From shh35 at cam.ac.uk Thu Jan 8 13:19:49 2026 From: shh35 at cam.ac.uk (S.H. Hilmarsdottir) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 18:19:49 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Registration and Programme for SVAL - Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages Message-ID: Dear all, We are pleased to announce the programme for and to open registration for the upcoming conference SVAL - Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages, held at the University of Cambridge from 26-28 March 2026. The registration deadline is February 28 2026. Please find the link for registration below. Registration is completely free, but we ask those interested in attending to complete it for catering numbers. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSwwi5Qmv0OmzeqVxJdepxs8T7f8M6y7g9QlGCqkSibwtdUg/viewform Registration can also be accessed on the conference website: https://svalconference.wordpress.com/registration/ The full conference programme can be viewed and downloaded on the conference website: https://svalconference.wordpress.com/programme/ For any queries please do not hesitate to contact us at svalconference at gmail.com. We look forward to welcoming you in Cambridge! The Organisers S?lveig Hilmarsd?ttir (University of Cambridge) and Dalia Pratali Maffei (Ghent University) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mathilde.bru at googlemail.com Thu Jan 8 17:03:21 2026 From: mathilde.bru at googlemail.com (Mathilde Bru) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:03:21 -0500 Subject: [Histling-l] =?utf-8?q?Data_in_Historical_Linguistics_Seminars_2?= =?utf-8?q?026_=E2=80=93_Programme_now_out!?= Message-ID: <300BD2E5-AA89-4419-B326-75174D90F464@googlemail.com> We are pleased to announce that the programme for the Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series (online) is now out: https://datainhistoricallinguistics.wordpress.com/2026-programme/. The first talk will take place remotely via Microsoft Teams on Monday 26th January 2026 at 5pm GMT. Registration forms for all the talks can be found on our website. This seminar series is run by Andrea Farina (King?s College London) and Mathilde Bru and is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. The purpose of this seminar series is to bring together researchers working on historical linguistics with a quantitative approach, and to discuss current avenues of research in this topic. We hope that these seminars will nurture international collaboration and establish academic ties among researchers working on similar topics in this field. Join our mailing list! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk Tue Jan 13 04:44:44 2026 From: andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk (Andrea Farina) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:44:44 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] =?utf-8?q?Data_in_Historical_Linguistics_Seminar_Se?= =?utf-8?q?ries_=E2=80=93_Seminar_1?= Message-ID: The first talk of the Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series 2026 will take place remotely on Monday 26 January 2026 at 5pm GMT. B?ch Phan-T?t (KU Leuven, Belgium) will be presenting on SynFlow: Continuous Semantics Change Analysis via Dependency Co-occurences Registration for this talk will close at midnight on the Friday before the event and the link for this can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/HEnpTKreXdrZqjfA8 Participants will receive a Microsoft Teams link via email on the morning of the talk. The abstract for this talk can be found at this page. The programme and registration links for all talks in the series can be found on our website: https://datainhistoricallinguistics.wordpress.com/2026-programme/ This seminar series is run by Andrea Farina (King?s College London) and Dr Mathilde Bru and is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. The purpose of this seminar series is to bring together researchers working on historical linguistics with a quantitative approach, and to discuss current avenues of research in this topic. We hope that these seminars will nurture international collaboration and establish academic ties among researchers working on similar topics in this field. Join our mailing list! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk Mon Jan 19 04:00:00 2026 From: andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk (Andrea Farina) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Call for Papers: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics Message-ID: Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) Full call for papers here: https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/Quantitative-Diachronic We are pleased to invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners to contribute to a Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) that focuses on open data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics. The primary focus of the collection is on Data Papers describing openly available datasets relevant to diachronic linguistics, regardless of language, language family, or historical period. Submissions should provide detailed documentation of dataset creation, structure, annotation, and potential reuse, in line with JOHD?s commitment to transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse in the humanities. We also welcome Discussion Papers, provided they explicitly engage with a published dataset. Submission types: * Short data papers (1,000?1,500 words): Concise descriptions of humanities research subjects with high reuse potential arising from research in quantitative diachronic linguistics. * Discussion papers, commenting on a published dataset (3,000?5,000 words): Extended reflections on issues related to historical corpora, annotation schemes, standards and formats, data quality, representativeness, bias, or reproducibility in quantitative studies of language change. Key Dates: * Abstract (100 words) submission deadline: 28 February 2026 * Full paper submission deadline (upon abstract acceptance): 10 April 2026 Potential topics include (but are not limited to): * Diachronic corpora and corpus-derived datasets * Quantitative datasets for the study of language change over time * Annotated datasets for diachronic phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics * Lexical, grammatical, or constructional change across historical stages * Cross-linguistic and comparative diachronic datasets * Datasets derived from historical texts, manuscripts, or inscriptions * Computational and statistical methods for modelling diachronic linguistic phenomena * Workflows, standards, and best practices for creating and maintaining diachronic linguistic datasets * Interoperable datasets for diachronic linguistics There are no restrictions on the language(s), language families, or time periods covered. We particularly encourage contributions from interdisciplinary teams and from those working on underrepresented areas or communities. JOHD is an open access journal under the CC BY 4.0 license. Publication fees may be waived upon request for authors without institutional funding. Submit your abstract (max. 100 words) via the form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/aMbdweuRuM Editorial team: Eleni Bozia Zinaida Geylikman Teresa Paccosi Marco Passarotti Andrea Farina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From serzant at uni-potsdam.de Tue Jan 20 04:40:48 2026 From: serzant at uni-potsdam.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Ilja_A=2E_Ser=C5=BEant?=) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:40:48 +0100 Subject: [Histling-l] CfP: "Multilingualism and Identities in the Roman Empire", November 18-20, 2026, Potsdam, Germany Message-ID: *CfP: "Multilingualism and Identities in the Roman Empire", November 18-20, 2026, Potsdam, Germany* *Important dates: Submission: April 1, 2026 Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2026 Conference: November 18?20, 2026 * *URL: https://sites.google.com/view/mire26/home* *Abstracts should be sent via email to: multilingualism at uni-potsdam.de* *-- CALL FOR PAPERS --* As one of the dominant languages of the Roman Empire, Greek Koin? continues to play a very important role during the Roman period and shows a big deal of diatopic and diastratal (social and political) variation. One such example is Atticism: the classical language came to be considered as ?the ideal variety? as opposed to the administrative Koin? that is dissociated from any literary tradition (inter alia, Swain 1996; Schmitz 1997; Silk 2009; Strobel 2009; Rafiyenko & Ser?ant 2022). Imitating the classical language produced a new literary register referred to as Learned Language, which combines authentic usage with hypercorrect lexical choices and patterns and inevitably shows some effects of Koin? (inter alia, Strobel 2009; Benedetti 2020; Garc?a Ram?n 2020; Rafiyenko & Ser?ant 2020). At the same time, Greek (and Latin) coexisted with numerous other more or less local languages, such as Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic etc. While some of them appear to have become extinct during the Roman imperial times (Etruscan is attested as being spoken for the last time in the 2nd century CE), others not only remained vital, but reacquired more visibility and their own literary tradition in Late Antiquity, and became a crucial facet in the expression of specific regional and religious identities. More generally, the use of language ? and specifically, of concrete varieties ? is a performative act of enormous relevance in expressing, shaping and reinforcing identity, as well as in claiming belonging or affiliation to specific groups, as sociolinguistic studies (for example, on phenomena such as crossing) have demonstrated. The goal of this conference is to bring together scholars working on different cultural and linguistic aspects of the multilingual society of the Roman Empire, in order to investigate how the Greek language, in its interaction with the other languages written and spoken within the Roman Empire, was deployed and performed as part of a complex cultural discourse and was entangled in the construction of imperial segmentary identities. We encourage submissions addressing (but not limited to) the following questions: - The social, historical and cultural environment that potentially may have constrained the language of that period; influence of other languages and the way interaction with other languages was organized - How native and second-language speakers of Greek index their identities in their linguistic production with respect to both grammar and lexicon, for example when accommodating effects of Atticism (cf. Rafiyenko & Ser?ant 2022); effects of Learned Language (Strobel 2009); effects of local and regional varieties on the standard (Garc?a Ram?n 2020) - Effects of multilingualism on Greek as the source or target language; - The role played by translations to and from Greek within the multilingual context of the multicultural society of the Roman imperium - The role(s) played by switching and crossing languages in performing identities and claiming belonging within the multilingual and multicultural society of the Roman empire ? both in written texts and in oral performances? - How may methods from Digital Humanities contribute to the questions addressed in the workshop? - We encourage corpus-based and quantitative approaches to the questions posed above. *References * Benedetti, M., 2020. The perfect paradigm in Theodosius? ???????: diathetically indifferent and diathetically non-indifferent forms. In: D. Rafiyenko and I.A. Ser?ant, eds. Contemporary Approaches to Postclassical Greek. Trends in Linguistics series. