/linguistics/aggregator Linguistics - aggregated feeds en https://mcling.blogs.mcgill.ca/katya-morgunova-and-jessica-coon-at-sail-2026/ Members of the Kanien’kéha language research partnership between �������� and the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KORLCC) presented a talk titled “Iakwarihwí:saks: A community–university Kanien’kéha Research Partnership” at the Symposium on American Indian Languages (SAIL), which was held at the University of Arizona, April 2–3.  Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0400 https://mcling.blogs.mcgill.ca/p-group-4-13-jeanne-brown/ The last presentation in this term will be on Monday, April 13, 12-1pm in room 117 and on Zoom (Please use this new zoom link). Jeanne will be practising her invited talk in the creaky voice special session at ASA 2026. Topic: Rethinking “young women’s creak”: Piecing together production, perception, and social evidence Abstract: Since the early 2010s, popular narratives alongside […] Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0400 https://mcling.blogs.mcgill.ca/papers-by-myriam-lapierre-accepted-in-journal-of-phonetics-and-laboratory-phonology/ Congratulations to Myriam Lapierre who just had two papers accepted for publication! The first has been accepted to Journal of Phonetics (with Alessio Tosolini) and the second has been accepted to Laboratory Phonology. Lapierre, M., De Falco, E., Tosolini, A., & Steffman, J. (accepted). Disentangling prominence strengthening: Evidence for independent stress and length effects in […] Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1391/ SUMMARY The Cambridge Element Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss by Beth Malory explores how language describes and shapes experiences of pregnancy loss in healthcare contexts in the UK. The book analyzes how terminology reflects pregnancy loss and how the language used affects individuals experiencing clinical pregnancy loss. It also discusses the negative impacts of certain pregnancy loss terms, as well as the ideologies surrounding reproductive norms. The analysis draws on data from 42 UK Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:05:01 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1390/ SUMMARY Data-intensive investigations of English (edited by Mikko Laitinen and Paula Rautionaho) consists of ten chapters, all of which address state-of-the-art data-intensive approaches in linguistic research. It includes an introductory chapter by the editors that presents the volume, eight chapters by different authors that report on data-intensive studies across various linguistic disciplines, and a final chapter that discusses issues in data analysis related to such approaches. Among the Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:05:01 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1389/ University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 8th – 10th September 2026 Henry Sweet Lecture 2026 Prof. Martin Krämer (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) Linguistics Association Lecture 2026 Prof. Dr. Regine Eckardt (Universität Konstanz) Language Tutorial Mapudungun - Ben Molineaux, Aldo Berrios Castillo (University of Edinburgh) LAGBPSC Summer School LAGB Education Committee Session Call for Papers – Standard Abstracts: The Linguistics Association of Great Britain and Northern Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1389/ University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 8th – 10th September 2026 Henry Sweet Lecture 2026 Prof. Martin Krämer (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) Linguistics Association Lecture 2026 Prof. Dr. Regine Eckardt (Universität Konstanz) Language Tutorial Mapudungun - Ben Molineaux, Aldo Berrios Castillo (University of Edinburgh) LAGBPSC Summer School LAGB Education Committee Session Call for Papers – Standard Abstracts: The Linguistics Association of Great Britain and Northern Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1388/ The International Network for Personal Names Research invites abstracts for its 2nd Online Meeting 2026. - 12 June 2026 - 1:00-5:00 pm (UTC+2) - Platform: Zoom - Students welcome! - Deadline for registrations and abstract submissions: 16 May 2026 Abstracts are invited to be submitted by 16 May to Anna.Balbach@tu-dortmund.de for: - Lectures (20 min + 10 min Q&A) - Research pitches (5 min + 5 min Q&A) - Networking/discussion groups (15 min) The theme is deliberately broad: New Resea Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1387/ The 26th Workshop on Cantonese (WOC-26) Everything in one wok: Cantonese in multilingual environments Saturday, 30 May 2026 We are pleased to announce that the Twenty-Sixth Workshop on Cantonese (WOC-26) is jointly organised by The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) and the Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong (LT department, CityUHK). The workshop will be held in person on Saturday, 30 May 2026, at CityUHK. The theme of WOC-26 is “Everything in one Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:05:02 -0400 https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1388/ The International Network for Personal Names Research invites abstracts for its 2nd Online Meeting 2026. - 12 June 2026 - 1:00-5:00 pm (UTC+2) - Platform: Zoom - Students welcome! - Deadline for registrations and abstract submissions: 16 May 2026 Abstracts are invited to be submitted by 16 May to Anna.Balbach@tu-dortmund.de for: - Lectures (20 min + 10 min Q&A) - Research pitches (5 min + 5 min Q&A) - Networking/discussion groups (15 min) The theme is deliberately broad: New Resea Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:05:02 -0400