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The Impact of AI-Driven Assessment and Feedback on Language Learning Across Cultural Contexts
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: language assessment; assessment feedback; AI; GenAI; ML; languages; teaching and learning; cultural contexts
Acoustic and Pragmatic Aspects of Speech
edited by
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open
Keywords: prosody; pragmatics; intonation; discourse structure; speaker intent; sociolinguistic variation; emotional expression
Evidence-Based Practices in Treating Developmental Language Disorders: Current Trends and Future Directions
edited by Carolyn Letts and
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open
Keywords: developmental language disorder (DLD); intervention; evidence; methodology.
Speech Prosody in Spanish: Corpus-Based Perspectives
edited by and Adrián Cabedo Nebot
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: prosody; intonation; spoken Spanish; corpus linguistics; sociolinguistics; PRESEEA; acoustic phonetics; attenuation; intensification; speech analysis
Chinese Languages and Their Neighbours in Southeast Asia submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7951 | Submission Open
Keywords: language contact; Southeast Asia; Chinese languages; sociolinguistics; minority languages
Word Formation and Sound Symbolism: Evidence from African Languages submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open
Keywords: word formation; sound symbolism; African languages
Phonological Theories: A Diachronic Perspective as a Benchmark
edited by Haike Jacobs and
submission deadline 6 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open
Keywords: sound change; phonological structure; phonological theories
Corpus Pragmatics: Investigating Language Use in Context
edited by
submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1927 | Submission Open
Keywords: corpus linguistics; applied linguistics; pragmatics; digital corpora
Technological Affordances in L2 Pragmatic Development submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open
Keywords: L2 pragmatic development; technological affordances; individual differences
Generative AI-Supported Language Assessment for Learning
edited by Saerhim Oh and
submission deadline 7 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 1418 | Submission Open
Keywords: language assessment; generative AI; formative assessment; learning-oriented language assessment; L2 learners; language learning
Corpus Linguistic Perspectives on Australian English
edited by Peter Collins and Adam Smith
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 624 | Submission Open
Keywords: corpus linguistics; variation; Australian English
Advances in Spoken Italian
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: spoken language; semantics; multimodality
Social Communication Disorders in Childhood: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessment and Intervention
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5034 | Submission Open
Keywords: social communication disorder; cognitive and linguistic development; interprofessional practice; speech–language pathology; childhood language disorders; culturally responsive assessment; global paediatric health; inclusive communication; developmental language disorder; telepractice in communication therapy
10th Anniversary Celebration Issue – Languages at the Crossroads: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation and Future Horizons in Language Science
edited by Anthony Pak-Hin Kong and John Nerbonne
submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open
Keywords: language processing; language acquisition; language variation; language evolution; neurolinguistics
Experimental Insights into Acoustic and Articulatory Variability: Coarticulation and Prosodic Effects in Greek Speech Production
edited by Katerina Nicolaidis, Mary Baltazani and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open
Keywords: speech production; acoustic variability; articulatory variability; coarticulation; prosody; Greek
Linguistic Approaches to Human and AI Communication: Meaning, Interaction and Interpretation
edited by , and Muhammad Afzaal
submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 990 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-AI interaction; AI communication; linguistic analysis; language use
Shifting Politeness in Multilingual Contexts: Address Forms in Migrant, Colonial, and Indigenous Languages
edited by Vladislava Warditz
submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open
Keywords: address forms; migrant, colonial, and indigenous languages; evolution of politeness; language contact; contact-induced language change; pragmatics; sociolinguistics
Large Language Models as Theories of Human Language
edited by Csaba Veres
submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: large language models; symbolic and statistical language models; syntactic probing in neural networks; interpretability of LLM representations
The Mental Lexicon: Conceptual and Empirical Aspects of a Powerful Metaphor
edited by Michael Zock, and
submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
Keywords: mental lexicon; lexical representation; lexical access; lexical networks; psycholinguistics
Contributions to Generative Language Acquisition: Research and Related Work
edited by Juliana Gerard and Raffaella Folli
submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: language acquisition; generative linguistics; psycholinguistics; language processing
Interdisciplinary Sociolinguistic Forays submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open
Keywords: sociolinguistics; applied linguistics; sociology of language
Language Acquisition and Morphological Competence: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives
edited by Melita Kovacevic and Wolfgang Dressler
submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: acquisition of morphology; first vs. second language acquisition; inflectional morphology; word formation; morphotactics vs. phonotactics
Phonetic and Phonological Experimentation in Prosody Research: New Theoretical and Methodological Horizons
edited by
submission deadline 1 May 2027 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: articulatory prosody; acoustic prosody; forensic prosody; tools for prosodic investigation
Corpus-Based Approaches to Terminology and Specialized Lexicography submission deadline 15 May 2027 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open
Keywords: corpus linguistics; terminology; lexicography; AI; NLP; standards; semantics
Multimodal Affordances and Digital Language Practices in the Global South
edited by , , Osman Solmaz and
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 852 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital affordances; multimodality; digital language practices; multilingualism; Global South; generative AI
Clines and Trajectories: Grammaticalization and Pragmaticalization in Romance
edited by , Michela Cennamo and Cinzia Russi
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open
Keywords: grammaticalization; pragmaticalization; Romance languages; clines/trajectories; tendencies
Metapragmatic Awareness in L2 Learning and Teaching
edited by and Nicola Brocca
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open
Keywords: metapragmatic awareness; language learning; language teaching; teacher education; L2 pragmatics
Neology of the Portuguese Language
edited by Margarita Correia and Rui Pereira
submission deadline 30 Nov 2027 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open
Keywords: neologism; lexicon; language use; synchronic variation; diachronic variation; vocabulary acquisition; observatories of neology; linguistic resources; language planning; standardization
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