Forms of Context-Sensitivity 2
April 14, 2026
University of Porto, Institute of Philosophy, Via Panor芒mica s/n 4150-564 Porto, Sala de Reuni玫es 2
https://ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/forms-context-sensitivity-2
Description:
Many (if not most) expressions in natural languages are context-sensitive, at least in the sense that the same sentences comprising them, when uttered in different contexts, can intuitively have different truth values. There are many ways in which this phenomenon can co
Six years after its inaugural meeting in 2020, the second conference of the Indonesian Languages and Linguistics (InLaLi2) will take place in Yogyakarta, under the theme linguistic diversity of Indonesia.
Background:
The Republic of Indonesia is home to hundreds of languages. While most of them belong to the Austronesian family, a sizable number of non-Austronesian (aka 鈥淧apuan鈥�) languages are used in the eastern part of the country, not to mention the coexistence of different sign languages
Le Colloque International LaPaC (Langues et Patrimoine Culturel), pour son 茅dition de 2026, vise 脿 r茅unir les sp茅cialistes de linguistique amazighe pour produire un 茅tat de l鈥檃rt actualis茅 et transformer cet 茅tat de l鈥檃rt en agenda scientifique. Il a pour objectif de faire de la linguistique amazighe un champ cumulatif, outill茅 et internationalement comparable, capable de produire des retomb茅es directes pour l鈥檈nseignement, la traduction et les technologies de la langue.
La linguistique amazi
Forms of Context-Sensitivity 2
April 14, 2026
University of Porto, Institute of Philosophy, Via Panor芒mica s/n 4150-564 Porto, Sala de Reuni玫es 2
https://ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/forms-context-sensitivity-2
Description:
Many (if not most) expressions in natural languages are context-sensitive, at least in the sense that the same sentences comprising them, when uttered in different contexts, can intuitively have different truth values. There are many ways in which this phenomenon can co
This conference is the third of the DiLegMa series, after editions hosted in Paris in 2024 and in Bern in 2025. The conference aims to bring together descriptive/documentary linguists who engage with legacy materials on their language (or language group) of specialization. Hosted by Universit茅 Paris Cit茅's Histoire des th茅ories linguistiques research group, the conference will provide opportunities for exchange with historians of linguistics, and its themes are therefore situated at the interfac
This conference is the third of the DiLegMa series, after editions hosted in Paris in 2024 and in Bern in 2025. The conference aims to bring together descriptive/documentary linguists who engage with legacy materials on their language (or language group) of specialization. Hosted by Universit茅 Paris Cit茅's Histoire des th茅ories linguistiques research group, the conference will provide opportunities for exchange with historians of linguistics, and its themes are therefore situated at the interfac
Focus: The summer school is primarily aimed at advanced MA and PhD students and early-career researchers in linguistics who wish to deepen their understanding of language change from both a theoretical and methodological perspective. The core audience includes students specializing in historical linguistics, areal linguistics, sociolinguistics, and typology, but the school is also relevant to participants from related fields such as corpus, experimental, and theoretical linguistics. While the fo
As of Volume 15 (2026), the John Benjamins journal Translation Spaces welcomes on board a new Editor: Joke Daems (Ghent University). As of Issue 15:2 Dorothy Kenny will step down from her position as Editor and we are very pleased that she will continue as Consulting Editor of the journal.
Translation Spaces is a biannual, peer-reviewed, indexed journal that recognizes the global impact of translation. It envisions translation as multi-dimensional phenomena productively studied (from) withi
NOVA鈥疞ing is the official journal of the Research Centre for Linguistics at NOVA University Lisbon (CLUNL). It is dedicated to publishing studies in all areas of linguistics.
The journal welcomes articles from every subfield of linguistics, grounded in diverse theoretical frameworks, that present innovative research.
Authors are invited to consult the About the Journal section and the Author Guidelines before submitting their manuscripts.
The journal is published biannually, and only re
I am a Master鈥檚 student at the聽University of Vienna, supervised by Dr. Susanne Reiterer,聽researching language attitudes under different cognitive constraints.
We are looking for participants for our experimental study in which participants listen to and rate different languages and complete a working memory task.