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 205?220. Garc?a Ram?n, J.L., 2020. Grammatical and lexical structures on change in Postclassical Greek: local dialects and supradialectal tendencies. In: D. Rafiyenko and I.A. Ser?ant, eds. Contemporary Approaches to Postclassical Greek. Trends in Linguistics series. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 303?336. Rafiyenko, D. & Ser?ant, I.A., 2020. Postclassical Greek. An overview. In: D. Rafiyenko and I.A. Ser?ant, eds. Contemporary Approaches to Postclassical Greek. Trends in Linguistics series. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 1?18. Ser?ant, I.A. & Rafiyenko, D., 2021. Diachronic evidence against the source-oriented explanation in typology. Evolution of Prepositional Phrases in Ancient Greek. Language Dynamics and Change, 11 (2), 167?210. Schmitz, T., 1997. Bildung und Macht. Zur sozialen und politischen Funktion der Zweiten Sophistik in der griechischen Welt der Kaiserzeit. Munich: Beck. Silk, M., 2009. The Invention of Greek: Macedonians, Poets and Others. In: A. Georgakopoulou and M. Silk, eds. Standard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present. Centre for Hellenic Studies, King?s College London Publications 12. Surrey, Burlington: Ashgate, 3?31. Strobel, C., 2009. The Lexica of the Second Sophistic: Safeguarding Atticism. In: A. Georgakopoulou and M. Silk, eds. Standard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present. Centre for Hellenic Studies, King?s College London Publications 12. Surrey, Burlington: Ashgate, 93?108. Swain, S., 1996. Hellenism and empire : language, classicism, and power in the Greek world, AD 50-250. Oxford: Clarendon Press. -- Prof. Ilja A. Ser?ant, dr., habil. Chair Slavic Linguistics Department of Slavic Studies, University of Potsdam Am Neuen Palais 10, Haus 01, D-14469 Potsdam Tel. + 49 331 977 4152; Room 1.1.2.06 URL:https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/team/serzant Potsdam Slavic Variation Lab:https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/slavic-variation-lab Potsdam Typology Lab:https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/posla-typology-lab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Fri Jan 23 22:55:55 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:55:55 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] "Reading with NARNiHS" -- NEW! reading group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *** Reading with NARNiHS *** Reading Group Join our online reading group to discuss hot-off-the-press publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors!? The inaugural session of "Reading with NARNiHS"?is taking place on Thursday, 19 February 2026,?at 10:00?a.m. US Central time / 5:00?p.m. CET?and features Don Tuten with his very recent work on early representations of Romance vernacular in legal documents. ? Reading with NARNiHS?is an exciting new venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels.? Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "authors read their works" + "author interview" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. ? Anna Havinga will be our?moderator/discussant, and?there will also be plenty of time for your questions.? So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! ? To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 19 February, please sign up?via the following form by Monday, 9 February 2026?(it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVkNHrI_2dBzPplelvQmiTgVpHh3bY0eRY4k4YtrcDhmCyRw/viewform?usp=header ? We are looking forward to seeing many of you on 19 February 2026 for Reading with NARNiHS! ? The NARNiHS Steering Group From khachik at aspirantum.com Mon Jan 26 12:45:13 2026 From: khachik at aspirantum.com (Khachik Gevorgyan) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:45:13 +0400 Subject: [Histling-l] 2026 Persian Language Summer School in Yerevan Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am writing to share information about *ASPIRANTUM?s 2026 Persian Language Summer School* in Yerevan and to kindly ask whether you might circulate this opportunity among interested researchers and students through your mailing lists and social media pages. The program offers *6?10 weeks (120?200 hours)* of intensive Modern Persian instruction beginning on *June 21, June 28, or July 5, 2026*. Classes at beginner, elementary, and intermediate levels focus on all key skills - reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, and vocabulary - with small groups ensuring meaningful progress. Participants also take part in *guided cultural excursions* to Garni & Geghard, Aragats & Amberd Fortress, Ejmiatsin, Khor Virap & Noravank, Lake Sevan, along with culinary evenings, museum visits, and other cultural events. Full program details and application form: *https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school * *Early Deadline:* February 25, 2026 *Application Deadline:* May 21, 2026 Testimonials: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aspirantum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aspirantumcom/ We would be grateful if you could share this opportunity with students who may benefit from intensive Persian study. I remain at your disposal for any further information. With best regards, *Khachik*Director, ASPIRANTUM Email: khachik at aspirantum.com WhatsApp: +374 91 55 79 78 https://aspirantum.com Khachik Gevorgyan Director ASPIRANTUM m: +37491557978 w: aspirantum.com e: khachik at aspirantum.com LinkedIn ASPIRANTUM - Armenian School of Languages and Cultures -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Moreover, Theresa Roth (HU Berlin) will present the PIE Collective, a newly founded scholarly network which promotes gender equality within the discipline at all career stages. Participation in the Summer School, including active participation in the Poster Session, stands for 3 ECTS. The registration fee will be ?100. Registrations will open in March and remain open until the end of June. If you want to stay updated and receive news about the summer school, sign up to the mailing list by filling out this form .. All best, The Summer School Organizers Matteo Tarsi Chiara Zanchi -- [image: LOGO-UNIPV] Matteo Tarsi, PhD Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Fellow Project: Verb Valency in Germanic, VALGER Editor, *Scripta Islandica* Advisory Editor, *North-Western Language Evolution* Piazza del Lino, 2 - 27100 Pavia T. 0382. 98.4744 <0382984744> https://sites.google.com/view/valencygermanic https://univp.academia.edu/MatteoTarsi *Svo gengur ?a? til ? heiminum, a? sumir hj?lpa erroribus ? gang, og a?rir leitast s??an vi? a? ?try?ja aftur ?eim s?mu erroribus. Hafa svo hvorir tveggju nokku? a? i?ja.* *?rni Magn?sson, AM 436 4to * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The abstract for this talk can be found at this page. The programme and registration links for all talks in the series can be found on our website: https://datainhistoricallinguistics.wordpress.com/2026-programme/ This seminar series is run by Andrea Farina (King?s College London) and Dr Mathilde Bru and is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. The purpose of this seminar series is to bring together researchers working on historical linguistics with a quantitative approach, and to discuss current avenues of research in this topic. We hope that these seminars will nurture international collaboration and establish academic ties among researchers working on similar topics in this field. Join our mailing list! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can find out more and register on our website: http://ethl.uk *Edinburgh Theoretical Historical Linguistics Summer School* *Dates*: 22nd June - 26th June 2026 *Location*: University of Edinburgh *Focus*: Historical Linguistics and Generative Theory *Fees*: ?60 without accommodation / ?350 with accommodation *Register*: https://ethl.uk/#register Best, Aldo Berrios Castillo Fae Hicks ETHL organisers -- Aldo Berr?os Castillo PhD Researcher University of Edinburgh https://aldoberrios.cl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jeff.Stebbins at Colorado.EDU Wed Jan 28 09:28:23 2026 From: Jeff.Stebbins at Colorado.EDU (Jeff Roesler Stebbins) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:28:23 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] remove from mailing list Message-ID: Hello Histling, Please remove my address from the Historical Linguistics mailing list. Thank you, Jeff Stebbins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Mon Feb 2 22:54:04 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 03:54:04 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] "Reading with NARNiHS" (reading group) -- one more week to register! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ***** One more week to register for the inaugural session! ***** Reading with NARNiHS [Reading Group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics] Join our online reading group to discuss hot-off-the-press publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors! The inaugural session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Thursday, 19 February 2026, at 10:00 a.m. US Central time / 5:00 p.m. CET and features Don Tuten with his very recent work on early representations of Romance vernacular in legal documents. Reading with NARNiHS is an exciting new venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "authors read their works" + "author interview" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator/discussant, and there will also be plenty of time for your questions. So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 19 February, please sign up via the following form by Monday, 9 February 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVkNHrI_2dBzPplelvQmiTgVpHh3bY0eRY4k4YtrcDhmCyRw/viewform We are looking forward to seeing you on 19 February 2026 for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group From linpb at cc.au.dk Thu Feb 5 03:20:53 2026 From: linpb at cc.au.dk (Peter Bakker) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 08:20:53 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Call for Papers/Chamada para artigos: Pidgin/Creole Summer Conference 2026, Aarhus Message-ID: Call for Papers: The 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Portuguese and Spanish-Lexified Creoles (ACBLPE) & the Summer Conference of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) ? 