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Old Literary Tibetan: A Comprehensive Text Grammar Based on the Old Tibetan Annals, published by Brill in January 2026 as volume 30 of the Languages of Asia series, is a monumental scholarly work of xxxvi + 1,062 pages authored by Joanna Bialek, a researcher working at the crossroads of historical linguistics and religious studies, previously known for Compounds and Compounding in Old Tibetan and A Textbook in Classical Tibetan. It is a pioneering work in the field of Tibetan written
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In our research project 鈥滳losing and opening doors: Universities restructuring their language training programs鈥�, we investigate recent or planned closures of university language training programs and severe cuts of their resources at European universities. We are also interested in the opposite process: new openings, the start of new language training programs and allocation of additional resources for language training. (A project description is available
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Phrasal verbs, progressives, and SVO/SOV order in Pere (C么te d鈥橧voire)
Jeffrey Heath
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Valency-changing derivation in Dabida
Nadezhda Makeeva, Irina Ryabova
pp. 25鈥�63
Folktale as a Traditional Mentorship Genre among the Igbo of South East Nigeria: Tradition and Innovations in the Mode of Delivery
Ogbonna Onuoha, Kenneth Obinna Patrick
pp. 64鈥�85
The TAM System of Shupamem
Abass Ngoungouo Yiagnigni
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The Workshop on Mixed Projections and Associated Constructions (MixPAC) will take place in the ground floor lecture hall of ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics (1068 Budapest, Hungary, Bencz煤r utca 33).
26 June (Friday)
Invited talk
9:15鈥�10:15 Eszter 脫tott-Kov谩cs: Towards a syntactic typology of relative clauses with non-local agreement
10:15鈥�10:30 Coffee break
Session 1
10:30鈥�11:00 Katalin 脡. Kiss: The structure and distribution of the Hungarian converbial projection
11:00鈥�11:
The 6th Syntax of Uralic Languages (SOUL6) conference will take place in the ground floor lecture hall of ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics (1068 Budapest, Hungary, Bencz煤r utca 33).
24 June (Wednesday)
9:15鈥�9:30 Opening
Invited talk
9:30鈥�10:30 Timofey Arkhangelskiy: Studying Uralic dialects: Luxury or necessity?
10:30鈥�11:00 Coffee break
Session 1
11:00鈥�11:30 Marcel den Dikken: Dative alternation: An integrated syntax for ditransitives, have-sentences and possessive DPs
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The University of Bayreuth is a research-oriented university with internationally competitive, interdisciplinary focus areas in research and teaching. The Faculty of Languages & Literatures at the University of Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint a
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The Workshop on Mixed Projections and Associated Constructions (MixPAC) will take place in the ground floor lecture hall of ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics (1068 Budapest, Hungary, Bencz煤r utca 33).
26 June (Friday)
Invited talk
9:15鈥�10:15 Eszter 脫tott-Kov谩cs: Towards a syntactic typology of relative clauses with non-local agreement
10:15鈥�10:30 Coffee break
Session 1
10:30鈥�11:00 Katalin 脡. Kiss: The structure and distribution of the Hungarian converbial projection
11:00鈥�11:
The 6th Syntax of Uralic Languages (SOUL6) conference will take place in the ground floor lecture hall of ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics (1068 Budapest, Hungary, Bencz煤r utca 33).
24 June (Wednesday)
9:15鈥�9:30 Opening
Invited talk
9:30鈥�10:30 Timofey Arkhangelskiy: Studying Uralic dialects: Luxury or necessity?
10:30鈥�11:00 Coffee break
Session 1
11:00鈥�11:30 Marcel den Dikken: Dative alternation: An integrated syntax for ditransitives, have-sentences and possessive DPs
We are pleased to share with you the final programme of the 9th International Conference on Discourse Markers in Romance Languages (DISROM 9), which will take place at the University of Oviedo (Spain) from 10 to 12 June 2026.
The full programme is available at: https://sites.google.com/view/disrom9oviedo/inicio/programa?authuser=0
The plenary lectures will be streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Oviedo:
https://www.youtube.com/
The Workshop on Complex predicate constructions across modalities will be held on Mon 12 Oct 2026 at UPS Pouchet, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris and on visioconference.
