from a range of different perspectives. This PhD-position is part of project B02 鈥淐omputational linguistic creativity in reference games between interactive dialogue agents" (PIs: Hendrik Buschmeier and Sina Zarrie脽). In this project, we investigate when and how speakers develop creative strategies to solve joint tasks in dialogue, and how linguistic creativity can be implemente
The Linguistics Program in the Department of English at Baylor University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant to Associate Professor position in Linguistics to begin in the fall of 2025. This is a full-time, tenure-track position open to all applicants at the advanced assistant or associate level, with the possibility of tenure for highly qualified applicants.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a research and teaching agenda appropriate for an R-1 institution. Pr
The Department of Linguistics at Cornell University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Syntax at the rank of Assistant Professor, to start in Fall 2025. The successful candidate must have the Ph.D. completed prior to the start of the appointment. Applicants must present a proven record of excellence in research and teaching. The successful candidate will be engaged in a productive research program in syntax that contributes to the breadth and depth of our department; will teach
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universit盲t Erlangen-N眉rnberg (FAU) invites applications for a Tenure-Track Position as an Assistant Professor of German as a Foreign Language in the Context of Multilingualism (salary group W1) at the Department of German and Comparative Studies. The position is planned to be filled by the earliest possible starting date for an initial period of four years. Upon successful evaluation, the appointment will be extende
IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is seeking a full-time lexicographer to join our content team for Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. In this role, you will create and edit reference materials accessed by users around the world.
This is a full-time remote position for candidates in the United States.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Create and revise definitions in dictionary and thesaurus entries
- Create and revise IPA transcriptions and pho
The linguistic and cultural influence of hip-hop and rap: findings of the Oxford Dictionary of African American English project
Thursday, 17 Oct 2024 路 5:30 PM BST | 12:30 PM EDT | 04:30 PM GMT
Book your place
http://tiny.cc/ODAAE-hiphop-rap-LL
Hip-hop and rap cultures are an important source of evidence for the Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE) project, and many interesting examples have emerged so far 鈥� join us for a virtual discussion that will cover:
鈥� A brief overvi
Call for Papers:
It鈥檚 not too late to join the stimulating professional environment of the NARNiHS Annual Meeting!
NEW Extended Deadline: Friday, 30 August 2024, 11:59 PM US Eastern Time.
Please see our call for abstracts and send us your latest work in historical sociolinguistics!
Abstracts will be evaluated on the following criteria:
鈥� explicit discussion of which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued;
鈥� sufficient (if
Call for Papers:
Join our IPrA 2025 panel on 'Navigating Media Discourse: Communication, Cognition and Affect' at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, 22-27 June 2025. If you are interested in contributing to the panel, we'd like to invite you to submit your presentation abstract via this link: IPC19 Call for Papers - International Pragmatics Association https://pragmatics.international/page/Brisbane2025
Deadline: 1 November 2024.
Any questions, get in touch at pauline.madella@beds.ac.uk
The organizers of the 4th Workshop on Processing and Evaluating Event Representations (PEER2025) invite submission of abstracts for 15-minute oral presentations on any topic in incremental linguistic processing or event semantics. Preference will be given to abstracts that address topics at the intersection of these two domains and that speak to the following (or related) questions:
1. What symbolic and continuous representations are necessary for capturing different aspects of linguistic meani
2nd Call for Papers:
The 5th World Congress of Taiwan Studies (WCTS-5) will be held at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, May 21-23, 2025. The general theme of the WCTS-5 is Taiwan in a Changing World: Past, Present, and Future, focusing on the relevance of Taiwan Studies to Humanities and Social Sciences.
Thirty-one panels are planned for (in-person) paper presentations and we expect WCTS-5 to provide an intellectual platform for scholars around the world interested and/or involved in Taiwan
For obvious reasons, the study of linguistics has largely focused on verbal modality. However, there is more to the study of meaning than the meaning inherent in language. Pragmatics or the study of speaker meaning offers a much bigger picture, one that explains how utterances are understood. Utterances, of course, are complex composites of both verbal and non-verbal modalities. The intonational 鈥� almost musical 鈥� contours we impose on the words we say are used together with facial and hand move
The department of German Studies and Arts, Institute for German Linguistics & Research Center 禄Deutscher Sprachatlas芦, is currently accepting applications for 9 Research Assistants (Doctoral Researcher/PhD)
The positions are offered for a period of 3 years, if no former times of qualification are to be considered. The starting date is 01.03.2025. All positions are part-time (65 % of regular working hours) with salary and benefits commensurate with a public service position in the state Hesse, G
The Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies (https://fass.nus.edu.sg/elts/) at the National University of Singapore invites applications for a Lecturer appointment on the Educator Track Scheme, to begin in July 2025. Applicants should have a PhD in Linguistics and a strong commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The purpose of the NUS Educator Track Scheme is to attract, nurture, and retain qualified and effective faculty members who approach teaching as
Call for Papers:
Special issue of System | Critical digital literacy: Language, technology and power.
This special issue provides a broader picture of digital technologies, their materiality and their interconnectedness, and applies a more critical lens to understand how these tools operate.
Guest editors:
Ron Darvin, The University of British Columbia
Christoph A. Hafner, City University of Hong Kong
Special issue information:
Recognizing how digital technologies have the power to shape t
Call for Papers:
We seek contributions discussing various forms of crisis discourse, dealing with any language and geographic area. While the main focus is on the (post-)pandemic time, we also accept contributions addressing other periods and discourses of crisis, as long as broader relevance is demonstrated. We expect both contributions addressing the inner sociolinguistic processes of crisis-time language, as well as those taking a critical discourse approach to crisis communication, and to t
Please note that there will be a free pre-conference workshop in the morning of Tuesday 10th of December 2024.
For details and for Program Information please see https://sites.uef.fi/drd-hum-2024/programme/
Please note that there will be a free pre-conference workshop in the morning of Tuesday 10th of December 2024.
For details and for Program Information please see https://sites.uef.fi/drd-hum-2024/programme/
Final Call for Papers:
We invite submissions for oral presentations (20mins talk + 10mins discussion) of theoretical and/or empirical contributions investigating the syntax, semantics, or pragmatics of natural language phenomena. Since this workshop is not restricted to a particular topic or researched language, we strongly encourage submissions dealing with linguistic phenomena from any natural language.
ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
Abstracts must not exceed two A4 pages (with 1inch/2.54cm margins on
Those interested in submitting a paper are invited to submit a summary in Italian or English of 300 to 500 words, excluding bibliography, by 30 September 2024. The text of the summary, accompanied by bibliography and any figures, must not exceed 2 A4 pages.
The abstracts, in Word format and anonymously, must be submitted electronically through the appropriate platform:
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/costlang24/ .
The contributions will be selected for oral or poster presentation f
Publication:
We envisage publishing papers from the conference in December 2025.
Meeting details:
- The Conference will be in Manila
- Many inexpensive hotels are nearby the university
- We present 5 Key speakers,+ Panel sessions and about 60 break out sessions (30 minutes each)
- All attendees speakers will be given a beautiful certificate of presentation and attendance
- Full papers will be accepted up to June 30th 2025 which after editorial reviews will be published
- There are no fees