2026, Aug. 26 - 28, 2026. Deadline: February 15, 2026 Aarhus University will proudly host the joint meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) and the Association of Portuguese and Spanish-Lexified Creoles/ Associa??o de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (ACBLPE) for their summer conference from August 26 ? 28, 2026 at Aarhus University, Denmark. Members of these organizations are invited to attend the conference as well as the annual business meetings. The theme of the conference is: Futures of the Past. This expresses both the historical dimension of the genesis and development of contact languages as well as the diUerent aspects of the future, including education. Papers are welcome in all areas of the study of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and contact languages. Submission instructions: An anonymous abstract of approximately 500 words should be submitted using EasyAbs. Do not include your name or other revelatory information in the abstract. Individuals who are unable to access EasyAbs should email their abstract as an MS Word document or PDF to pidgincreole at au.dk. Please indicate "SPCL/ACBLPE 2026 Abstract" in the subject line. The Abstract submission deadline is February 15, 2026. Acceptance of notifications can be expected by March 1, 2026. Organization of the Abstract Many abstracts are rejected because they omit crucial information rather than because of errors in what they include. A suggested outline for abstracts follows: 1. Choose a title that clearly indicates the topic of the paper and is no more than one line long. 2. In the abstract, state the topic clearly. 3. Make reference to prior work on the topic. 4. When essential to the clarity of the argumentation, present linguistic data (with glosses). 5. Explain abbreviations at their first occurrence. 6. If the paper presents the results of experiments but collection of results is not yet complete, present the provisional results in detail. Also indicate the nature of the experimental design and the specific hypothesis tested. 7. State the relevance of your hypothesis to past work. Describe the analysis in as much detail as possible. Avoid vague or unsubstantiated statements. 8. State the contribution to linguistic research made by the analysis. 9. Citation of the relevant literature is essential within the abstract; however, the inclusion of a list of references at the end of the abstract is not obligatory. Assessment of Abstracts Abstracts will be assessed based on the following three criteria: 1. The relevance and significance of the proposed topic and/or the originality of the study. 2. The argumentation (including the clarity of the argument and the results/conclusions). 3. Knowledge of the relevant research literature and theory. Abstracts may be submitted in Creole, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. Presentations should be delivered in the same language as the abstract, although the screen language and spoken language may diUer. Each presenter will be allotted a 30-minute session: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Submissions open: Jan. 10, 2026 - Feb. 15, 2026 Abstract review period: Feb. 16, 2026 - Feb. 28, 2026 Contact Email: pidgincreole at au.dk Submit to the conference: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/SPCL_ACBLPE_2026/ Chamada para artigos: Encontro conjunto da Sociedade de Lingu?stica Pidgin e L?nguas Crioulas (SPCL) e da Associa??o de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (ACBLPE). Aug. 26 - 28, 2026. A Universidade de Aarhus ter? o prazer de sediar o encontro conjunto da Sociedade de Lingu?stica Pidgin e L?nguas Crioulas (SPCL) e da Associa??o de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (ACBLPE), de 26 a 28 de agosto de 2026, na Universidade de Aarhus, Dinamarca. Os membros dessas organiza??es est?o convidados a participar da confer?ncia, bem como das assembleias anuais. O tema da confer?ncia ?: Futuros do Passado, o que expressa tanto a dimens?o hist?rica da g?nese e do desenvolvimento das l?nguas de contato quanto os diferentes aspectos do futuro, incluindo a educa??o. S?o bem-vindos trabalhos em todas as ?reas de estudo de pidgins, l?nguas crioulas, l?nguas mistas e l?nguas de contato. Organiza??o do resumo Muitos resumos s?o rejeitados porque omitem informa??es cruciais, e n?o por causa de erros no conte?do. Segue abaixo uma sugest?o de estrutura para os resumos: 1. Escolha um t?tulo que indique claramente o tema do artigo e n?o tenha mais do que uma linha. 2. No resumo, indique claramente o tema. 3. Fa?a refer?ncia a trabalhos anteriores sobre o tema. 4. Quando essencial para a clareza da argumenta??o, apresente dados lingu?sticos (com glosas). 5. Explique as abreviaturas na primeira vez que forem utilizadas. 6. Se o artigo apresentar os resultados de experimentos, mas a coleta de resultados ainda n?o estiver completa, apresente os resultados provis?rios em detalhes. Indique tamb?m a natureza do experimento e a hip?tese espec?fica testada. 7. Indique a relev?ncia de sua hip?tese para trabalhos anteriores. Descreva a an?lise com o m?ximo de detalhes poss?vel. Evite afirma??es vagas ou sem fundamento. 8. Indique a contribui??o da an?lise para a pesquisa lingu?stica. 9. A cita??o da literatura relevante ? essencial no resumo; no entanto, a inclus?o de uma lista de refer?ncias no final do resumo n?o ? obrigat?ria. Avalia??o dos resumos Os resumos ser?o avaliados com base nos tr?s crit?rios a seguir: 1. A relev?ncia e import?ncia do tema proposto e/ou a originalidade do estudo. 2. A argumenta??o (incluindo a clareza do argumento e os resultados/conclus?es). 3. Conhecimento da literatura e teoria de pesquisa relevantes. Os resumos podem ser enviados em l?nguas crioulas, ingl?s, franc?s, portugu?s ou espanhol. As apresenta??es devem ser feitas no mesmo idioma do resumo. No entanto, o idioma escolhido para a apresenta??o escrita e o idioma falado podem ser diferentes. Cada apresentador ter? uma sess?o de 30 minutos: 20 minutos para a apresenta??o e 10 minutos para discuss?o. Per?odo para submiss?o: 10 de janeiro de 2026 a 15 de fevereiro de 2026 Per?odo de revis?o de resumos: 16 de fevereiro de 2026 a 28 de fevereiro de 2026 E-mail para contato: pidgincreole at au.dk Submiss?o de resumos: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/SPCL_ACBLPE_2026/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Submissions should provide detailed documentation of dataset creation, structure, annotation, and potential reuse, in line with JOHD?s commitment to transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse in the humanities. We also welcome Discussion Papers, provided they explicitly engage with a published dataset. Submission types: * Short data papers (1,000?1,500 words): Concise descriptions of humanities research subjects with high reuse potential arising from research in quantitative diachronic linguistics. * Discussion papers, commenting on a published dataset (3,000?5,000 words): Extended reflections on issues related to historical corpora, annotation schemes, standards and formats, data quality, representativeness, bias, or reproducibility in quantitative studies of language change. Key Dates: * Abstract (100 words) submission deadline: 28 February 2026 * Full paper submission deadline (upon abstract acceptance): 10 April 2026 Potential topics include (but are not limited to): * Diachronic corpora and corpus-derived datasets * Quantitative datasets for the study of language change over time * Annotated datasets for diachronic phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics * Lexical, grammatical, or constructional change across historical stages * Cross-linguistic and comparative diachronic datasets * Datasets derived from historical texts, manuscripts, or inscriptions * Computational and statistical methods for modelling diachronic linguistic phenomena * Workflows, standards, and best practices for creating and maintaining diachronic linguistic datasets * Interoperable datasets for diachronic linguistics There are no restrictions on the language(s), language families, or time periods covered. We particularly encourage contributions from interdisciplinary teams and from those working on underrepresented areas or communities. JOHD is an open access journal under the CC BY 4.0 license. Publication fees may be waived upon request for authors without institutional funding. Submit your abstract (max. 100 words) via the form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/aMbdweuRuM Editorial team: Eleni Bozia Zinaida Geylikman Teresa Paccosi Marco Passarotti Andrea Farina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From claire.bowern at yale.edu Wed Feb 11 07:57:39 2026 From: claire.bowern at yale.