The study is open to all聽online聽and can be accessed through the link below and takes around 25 minutes. The experiment should be completed in one sitting within 60 minutes. We rec
Call for Papers:
Meeting Info:
The Transalpine Typology Meeting is an annual meeting at different locations around the Alpes to create an open network of typologists and share insights and feedback on our research projects in a welcoming and informal context. In this regard, we warmly invite submissions for presentations on topics related to linguistic typology and comparative linguistics in general from early-career researchers (PhD students, postdoc fellows) as well as experienced scholars
Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Sk艂odowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions, meaning, and natural language more broadly construed.
We invite contributions on topics like the ontology of words, word individuation, pragmatic features of expressions, meaning in natural language (metasemantics), or the rel
Special Issue Editors:
Prof. Dr. K. David Harrison
Dr. Lisa Lim
We invite submissions for a forthcoming Special Issue of Languages on 鈥淚nnovative Methods in Endangered Language Documentation鈥�. As languages around the world face unprecedented threats of decline and loss, researchers are developing new methodologies, technologies, and collaborative frameworks to record, analyze, and sustain linguistic diversity. This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge work that expands the scope, qua
Participants are needed for an online language experiment by researchers at the University of Maryland. You will see or hear sounds, words, or sentences in Korean, with or without accompanying pictures. You may be asked to identify or answer questions about the stimuli you see and hear. You will be paid $9 for participation in the ~30 minute study.
You must:
1) be at least 18 years of age
2) have experience learning Korean (as a non-heritage speaker) and be able to read Hangeul
3) have
Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Sk艂odowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions, meaning, and natural language more broadly construed.
We invite contributions on topics like the ontology of words, word individuation, pragmatic features of expressions, meaning in natural language (metasemantics), or the rel
Langues, cultures et m茅dias en M茅diterran茅e et en Orients :
dispositifs, pratiques et id茅ologies
Congr猫s international, 8猫me 茅dition, 10-11 d茅cembre 2026, Montpellier
Pour sa 8i猫me 茅dition, le congr猫s international Langues, cultures et m茅dias en M茅diterran茅e et en Orient prend comme th茅matique de recherche dispositifs, pratiques et id茅ologies. Pour rappel, les cinq pr茅c茅dentes 茅ditions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) se sont focalis茅es sur les formes, les sens, les usages, les repr茅sentati
Langues, cultures et m茅dias en M茅diterran茅e et en Orients :
dispositifs, pratiques et id茅ologies
Congr猫s international, 8猫me 茅dition, 10-11 d茅cembre 2026, Montpellier
Pour sa 8i猫me 茅dition, le congr猫s international Langues, cultures et m茅dias en M茅diterran茅e et en Orient prend comme th茅matique de recherche dispositifs, pratiques et id茅ologies. Pour rappel, les cinq pr茅c茅dentes 茅ditions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) se sont focalis茅es sur les formes, les sens, les usages, les repr茅sentati
Les travaux conduits par les chercheur.es r茅uni.es dans le pr茅sent num茅ro 茅clairent d鈥檜n c么t茅, les possibilit茅s offertes par les ressources num茅riques, en termes d鈥櫭﹎ancipation, d鈥檕霉 proc猫dent des voix alternatives et des pratiques innovantes de red茅ploiement d鈥檜n soi multiple investissant des sph猫res auxquelles l鈥檃cc猫s lui 茅tait refus茅; de l鈥檃utre, l鈥櫭﹎ergence de nouvelles contraintes algorithmiques qui modulent les sch猫mes de pr茅sentation de soi et l鈥檃ssujettissent, tant么t v
Limes, une nouvelle revue pluridisciplinaire, pr茅sente son premier num茅ro. Cette publication vise 脿 d茅passer les fronti猫res disciplinaires en explorant les liens entre sciences humaines, sociales et langage. Le num茅ro inaugural propose des articles innovants sur des sujets vari茅s : pratiques langagi猫res au Maroc, rh茅torique politique, discours f茅minin, apprentissage des langues et p茅dagogie. Limes ambitionne de devenir un espace de r茅flexion ouvert et inclusif pour nourrir les 茅changes intellect
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El Colegio de M茅xico A. C., Escuela Nacional de Lenguas, Ling眉铆stica y Traducci贸n UNAM, and Instituto de Investigaciones Antropol贸gicas UNAM, invite presentation proposals for the VII Formal Linguistics Meeting in Mexico (ELF) to be held on September 1, 2, and 3, 2026 at El Colegio de M茅xico, Mexico City.
The Formal Linguistics Meeting aims to bring together researchers who consider formal approaches to the study of language in order to foster the exchange and discussion o