Tag: linguistics
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Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula
[Archive] Call for papers for the edited volume “Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula” (Buckingham, 2016).
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![Beyond English: Multilingualism in Contemporary Europe [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/3050378171_f944bc8c4a_b.jpg)
Beyond English: Multilingualism in Contemporary Europe [Call for papers]
The International Conference Beyond English: Multilingualism in Contemporary Europe [link no longer active] will be organised by Polonia University, Częstochowa (Poland). As hinted by the conference title: The conference focuses on multilingualism in contemporary Europe and the role of English as the global language. However, its aim is to show that, even though English is the world…
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![43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2011-06-08-13-24-55.jpg)
43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest [Call for papers]
43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO XLIII) will be held on 18th – 20th September 2014 in San Diego, California. The theme for this year’s conference is “Heritage Languages (of the Southwest) in the era of e–learning”. Call for papers…
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International Mother Language Day
Information about language policy, and minority and heritage langauges in Greece, written on to commemorate the International Mother Language Day.
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![Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4241003279_aecbe00ecd_o.jpg)
Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies [Call for papers]
The issue of Anglica advertised below was published in late 2014, and you can access the table of contents here. Call for papers Contributions in English linguistics are invited for volume 23 of Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies, a peer-reviewed annual print journal published by Warsaw University Press. Some suggested topics include: language…
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Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication 5 [Call for papers]
[Archive] Call for papers for the Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communications Conference in 2014.
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Is the ‘endangered languages’ movement threatening linguistics?
Archive: This post was published in 2014. As of 2026, the link mentioned in the post is no longer active. However, the post is retained for archival purposes. On 15th October 2014, Paul Newman (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Indiana University) delivered a lecture at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies at the University of London, which was titled ‘The Law of…
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Researching Language and Linguistics: Bridging Gaps [Call for papers]
The University of Birmingham English Language Postgraduate Conference (BELP) will be held on 7th March 2014 at the Orchard Learning Resource Centre (OLRC), Selly Oak Campus, University of Birmingham. This year’s conference theme is “Researching Language and Linguistics: Bridging Gaps.” Plenary addresses will be delivered by Professors Svenja Adolphs (University of Nottingham) and Susan Hunston (University of Birmingham). Postgraduate students…
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Why do we call it morphology?
A student in an MA course in Linguistics was puzzled about the naming conventions of the discipline. He asked: If morphology is the study of word-structure, why can’t it be called wordology? There are two answers to that: the simplest one is that the term is derived from the Greek ‘morphe’ [form], and science has…