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:57:39 -0500 Subject: [Histling-l] Fwd: [HistLingYale/Contact] Fwd: [DATA IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS] CfP: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Claire Bowern Professor Editor: *Diachronica* Department of Linguistics, Yale University ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Claire Bowern Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 7:56?AM Subject: [HistLingYale/Contact] Fwd: [DATA IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS] CfP: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics To: contact ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'Andrea Farina' via Data in Historical Linguistics < data-in-historical-linguistics at googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 5:01?AM Subject: [DATA IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS] CfP: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics To: 'Andrea Farina' via Data in Historical Linguistics < data-in-historical-linguistics at googlegroups.com> Special Collection of the *Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) * Full call for papers here: https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/Quantitative-Diachronic We are pleased to invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners to contribute to a Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) that focuses on open data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics. The primary focus of the collection is on Data Papers describing openly available datasets relevant to diachronic linguistics, regardless of language, language family, or historical period. Submissions should provide detailed documentation of dataset creation, structure, annotation, and potential reuse, in line with JOHD?s commitment to transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse in the humanities. We also welcome Discussion Papers, provided they explicitly engage with a published dataset. Submission types: - Short data papers (1,000?1,500 words): Concise descriptions of humanities research subjects with high reuse potential arising from research in quantitative diachronic linguistics. - Discussion papers, commenting on a published dataset (3,000?5,000 words): Extended reflections on issues related to historical corpora, annotation schemes, standards and formats, data quality, representativeness, bias, or reproducibility in quantitative studies of language change. Key Dates: - Abstract (100 words) submission deadline: 28 February 2026 - Full paper submission deadline (upon abstract acceptance): 10 April 2026 Potential topics include (but are not limited to): - Diachronic corpora and corpus-derived datasets - Quantitative datasets for the study of language change over time - Annotated datasets for diachronic phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics - Lexical, grammatical, or constructional change across historical stages - Cross-linguistic and comparative diachronic datasets - Datasets derived from historical texts, manuscripts, or inscriptions - Computational and statistical methods for modelling diachronic linguistic phenomena - Workflows, standards, and best practices for creating and maintaining diachronic linguistic datasets - Interoperable datasets for diachronic linguistics There are no restrictions on the language(s), language families, or time periods covered. We particularly encourage contributions from interdisciplinary teams and from those working on underrepresented areas or communities. JOHD is an open access journal under the CC BY 4.0 license. Publication fees may be waived upon request for authors without institutional funding. Submit your abstract (max. 100 words) via the form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/aMbdweuRuM *Editorial team:* Eleni Bozia Zinaida Geylikman Teresa Paccosi Marco Passarotti Andrea Farina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Data in Historical Linguistics" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to data-in-historical-linguistics+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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Key information: * requires a completed doctorate in linguistics (or equivalent); * our teaching language is French; * 4h teaching per week. Deadline: 13 April 2026 Start date: 1 August 2026 More information is available here: https://www.unil.ch/news/1770983321270 Please feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested. I remain at your (and their) disposal for any enquiries. With best wishes and many thanks in advance, Robin ___________ Robin MEYER Professeur assistant en linguistique diachronique Pr?sident, Section des sciences du langage et de l'information Directeur, Centre de linguistique et des sciences du langage Associate Editor, Journal of Indo-European Studies Universit? de Lausanne Anthropole ? bureau 3141.3 CH?1015 Lausanne Suisse -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Mon Feb 16 22:21:42 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:21:42 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Call for Abstracts -- 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics Message-ID: *** 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** 8th edition *** 07-09 May 2026 -- entirely online! ==> Abstract Submission Deadline ==> 23 March 2026, 11:59 PM (U.S. Eastern Time) The 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator is an entirely online event (**with free registration**). This event offers an opportunity for scholars in historical sociolinguistics from all over the world to participate in discussions of cutting-edge research without the limitations imposed by international travel. We encourage our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars from related fields in our global scholarly community to join us online for our Research Incubator this spring. Abstract submission deadline: 23 March 2026, 11:59 PM (U.S. Eastern Time) Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/2026_Incubator/ The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator. The 8th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring work that is in-progress, exploratory, proof-of-concept, prototyping. The Incubator's audience actively participates in workshopping these new ideas, brainstorming along with the presenters to forge scholarly paths and develop research solutions. We see the NARNiHS Research Incubator as a place for testing and pushing boundaries; developing new theories, methods, models, and tools in historical sociolinguistics; seeking feedback from peers; and engaging in productive assessment of fledgling ideas and nascent projects. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application/development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, and methodologies easily find their place within the field, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Successful abstracts for this research incubator environment will demonstrate thorough grounding in historical sociolinguistics, scientific rigor in the formulation of research questions, and promise for rich discussion of ideas. Abstracts should be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. Data sources and examples should be sufficiently (if briefly) presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Abstracts should not exceed one page (not including examples and references, see below). Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection. We are soliciting abstracts for 25-minute presentations. Presenters will have the entire 25 minutes for their presentations, with discussion happening in the "incubation session" at the end of each panel. Presentations will be grouped into thematic panels of three presentations, each panel followed by an hour-long discussion with the audience led by specialists, creating a brainstorming/workshopping environment that encourages maximum exchange of ideas. Discussion will encompass specific feedback on the individual papers as well as consideration of overarching questions of theory, methods, and models emerging from the papers. To facilitate such discussion, authors will be required to submit a draft of their presentation materials for distribution to the panel discussants and to the other presenters a few days prior to the start of the conference. Abstracts will be accepted until Monday, 23 March 2026 -- late abstracts will not be considered. *** Abstract Content Requirements: 1) Abstracts should be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. 2) Data sources and examples should be sufficiently (if briefly) presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. 3) The connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined. *** Abstract Format Guidelines: 1) Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. 2) Abstracts must fit on one standard 8.5?11 inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch / 2.5 cm and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12-point. All additional content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts exceeding these limits will be rejected without review. 3) Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names will not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Papers that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Conference Requirements: 1) Abstracts must be submitted electronically, using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/2026_Incubator/ 2) Papers must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. 3) Authors are expected to virtually attend the conference and present their own papers. 4) Presentations will be delivered via Zoom. Technical details and instructions regarding the platform will be sent to authors in due time. Please contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions. From katharine.shields at kcl.ac.uk Tue Feb 24 04:31:54 2026 From: katharine.shields at kcl.ac.uk (Katharine Shields) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:31:54 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Digital Classicist London 2026 Call for Papers Message-ID: <6337AF66-1D81-4D5B-B6C9-BBF094A60C61@kcl.ac.uk> Digital Classicist London 2026 Call for Papers The Digital Classicist London seminar invites proposals for the Summer 2026 series. We are looking for papers on any aspect of the ancient or pre-colonial worlds, including archaeology, cultural heritage, history, language, literature and their reception, that address innovative digital approaches to research, teaching, dissemination or engagement. We particularly welcome presentations that reflect work across or between disciplines, and collaborations with partners outside academia that serve the research agendas of both/all parties. Seminars will be held on Fridays in June and July in Senate House, University of London, and will be simultaneously streamed to remote audiences on Youtube, but we hope most speakers will be physically present in London. We have a small budget to support travel for speakers within the UK. Please send an abstract of 300 words or less to > (clearly marked Digital Classicist London?) by the end of Monday March 16, 2026. In the email, please indicate if you would be able to present in person in London or online only. The organisers: * Gabriel Bodard (ICS) * Maxime Gu?nette (Montr?al) * Elizabeth Koch-K?l?k (ICS) * Anna Clara Maniero Azzolini (ICS) * Katharine Shields (KCL) * Sarah Williams (ICS) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Fri Feb 27 12:15:27 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:15:27 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Reading with NARNiHS (historical sociolinguistics reading group) -- Session #2 Message-ID: Reading with NARNiHS [Reading Group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics] Join our online reading group to discuss timely publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors!? The second session of "Reading with NARNiHS"?is taking place on Wednesday, 25 March 2026?at 12:00 pm US Eastern time / 5:00?pm European Central time?and features Anita Auer with her recent work on the "verticalization model" of language shift in historical sociolinguistics. Reading with NARNiHS?is an exciting new venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels.? Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author"?+ "author interview" + "authors read their works"?+ "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our?moderator/discussant, and?there will also be plenty of time for your questions.? So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 25 March, please sign up?via the following form by Wednesday, 18 March 2026?(it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBrPo-6NDUhmJXsm9xJ26A9BpFHX6uyO_KYi-E_3mwDUOa2w/viewform ? We are looking forward to seeing many of you on 25 March 2026 for Reading with NARNiHS! ? The NARNiHS Steering Group From lauersdorf at uky.edu Sat Feb 28 13:07:01 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:07:01 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] 2nd Call for Abstracts -- 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 2nd CALL FOR ABSTRACTS [only three weeks left to submit] *** 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** 8th edition *** 07-09 May 2026 -- entirely online! ==> Abstract Submission Deadline ==> 23 March 2026, 11:59 PM (U.S. Eastern Time) ? The 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator is an entirely online event (**with free registration**). This event offers an opportunity for scholars in historical sociolinguistics from all over the world to participate in discussions of cutting-edge research without the limitations imposed by international travel. We encourage our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars from related fields in our global scholarly community to join us online for our Research Incubator this spring. Abstract submission deadline: 23 March 2026, 11:59 PM (U.S. Eastern Time) Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/2026_Incubator/ The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator. The 8th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring work that is in-progress, exploratory, proof-of-concept, prototyping. The Incubator's audience actively participates in workshopping these new ideas, brainstorming along with the presenters to forge scholarly paths and develop research solutions. We see the NARNiHS Research Incubator as a place for testing and pushing boundaries; developing new theories, methods, models, and tools in historical sociolinguistics; seeking feedback from peers; and engaging in productive assessment of fledgling ideas and nascent projects. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application/development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, and methodologies easily find their place within the field, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Successful abstracts for this research incubator environment will demonstrate thorough grounding in historical sociolinguistics, scientific rigor in the formulation of research questions, and promise for rich discussion of ideas. Abstracts should be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. Data sources and examples should be sufficiently (if briefly) presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Abstracts should not exceed one page (not including examples and references, see below). Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection. We are soliciting abstracts for 25-minute presentations. Presenters will have the entire 25 minutes for their presentations, with discussion happening in the "incubation session" at the end of each panel. Presentations will be grouped into thematic panels of three presentations, each panel followed by an hour-long discussion with the audience led by specialists, creating a brainstorming/workshopping environment that encourages maximum exchange of ideas. Discussion will encompass specific feedback on the individual papers as well as consideration of overarching questions of theory, methods, and models emerging from the papers. To facilitate such discussion, authors will be required to submit a draft of their presentation materials for distribution to the panel discussants and to the other presenters a few days prior to the start of the conference. Abstracts will be accepted until Monday, 23 March 2026 -- late abstracts will not be considered. *** Abstract Content Requirements: 1) Abstracts should be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. 2) Data sources and examples should be sufficiently (if briefly) presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. 3) The connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined. *** Abstract Format Guidelines: 1) Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. 2) Abstracts must fit on one standard 8.5?11 inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch / 2.5 cm and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12-point. All additional content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts exceeding these limits will be rejected without review. 3) Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names will not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Papers that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Conference Requirements: 1) Abstracts must be submitted electronically, using the following link:? https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/2026_Incubator/ 2) Papers must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. 3) Authors are expected to virtually attend the conference and present their own papers. 4) Presentations will be delivered via Zoom. Technical details and instructions regarding the platform will be sent to authors in due time. Please contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions. From andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk Mon Mar 2 04:00:00 2026 From: andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk (Andrea Farina) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] =?windows-1252?q?Data_in_Historical_Linguistics_Sem?= =?windows-1252?q?inar_Series_=96_Seminar_4?= Message-ID: The fourth talk of the Data in Historical Linguistics Seminar Series will take place remotely on Monday 9 March 2026 at 5pm GMT. Ilia Afanasev (University of Vienna, Austria) will be presenting on "A study of the diatopic variation in Old East Slavic charters by means of a small unannotated corpus-based language comparison?. Registration for this talk will close at midnight on Friday 6 March and the link for this can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/WXumpbms2BFMkFtu9 Participants will receive a Microsoft Teams link via email on the morning of the talk. The abstract for this talk can be found at this page. The programme and registration links for all talks in the series can be found on our website: https://datainhistoricallinguistics.wordpress.com/2026-programme/ This seminar series is run by Andrea Farina (King?s College London) and Dr Mathilde Bru and is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers. The purpose of this seminar series is to bring together researchers working on historical linguistics with a quantitative approach, and to discuss current avenues of research in this topic. We hope that these seminars will nurture international collaboration and establish academic ties among researchers working on similar topics in this field. Join our mailing list! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sophie.prevost at ens.psl.eu Fri Mar 6 10:20:50 2026 From: sophie.prevost at ens.psl.eu (=?utf-8?Q?Sophie_Pr=C3=A9vost?=) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:20:50 +0100 Subject: [Histling-l] [Reminder] Conference : Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar: Convergences and Challenges (France, 30-Sep-2026 - 02-Oct-2026) Message-ID: <00c701dcad7c$d10555d0$73100170$@ens.psl.eu> Dear colleagues, Could you please circulate the announcement (= reminder) below? Best regards, Sophie Pr?vost *********************************************** Sophie Pr?vost Lattice UMR 8094 CNRS, ENS-PSL Universit? & Universit? Sorbonne Nouvelle 1 rue Maurice Arnoux F-92120 Montrouge tel : +33 1 58 07 66 22 http://www.lattice.cnrs.fr *********************************************** The submission deadline has been postponed to March 23, 2026. **************************************************************************** Conference : Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar: Convergences and Challenges Date: 30-Sep-2026 - 02-Oct-2026 Location: Montpellier, France Contact: Eric Melac Contact Email: eric.melac at univ-montp3.fr Meeting URL: https://grmzion-dc-xg26.sciencesconf.org/ Submission Deadline: 13- 23-Mar-2026 Keynote Speakers: Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck, Leipzig) Martin Hilpert (Uni. of Neuch?tel) Sophie Pr?vost (CNRS ? Lattice) Graeme Trousdale (Uni. of Edinburgh) Keynote Discussant: Bernd Heine (Uni. of Cologne) ?Grammaticalization? (a term introduced by Meillet in 1912) has been the subject of numerous studies, which have highlighted regularities in the emergence of grammatical forms across typologically diverse languages. Grammaticalization refers both to a type of change (and sometimes its result) and to a framework for analysing such change. As a type of change, many of the definitions that have been proposed can be formulated as follows: the evolution of a form from a lexical status to a grammatical status, or from a grammatical status to a more grammatical status (Kury?owicz [1965] 1976). However, several broader definitions exist, such as Lehmann?s (2024: 1) ?subjection of a linguistic construction or schema or of a linguistic operation to the rule of grammar?. Such definitional extensions affect a) the scope of this concept and b) the notion of unidirectionality (Pr?vost 2003, Haspelmath 2004, Norde 2009, Fischer 2013). The term ?grammaticalization? also refers to an analytical framework, or even a theory, built from observations of regularities of such processes. This framework expanded considerably in the latter half of the 20th century, notably through the work of Kury?owicz (1976), Benveniste (1968), and Giv?n (1979). Among the key publications are Lehmann ([1982] 1995), Hopper & Traugott (2003), Hopper (1991), Traugott & Heine (1991), Heine (1993, 1997), and Heine & Kuteva (2005, 2007). Around the turn of the 21st century, Construction Grammar developed rapidly. Much early research drew inspiration from Goldberg (1995), who defined a construction as a ?form-meaning pair? (1995: 4). Constructions are acquired individually because they are partly unpredictable, yet they are organized into a hierarchical