/linguistics/aggregator Linguistics - aggregated feeds en https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2196/ SUMMARY “This is the Thing, A cognitive/typological investigation into the concept of ‘thinghood’” is a monograph written by Michael Fortescue which was published in 2026. The 220-page volume contains fifteen chapters, followed by a full references list, two appendixes (‘Words for body and animal’ and ‘Words for shape, form and figure’), a Subject, a Name, and a Language Index. Before the first chapter, a short preface describes the author’s incentive to undergo this study of ‘thing’ words an Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:05:01 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2195/ Focus: This datathon aims to guide participants through the creation of high-quality, FAIR morphological data. Participants will create Paralex datasets, machine-readable collections of inflectional paradigms. These collections are of benefit to people working on descriptions of individual languages, language typologists, theorists and quantitative linguists. Participants are expected to bring morphological data they are interested in, be it content from a grammar, their own fieldwork collect Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:05:01 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2194/ The final meeting of the first season of Making Waves, an online discussion group launched in October 2025 and dedicated to the acquisition of prosody and gesture, will take place on Wednesday, July 1, at 15:00 (CET). Patrick L. Rohrer will give a talk titled “From Speech to Gesture: Theoretical Tensions in the Notion of Prominence”. We look forward to seeing many of you there and to another lively discussion. Abstract: The notion of prominence plays a central role in research on speech p Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:05:01 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2193/ El Instituto De Literatura Y Lingüística “José Antonio Portuondo Valdor" Convoca a: XIV Conferencia Internacional Lingüística 2026 en Homenaje Al Centenario De La Academia Cubana De La Lengua II Encuentro Internacional Del Grupo De Estudios De Fraseología De Cuba Eventos híbridos (presencial y virtual) La Habana, 25-27 de noviembre de 2026 Temáticas: Lexicografía; Fraseología y fraseografía; Morfosintaxis; Lexicología y semántica; Terminografía; Fonética y fonología; Teorías lingüí Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2193/ El Instituto De Literatura Y Lingüística “José Antonio Portuondo Valdor" Convoca a: XIV Conferencia Internacional Lingüística 2026 en Homenaje Al Centenario De La Academia Cubana De La Lengua II Encuentro Internacional Del Grupo De Estudios De Fraseología De Cuba Eventos híbridos (presencial y virtual) La Habana, 25-27 de noviembre de 2026 Temáticas: Lexicografía; Fraseología y fraseografía; Morfosintaxis; Lexicología y semántica; Terminografía; Fonética y fonología; Teorías lingüí Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2192/ We are pleased to announce that ICAME48 will take place in Helsinki (Finland) on 18–22 May 2027. ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English) is an annual international conference and one of the longest-standing organisations of linguists and data scientists working with English language corpora. The conference theme is The Times They Are A-Changin’, honouring the University of Helsinki English Unit’s longstanding tradition of studying language change with corpus-based m Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2191/ This workshop is organized as part of the 49th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Germany (DGfS 2027). Workshop Organizers: András Bárány (University of Edinburgh) Jens Hopperdietzel (University of Cologne) Jozina Vander Klok (Simon Fraser University) Workshop Description: The interaction between the (morpho)syntactic realization of event participants and their discourse status is a central topic in linguistic research. Currently, we have a good understanding of how alter Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2192/ We are pleased to announce that ICAME48 will take place in Helsinki (Finland) on 18–22 May 2027. ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English) is an annual international conference and one of the longest-standing organisations of linguists and data scientists working with English language corpora. The conference theme is The Times They Are A-Changin’, honouring the University of Helsinki English Unit’s longstanding tradition of studying language change with corpus-based m Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2191/ This workshop is organized as part of the 49th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Germany (DGfS 2027). Workshop Organizers: András Bárány (University of Edinburgh) Jens Hopperdietzel (University of Cologne) Jozina Vander Klok (Simon Fraser University) Workshop Description: The interaction between the (morpho)syntactic realization of event participants and their discourse status is a central topic in linguistic research. Currently, we have a good understanding of how alter Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2190/ Research group “Translation and Language Studies” (Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology) is pleased to invite you to participate in the international conference on linguistics, discourse, media, communication, translation, cultural literacy and impact on society “Intermediality in Communication: Translation, Media, Discourse” held in Kaunas, Lithuania. You are invited to present your projects and experiences in the formats of oral or poster presentatio Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:05:01 -0400