Workshop proposal Title: “The concept of lightness: new perspectives and applications”. Venue: 52nd Meeting of the SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea) – Leipzig (21-24 August 2019) Convenors: Roberta Mastrofini, Jodi L. Sandford, Marco Bagli (University of Perugia, Italy) The term lightness was first coined by Jespersen in relation to English verbal constructions formed by “an insignificant […]
The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL) are pleased to announce the launch of the annual Jack Prize, to be awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The prize is named in honour of Professor Ronald […]
Token: A Journal of English Linguistics – http://www.ujk.edu.pl/token Editors John G. Newman, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Marina Dossena, University of Bergamo Sylwester Łodej, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce ISSN 2299-5900 e-ISSN 2392-2087 Token: A Journal of English Linguistics is an open-access journal which focuses on English linguistics in a broad sense: it accepts […]
Call for Papers – International symposium English Historical Lexicography in the Digital Age: Focus on Social and Geographical Variation Thu. 11th – Sat. 13th April 2019, Bergamo (Italy) Invited keynote speakers: Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow Stefan Dollinger, University of British Columbia María F. García-Bermejo Giner, University of Salamanca Susan Rennie, independent scholar (Edinburgh) Organising […]
Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments: from theories to practices (A-MODE) Multimodal digital communication is the main theme of this conference meant to attract multidisciplinary research on a wide range of issues from teaching and learning to analysing multimodal digital data appearing in multiple communication arenas. Drawing on the work related to the European project EU-MADE4LL, […]
The Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies publishes original empirical research employing corpus methods for the analysis of language in use as a vehicle of communication. We welcome contributions from any disciplinary background and theoretical standpoint that present research based on the systematic examination of naturally-occurring language in specific settings and contexts using corpus techniques. […]