network ? the constructicon ? that represents a speaker?s linguistic knowledge (Diessel 2023). In this network, lower-level constructions inherit properties from higher-level ones, and these vertical relations have been extensively studied. More elusive are the horizontal relations that link constructions at the same level, whether schematic or specific (e.g. He broke the vase / The vase broke). Diachronic Construction Grammar (a term first used by Ziegeler 2004; see No?l 2013) brings together work investigating how constructions evolve and how such changes are integrated into the constructicon (Bar?dal et al. 2015, Smirnova & Sommerer 2020 inter alia). Several authors have examined the relationship between grammaticalization theory and Diachronic Construction Grammar, but their conclusions diverge (No?l 2007, Trousdale 2012, Traugott & Trousdale 2013, Couss? et al. 2018, Hilpert 2018, Gildea & Bar?dal 2023). Combining the two approaches helps capture a broader range of diachronic phenomena, though it raises both terminological and conceptual challenges. For instance, grammaticalization theory assumes a continuum between two poles ? lexicon and grammar ? whereas Construction Grammar conceives of grammar as the entire inventory of constructions, without such a fundamental division (Trousdale 2015, Heine et al. 2016; see also Boye & Harder 2012). In grammaticalization theory, ?construction? does not mean ?form-meaning pair? but rather the combination of at least two linguistic signs in interaction with context (Heine 2002, Bybee 2003, Himmelmann 2004: 31, No?l 2007, Legallois & Patard 2017, Haspelmath 2023). One may also ask which approach better accounts for syntactic changes, especially those involving word order (Lehmann 1992, Hilpert 2021, Pr?vost 2025). As a result, several scholars have questioned attempts to subsume grammaticalization under Construction Grammar principles (B?rjars et al. 2015, Gregersen 2018, Heine et al. 2016, Hilpert 2021, M?lac 2024, 2025, Basile & Ziegeler in press, Heine et al. in press). Work on grammaticalization covers many linguistic areas, which led to numerous works adopting a typological approach (Heine & Kuteva 2002, Haspelmath 2019, Narrog & Heine 2018, Kuteva et al. 2019, Bisang & Malchukov 2020). Although Construction Grammar has increasingly been applied to languages beyond English (e.g. Croft 2001), it still tends to focus on specific constructions and their idiosyncratic features (Hilpert 2021). Given its theoretical orientation, Construction Grammar focuses less on typological generalizations and more on universals of linguistic usage and cognition. We invite proposals for papers or posters (500?800 words excluding references) which may be either case studies discussing fundamental theoretical issues or theoretical work based on innovative empirical analyses, regardless of language. Contributions to the conference are invited to address especially questions like the following: - What place should grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar occupy within a general theory of language change? Should we maintain them as distinct analytical frameworks, or seek to integrate them? - What exactly is the scope of grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar? - What predictive or explanatory power can be attributed to studies on grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar? - To what extent are grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar relevant for explaining linguistic diversity and typological patterns? - Which kinds of change, such as word order shifts or the development of discourse markers, are better accounted for by grammaticalization theory or Diachronic Construction Grammar? - Do temporality or gradualness distinguish grammaticalization from other types of language change? - Do frequency, analogy, and productivity have the same role for lexical and grammatical changes? - How does the constructicon evolve ? through the simple emergence or disappearance of constructions, through internal modification, or through reconfiguration of the network itself? 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The second session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 12:00 pm US Eastern time / 5:00 pm European Central time and features Anita Auer with her recent work on the "verticalization model" of language shift in historical sociolinguistics. Reading with NARNiHS is an exciting new venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "author interview" + "authors read their works" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator/discussant, and there will also be plenty of time for your questions. So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 25 March, please sign up via the following form by Wednesday, 18 March 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBrPo-6NDUhmJXsm9xJ26A9BpFHX6uyO_KYi-E_3mwDUOa2w/viewform We are looking forward to seeing many of you on 25 March 2026 for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group From lauersdorf at uky.edu Thu Mar 12 22:21:07 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:21:07 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] *FINAL* Call for Abstracts -- 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: **FINAL** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS *** 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** 8th edition *** 07-09 May 2026 -- entirely online! ==> Abstract Submission Deadline ==> 23 March 2026, 11:59 PM (U.S. Eastern Time) ? The 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator is an entirely online event (**with free registration**). This event offers an opportunity for scholars in historical sociolinguistics from all over the world to participate in discussions of cutting-edge research without the limitations imposed by international travel. We encourage our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars from related fields in our global scholarly community to join us online for our Research Incubator this spring. Abstract submission deadline: 23 March 2026, 11:59 PM (U.S. Eastern Time) Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/2026_Incubator/ The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator. The 8th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring work that is in-progress, exploratory, proof-of-concept, prototyping. The Incubator's audience actively participates in workshopping these new ideas, brainstorming along with the presenters to forge scholarly paths and develop research solutions. We see the NARNiHS Research Incubator as a place for testing and pushing boundaries; developing new theories, methods, models, and tools in historical sociolinguistics; seeking feedback from peers; and engaging in productive assessment of fledgling ideas and nascent projects. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application/development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, and methodologies easily find their place within the field, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Successful abstracts for this research incubator environment will demonstrate thorough grounding in historical sociolinguistics, scientific rigor in the formulation of research questions, and promise for rich discussion of ideas. Abstracts should be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. Data sources and examples should be sufficiently (if briefly) presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Abstracts should not exceed one page (not including examples and references, see below). Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection. We are soliciting abstracts for 25-minute presentations. Presenters will have the entire 25 minutes for their presentations, with discussion happening in the "incubation session" at the end of each panel. Presentations will be grouped into thematic panels of three presentations, each panel followed by an hour-long discussion with the audience led by specialists, creating a brainstorming/workshopping environment that encourages maximum exchange of ideas. Discussion will encompass specific feedback on the individual papers as well as consideration of overarching questions of theory, methods, and models emerging from the papers. To facilitate such discussion, authors will be required to submit a draft of their presentation materials for distribution to the panel discussants and to the other presenters a few days prior to the start of the conference. Abstracts will be accepted until Monday, 23 March 2026 -- late abstracts will not be considered. *** Abstract Content Requirements: 1) Abstracts should be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. 2) Data sources and examples should be sufficiently (if briefly) presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. 3) The connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined. *** Abstract Format Guidelines: 1) Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. 2) Abstracts must fit on one standard 8.5?11 inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch / 2.5 cm and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12-point. All additional content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts exceeding these limits will be rejected without review. 3) Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names will not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Papers that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Conference Requirements: 1) Abstracts must be submitted electronically, using the following link:? https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/2026_Incubator/ 2) Papers must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. 3) Authors are expected to virtually attend the conference and present their own papers. 4) Presentations will be delivered via Zoom. Technical details and instructions regarding the platform will be sent to authors in due time. Please contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions. From matteo.tarsi at unipv.it Thu Jan 29 04:26:54 2026 From: matteo.tarsi at unipv.it (Matteo Tarsi) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:26:54 +0100 Subject: [Histling-l] Marie Curie Call for Expression of Interest - Linguistics in Pavia Message-ID: Dear Friends and Colleagues, please find a Call for Expression of Interest for the next round of Marie Curie Fellowship (PF) applications we at the University of Pavia, Linguistics Section, would like to bear to your attention. Please forward this message to whoever you think might be interested. The deadline for submission is *March 1, 2026*. The full text of the call may be found here: Verb Valency in Germanic - Call for Expression of Interest for Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions https://sites.google.com/view/valencygermanic > Third mission & outreach > Call for Expression of Interest Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA-PF) All best, Matteo Tarsi -- [image: LOGO-UNIPV] Matteo Tarsi, PhD Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Fellow Project: Verb Valency in Germanic, VALGER Editor, *Scripta Islandica* Advisory Editor, *North-Western Language Evolution* Piazza del Lino, 2 - 27100 Pavia T. 0382. 