Linguistics aggregator /linguistics/aggregator Linguistics - aggregated feeds en The LINGUIST List: Support: Ancient Greek (to 1453); Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics: PhD, Université Côte d'Azur https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1764/ Thesis Subject: The PhD dissertation will be part of the ANR project DramaRef (ANR-24-CE54-3970) “Reference at Play in Ancient Greek Drama,” which aims at identifying the factors determining the choice of the different demonstrative lexemes of Ancient Greek, based on the corpus of 5th and 4th centuries BCE drama. This project, combining linguistic and dramaturgic approaches, is organized in 7 work packages: 1. Referent tracking in discourse (Camille Denizot) 2. Reference, information stru Wed, 13 May 2026 17:05:02 -0400 The LINGUIST List: FYI: Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series – Seminar 9 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1763/ The ninth talk of the Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series will take place remotely on Monday 25th May 2026 at 5pm BST. Martijn Windelinckx (KU Leuven, Belgium) will present on Automatic detection of MWEs in Ancient Greek mathematical (technical/scientific texts). Registration for this talk will close at midnight on Friday 22nd May and the link for this can be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehEzwLZw9qr1HeSAjcjMfxcDQaaJLO_8zwxSe54EoL74BuNA/viewform Partic Wed, 13 May 2026 17:05:02 -0400 Conferences: Confs: 1st International Meeting on Morphology of Underrepresented Languages and Varieties https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1762/ The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), and the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS-Ciudad de México) are pleased to announce the 1st International Meeting on Morphology of Underrepresented Languages and Varieties, which will take place at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico City from October 7 to 9, 2026. The aim of this meeting is to promote a space for dialog Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:02 -0400 Conferences: Confs: 14th Conference of the International Gender and Language Association https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1761/ We are delighted to announce the first Call for Proposals for the 14th Conference of the International Language and Gender Association (IGALA)! Founded in 1999, IGALA is the primary international scholarly organization committed to the promotion and support of research on language, gender, and sexuality. The 2027 IGALA conference (IGALA14) will be held at York St John University in the city of York, UK on 21-23 July 2027. The theme of the conference is ‘Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:02 -0400 Conferences: Confs: Theoretical Linguistics at School https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1760/ We invite submissions for the workshop Theoretical Linguistics at School, which aims to promote the integration of theoretical linguistics into secondary education. In the Netherlands, upcoming curriculum reforms for Dutch and modern foreign languages (SLO 2024/2025) mark a significant paradigm shift. Traditionally, these subjects have focused primarily on language proficiency, with limited attention to linguistic reasoning. The new learning objectives explicitly include “considering form an Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:02 -0400 The LINGUIST List: Confs: 1st International Meeting on Morphology of Underrepresented Languages and Varieties https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1762/ The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), and the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS-Ciudad de México) are pleased to announce the 1st International Meeting on Morphology of Underrepresented Languages and Varieties, which will take place at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico City from October 7 to 9, 2026. The aim of this meeting is to promote a space for dialog Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:02 -0400 The LINGUIST List: Confs: 14th Conference of the International Gender and Language Association https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1761/ We are delighted to announce the first Call for Proposals for the 14th Conference of the International Language and Gender Association (IGALA)! Founded in 1999, IGALA is the primary international scholarly organization committed to the promotion and support of research on language, gender, and sexuality. The 2027 IGALA conference (IGALA14) will be held at York St John University in the city of York, UK on 21-23 July 2027. The theme of the conference is ‘Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:02 -0400 The LINGUIST List: Confs: Theoretical Linguistics at School https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1760/ We invite submissions for the workshop Theoretical Linguistics at School, which aims to promote the integration of theoretical linguistics into secondary education. In the Netherlands, upcoming curriculum reforms for Dutch and modern foreign languages (SLO 2024/2025) mark a significant paradigm shift. Traditionally, these subjects have focused primarily on language proficiency, with limited attention to linguistic reasoning. The new learning objectives explicitly include “considering form an Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:02 -0400 Conferences: Confs: International Symposium on Tourism, Communication, and Translation https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1759/ Communication is essential to tourism. International tourism, particularly, is situated at the crossroads of language, culture, marketing communication, and “worldmaking”. As destinations compete for visibility in an increasingly global and digital environment, where traveller expectations shift rapidly, where the challenges for destinations in terms of sustainability and managing tourism responsibility become imperative, the ability to mediate experiences and translate local identity into co Wed, 13 May 2026 15:05:02 -0400 Conferences: Confs: Satellite Workshop at LabPhon20 - Whistled Languages of the World: Phonetic, Phonological, and Neurocognitive Insights into an Alternative Speech Modality https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1758/ Description: Whistled languages offer a natural laboratory for studying how human speech can be acoustically reduced yet remain intelligible. This interdisciplinary workshop explores their phonetic, phonological, and neurocognitive dimensions across the world—from Greek Sfyria to Silbo Gomero and Tashlhiyt Berber. By integrating acoustic analysis, typology, and recent EEG and behavioral findings, the meeting investigates how left- and right-hemispheric processes cooperate in decoding melodic s Wed, 13 May 2026 15:05:02 -0400