Deadline for submission: 20 July 2026
Invited Speaker:
Miriam Butt (U. Konstanz)
https://ling.sprachwiss.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/butt/
Workshop Topics:
Abstracts:
We invite submissions for 20 minute talks (+10min discussion) and posters in English.
Abstracts should not be longer than two pages (Times New Roman 12 pt
We are pleased to share with you the final programme of the 9th International Conference on Discourse Markers in Romance Languages (DISROM 9), which will take place at the University of Oviedo (Spain) from 10 to 12 June 2026.
The full programme is available at: https://sites.google.com/view/disrom9oviedo/inicio/programa?authuser=0
The plenary lectures will be streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Oviedo:
https://www.youtube.com/
The Workshop on Complex predicate constructions across modalities will be held on Mon 12 Oct 2026 at UPS Pouchet, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris and on visioconference.
Deadline for submission: 20 July 2026
Invited Speaker:
Miriam Butt (U. Konstanz)
https://ling.sprachwiss.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/butt/
Workshop Topics:
Abstracts:
We invite submissions for 20 minute talks (+10min discussion) and posters in English.
Abstracts should not be longer than two pages (Times New Roman 12 pt
Call for Papers:
The World Wide Web has evolved from a resource for building linguistic corpora into the central data infrastructure powering modern natural language processing and Large Language Models (LLMs). As web-scale data increasingly shapes AI systems鈥� knowledge and capabilities, understanding its quality, representativeness, and ethical implications has become critical.
At the same time, the 鈥渕ore is better鈥� paradigm is being challenged by issues such as machine-generated content,
People facing various difficult life situations, crises, or vulnerabilities have a range of mediated options for seeking help and support. These include emergency services, teleconsultations within traditional healthcare, and mediated interactions with social workers and civil society organizations, such as helplines, which offer various forms of anonymous support. This special issue of Qualitative Health Communication invites contributions that explore helpline communication in its broadest sen
Guest Editors: Ali Derakhshan, Golsetan University, Iran, and Haoran Xie, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR
Language learning is a crucial skill in our increasingly globalized world, where communication across cultures and languages is more important than ever (Chen et al., 2021). Traditional methods of language education, while effective, often lack the interactivity that modern technology can provide (Derakhshan & Zhang, 2024; Fathi et al., 2024; Zhao & Lai, 2023). Robot-Assisted Language L
Background:
While multimodal input (e.g., reading accompanied by audio or visual input) has been used to aid reading for several decades (e.g., Schneeberg, 1977), scientific investigation into how the use of multimodal input affects reading processes is relatively new (e.g., Pellicer-Sanchez, 2022). Furthermore, the advance of instructional technology which enables various multimodal input types and tools calls for research on how reading-related processes and resources are used as L2 learners
The papers in this volume were selected from those presented at the 54th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, which was held at the University of Connecticut in June, 2024. The volume contains 22 papers with diverse topics within phonology, morphology, syntax, language acquisition, and historical linguistics. The African languages that are investigated in this volume include Kom, Igbo, Dagaare, Igala, Kalenjin, R扫虁kpa虂, Ekhwa Adara, Hausa, Nduga, Maa, Lugwere, Emai, Seenku, Kirundi, Chichew
Aligner is a free lightweight web tool for creating aligned bilingual examples and glossed linguistic illustrations. It is useful for language documentation, language-learning materials, translation pedagogy, conlang presentation, and general linguistics teaching because it makes word-level correspondences, reordering, and phrase-to-phrase mappings visually explicit.
Web-app link: https://aligner.tinygods.dev/
Repo link: https://github.com/tinygodsdev/bitext-word-alignment
License: MIT
The International Linguistic Society is delighted to invite you to participate in the International Thematic Conference of Language Education Research and Applications, Language Education 2026, to be held online from 24-26 June 2026.
The primary aim of the conference is to advance key areas of language education, welcoming at the same time innovative approaches to related research and applications.
The Language Education 2026 conference envisions a vibrant platform for collaboration and di
Call for Papers:
Language defies boundaries. It evolves across communities, adapts to new technologies, and connects speakers in ways both enduring and emergent. The topic for this edition invites us to examine how linguistic diversity flourishes in an interconnected world, how innovation reshapes communication practices, and how language continues to build meaningful connections across contexts, cultures, and communities. The 9th edition of the conference provides a forum for researchers to