98.4744 <0382984744> https://sites.google.com/view/valencygermanic https://univp.academia.edu/MatteoTarsi *Svo gengur ?a? til ? heiminum, a? sumir hj?lpa erroribus ? gang, og a?rir leitast s??an vi? a? ?try?ja aftur ?eim s?mu erroribus. Hafa svo hvorir tveggju nokku? a? i?ja.* *?rni Magn?sson, AM 436 4to * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The website for the Summer School is: https://unipv-larl.github.io/7th-Pavia-IE-summer-school-2026/ Participation in the Summer School, including active participation in the Poster Session, stands for 3 ECTS. The registration fee will be ?100. Registrations are now open and remain open until the end of June. Please find the registration form HERE . All best, Matteo Tarsi -- [image: LOGO-UNIPV] Matteo Tarsi, PhD Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Fellow Project: Verb Valency in Germanic, VALGER Editor, *Scripta Islandica* Advisory Editor, *North-Western Language Evolution* Piazza del Lino, 2 - 27100 Pavia T. 0382. 98.4744 <0382984744> https://sites.google.com/view/valencygermanic https://univp.academia.edu/MatteoTarsi *Svo gengur ?a? til ? heiminum, a? sumir hj?lpa erroribus ? gang, og a?rir leitast s??an vi? a? ?try?ja aftur ?eim s?mu erroribus. 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URL: From serzant at uni-potsdam.de Mon Mar 23 06:29:19 2026 From: serzant at uni-potsdam.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Ilja_A=2E_Ser=C5=BEant?=) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:29:19 +0100 Subject: [Histling-l] Finall call for papers (submission deadline: April 1): "Multilingualism and Identities in the Roman Empire", November 18-20, 2026, Potsdam, Germany In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5ed00ced-f0ee-4df6-9e6f-b0dd8aca5d5b@uni-potsdam.de> --- apologies for multiple posting --- *CfP: "Multilingualism and Identities in the Roman Empire", November 18-20, 2026, Potsdam, Germany* *Important dates: Submission: April 1, 2026 Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2026 Conference: November 18?20, 2026 * *URL: https://sites.google.com/view/mire26/home* *Abstracts should be sent via email to: multilingualism at uni-potsdam.de* *-- CALL FOR PAPERS --* As one of the dominant languages of the Roman Empire, Greek Koin? continues to play a very important role during the Roman period and shows a big deal of diatopic and diastratal (social and political) variation. One such example is Atticism: the classical language came to be considered as ?the ideal variety? as opposed to the administrative Koin? that is dissociated from any literary tradition (inter alia, Swain 1996; Schmitz 1997; Silk 2009; Strobel 2009; Rafiyenko & Ser?ant 2022). Imitating the classical language produced a new literary register referred to as Learned Language, which combines authentic usage with hypercorrect lexical choices and patterns and inevitably shows some effects of Koin? (inter alia, Strobel 2009; Benedetti 2020; Garc?a Ram?n 2020; Rafiyenko & Ser?ant 2020). At the same time, Greek (and Latin) coexisted with numerous other more or less local languages, such as Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic etc. While some of them appear to have become extinct during the Roman imperial times (Etruscan is attested as being spoken for the last time in the 2nd century CE), others not only remained vital, but reacquired more visibility and their own literary tradition in Late Antiquity, and became a crucial facet in the expression of specific regional and religious identities. More generally, the use of language ? and specifically, of concrete varieties ? is a performative act of enormous relevance in expressing, shaping and reinforcing identity, as well as in claiming belonging or affiliation to specific groups, as sociolinguistic studies (for example, on phenomena such as crossing) have demonstrated. The goal of this conference is to bring together scholars working on different cultural and linguistic aspects of the multilingual society of the Roman Empire, in order to investigate how the Greek language, in its interaction with the other languages written and spoken within the Roman Empire, was deployed and performed as part of a complex cultural discourse and was entangled in the construction of imperial segmentary identities. We encourage submissions addressing (but not limited to) the following questions: - The social, historical and cultural environment that potentially may have constrained the language of that period; influence of other languages and the way interaction with other languages was organized - How native and second-language speakers of Greek index their identities in their linguistic production with respect to both grammar and lexicon, for example when accommodating effects of Atticism (cf. Rafiyenko & Ser?ant 2022); effects of Learned Language (Strobel 2009); effects of local and regional varieties on the standard (Garc?a Ram?n 2020) - Effects of multilingualism on Greek as the source or target language; - The role played by translations to and from Greek within the multilingual context of the multicultural society of the Roman imperium - The role(s) played by switching and crossing languages in performing identities and claiming belonging within the multilingual and multicultural society of the Roman empire ? both in written texts and in oral performances? - How may methods from Digital Humanities contribute to the questions addressed in the workshop? - We encourage corpus-based and quantitative approaches to the questions posed above. *References * Benedetti, M., 2020. The perfect paradigm in Theodosius? ???????: diathetically indifferent and diathetically non-indifferent forms. In: D. Rafiyenko and I.A. Ser?ant, eds. Contemporary Approaches to Postclassical Greek. Trends in Linguistics series. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 205?220. Garc?a Ram?n, J.L., 2020. Grammatical and lexical structures on change in Postclassical Greek: local dialects and supradialectal tendencies. In: D. Rafiyenko and I.A. Ser?ant, eds. Contemporary Approaches to Postclassical Greek. Trends in Linguistics series. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 303?336. Rafiyenko, D. & Ser?ant, I.A., 2020. Postclassical Greek. An overview. In: D. Rafiyenko and I.A. Ser?ant, eds. Contemporary Approaches to Postclassical Greek. Trends in Linguistics series. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 1?18. Ser?ant, I.A. & Rafiyenko, D., 2021. Diachronic evidence against the source-oriented explanation in typology. Evolution of Prepositional Phrases in Ancient Greek. Language Dynamics and Change, 11 (2), 167?210. Schmitz, T., 1997. Bildung und Macht. Zur sozialen und politischen Funktion der Zweiten Sophistik in der griechischen Welt der Kaiserzeit. Munich: Beck. Silk, M., 2009. The Invention of Greek: Macedonians, Poets and Others. In: A. Georgakopoulou and M. Silk, eds. Standard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present. Centre for Hellenic Studies, King?s College London Publications 12. Surrey, Burlington: Ashgate, 3?31. Strobel, C., 2009. The Lexica of the Second Sophistic: Safeguarding Atticism. In: A. Georgakopoulou and M. Silk, eds. Standard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present. Centre for Hellenic Studies, King?s College London Publications 12. Surrey, Burlington: Ashgate, 93?108. Swain, S., 1996. Hellenism and empire : language, classicism, and power in the Greek world, AD 50-250. Oxford: Clarendon Press. -- Prof. Ilja A. Ser?ant, dr., habil. 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This year, the Forum will be held as part of a major international conference ?Sign Languages in an Interdisciplinary Paradigm: Inclusion, Research, Education, Interpretation" dedicated to the centenary of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG). The conference will be held in a *hybrid format* with both on-line and in-person participation available. The working languages are Russian, Russian Sign Language, English, and International Sign. Interpretation to and from the specified languages will be provided. The Forum is open both to specialists in sign language studies and to scholars in related linguistic fields with an interest in sign language research. We welcome contributions on *a wide range of topics within sign language linguistics*, including but not limited to: Theoretical linguistics - the internal structure of signs; - morphology, syntax, and lexicon of sign languages; - discourse structure, semantics, and pragmatics of signed communication. Sociolinguistics - variation (regional, social) and language contact in signing communities; - language policy and the status of sign languages. Typology and Comparative Studies - cross-linguistic comparison of sign languages; - comparing linguistic structures across sign and spoken languages. Methodology and Applied Research - fieldwork methods for documenting sign languages; - corpus linguistics: building and analyzing sign language corpora; - psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of sign language production and perception; - sign language lexicography. *Call for Papers* Abstracts should be a maximum of 1 page A4 (a second page may be used for examples and references); formatting: Times New Roman, 12 pt, single spacing, 2.5 cm margins. Submissions should be made via email to lingforum at iling-ran.ru. 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The third session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Wednesday, 06 May 2026, at 11:00 am US Eastern time / 5:00 pm European Central time and features Justin Power and Richard Meier with their recent work on the application of a broad set of historical methods and the consultation of underutilized sources of data in the historical sociolinguistic investigation of sign language. Reading with NARNiHS is an exciting new venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "author interview" + "authors read their works" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator/discussant, and there will also be plenty of time for your questions. So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 06 May, please sign up via the following form by Wednesday, 29 April 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfkUePusOjr9Cmi_CyNvS8ihW8AxcmZALTUzgRsYfJin_9SA/viewform We are looking forward to seeing many of you on 06 May 2026 for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From F.Hicks at sms.ed.ac.uk Thu Apr 9 03:00:00 2026 From: F.Hicks at sms.ed.ac.uk (Fae Hicks) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Bursaries available ETHL Summer School In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, (With apologies for cross posting.) There is still time to sign up to the Edinburgh Theoretical Historical Linguistics (ETHL) Summer School, and we are now able to offer a small number of bursaries to support attendance! Application for bursaries will be open until the 26th April - more details available here. Best wishes, Fae Hicks and Aldo Berr?os Castillo ________________________________ From: histling-l on behalf of aldo berrios Sent: 28 January 2026 09:58 To: histling-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Histling-l] ETHL 2026 Summer School Some people who received this message don't often get email from aldo.berrios at gmail.com. Learn why this is important Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce ETHL 2026 Summer School. The first Edinburgh Theoretical Historical Linguistics (ETHL) Summer School will run from the 22nd - 26th June 2026 at the University of Edinburgh. Our curriculum, delivered by leading theoretical historical linguists, provides a crash-course into the what and why of THL providing a comprehensive overview of this emerging discipline from both the theoretical and historical perspectives. The ETHL Summer School will bring together research in historical syntax, phonology, and morphology to holistically address the relation of all modules of grammar to diachronic change. With classes led by: Theresa Biberauer, Anne Brietbarth, Andrea Calabrese, Mark Hale, Patrick Honeybone, Benjamin Molineaux, and Ruth Kramer. You can find out more and register on our website: http://ethl.uk Edinburgh Theoretical Historical Linguistics Summer School Dates: 22nd June - 26th June 2026 Location: University of Edinburgh Focus: Historical Linguistics and Generative Theory Fees: ?60 without accommodation / ?350 with accommodation Register: https://ethl.uk/#register Best, Aldo Berrios Castillo Fae Hicks ETHL organisers -- Aldo Berr?os Castillo PhD Researcher University of Edinburgh https://aldoberrios.cl The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. 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The aim is to provide a tool that supports cross-disciplinary exploration of preverb usage and meaning. You can access the resource here: https://prevnet.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk/ I would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to explore the resource and share your thoughts via this short feedback survey: https://forms.gle/xRAV89sGmofvoGK59 Your input will be extremely valuable in guiding the next stages of development and ensuring the resource is useful across different fields and use cases. Many thanks in advance for your time and feedback. Best wishes, Andrea Andrea Farina Research Assistant in Latin Linguistics Department of Digital Humanities King?s College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS Office: C0.10 Computational Corpus Annotation for Quantitative Analysis of Latin Lexical Semantics (COALA) Senior Editor and Senior Social Media Editor for the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) Creator and convenor of Data in Historical Linguistics | Join our mailing list here Member of King?s Computational Humanities Research Group and of King?s Institute for Artificial Intelligence andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk | Andrea Farina [King's College London] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The third session of "Reading with NARNiHS"?is taking place on Wednesday, 06 May 2026, at 11:00 am US Eastern time / 5:00?pm European Central time?and features Justin Power and Richard Meier with their recent work on the application of a broad set of historical methods and the consultation of underutilized sources of data in the historical sociolinguistic investigation of sign language. Reading with NARNiHS?is an exciting new venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. ?Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author"?+ "author interview" + "authors read their works"?+ "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga?will be our?moderator/discussant, and?there will also be plenty of time for your questions. ?So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 06 May, please sign up?via the following form by Wednesday, 29 April 2026?(it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfkUePusOjr9Cmi_CyNvS8ihW8AxcmZALTUzgRsYfJin_9SA/viewform ? We are looking forward to seeing many of you on 06 May 2026 for Reading with NARNiHS! ? The NARNiHS Steering Group From claire.bowern at yale.edu Wed Apr 22 05:00:48 2026 From: claire.bowern at yale.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:48 +0200 Subject: [Histling-l] Fwd: Workshop on CxG and Constructicons, April 28-29, Pavia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Claire Bowern Professor Editor: *Diachronica* Department of Linguistics, Yale University ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chiara Zanchi Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 9:46?AM Subject: Workshop on CxG and Constructicons, April 28-29, Pavia To: On Tuesday, April 28, and Wednesday, April 29, the international workshop ?Construction Grammar and Constructicons (with a focus on Ancient Greek)? will be held at Collegio Ghislieri (Pavia) and broadcast live on Zoom. The event will take place over two half-days and aims to foster dialogue among scholars who use Construction Grammar as a theoretical framework to model grammar and build linguistic resources. The workshop also provides an opportunity to gather insights for the development of the project ?A CONstructional NETwork for Ancient GreeK (ConNetGk)? by Chiara Zanchi (University of Pavia, Department of Humanities). On the afternoon of April 28, speakers will include Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia), Francesco Mambrini (Universit? Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan), Francesca Masini (Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna), Florent Perek (University of Birmingham), and Alexander Ziem (Heinrich Heine University D?sseldorf). The morning of April 29, on the other hand, will be dedicated to the presentation of the ?A CONstructional NETwork for Ancient GreeK (ConNetGk)? project, followed by an open discussion and a final roundtable. The program is attached. The workshop is funded by the InROAD+ 2025 - Fostering ERC talents @UNIPV program. - *For information:* chiara.zanchi at unipv.it - *Zoom Link:* https://unipv-it.zoom.us/j/5628902980 -- [image: LOGO-UNIPV] Chiara Zanchi Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Prof.ssa Associata di Glottologia e Linguistica - Associate professor of Linguistics Presidente del Consiglio didattico della LM in Linguistica teorica, applicata e delle lingue moderne - Director of the MA Program in Linguistics Membro della Giunta del Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Membro del CUG Piazza del Lino, 2 - 27100 Pavia (Italia) T. +390382984495 https://unipv.unifind.cineca.it/individual?uri=http%3A%2F%2Firises.unipv.it%2Fresource%2Fperson%2F704324 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The entire underlying database can be downloaded as a CLDF dataset and is freely accessible to facilitate cross-linguistic research on language contact. The dataset being available in CLDF also allows for easy publication within the Cross-Linguistic Linked Data (CLLD) framework, like other CLDF resources such as Glottolog and Grambank. AfBo 2.0 is edited by Frank Seifart and Francesco Gardani, and the CLDF dataset is curated by Robert Forkel. We invite you to explore this new release at https://afbo.info/. From lauersdorf at uky.edu Sat May 2 14:07:27 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 18:07:27 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] =?windows-1252?q?2026_NARNiHS_Research_Incubator_?= =?windows-1252?q?=96_program_and_registration_details?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ***** The 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator is here! ***** Join us this coming week for the 2026 Research Incubator of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics! ==> 07-09 May 2026 <== Consult the program for the largest and most thematically-rich Incubator line-up ever: ?https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3420 Thirteen (13 !!!) exciting international projects in Historical Sociolinguistics across four sessions, plus our annual Meta-Discussion panel! The event is **fully online and free** for NARNiHS members. ?Not yet a NARNiHS member? ?Membership is free: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=2 Information concerning access to the online venue will be distributed through the NARNiHS member listserv a few days before the event. We look forward to seeing you there! The 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator organizing committee From clairebowern at gmail.com Sun May 3 07:20:02 2026 From: clairebowern at gmail.com (Claire Bowern) Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 07:20:02 -0400 Subject: [Histling-l] Fwd: [Lingtyp] EXTENDED DEADLINE: Salos 2026 Summer School - Language change inside and out In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Danguole Kotryna Kapkan via Lingtyp Date: Sun, May 3, 2026, 2:00?AM Subject: [Lingtyp] EXTENDED DEADLINE: Salos 2026 Summer School - Language change inside and out To: Dear Colleagues, The 23rd Salos Linguistics Summer School (*Academia Grammaticorum Salensis Vigesima Tertia) *will take place July 26 ? August 1 2026 in Antaliept?, Lithuania. This year's overarching topic is *language change* and the programme includes the following courses: - Diachronic construction grammar (Prof. Dr. Stefan Hartmann, HHU D?sseldorf) - Contact-induced language change (Dr. Max Wahlstr?m, University of Helsinki) - Topics in inferential statistics (Prof. Dr. Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, University of Bremen) In addition, the event will feature daily tutoring sessions as well as the possibility for participants to present their work on the conference day. Participants of the summer school will receive 3 ECTS credits. The participation fee of 320 Eur includes on-site accommodation, full board, and round trip from Vilnius to Antaliept?. More information can be found on our website . The call for participants has been extended until *May 10th, 2026*. The application form can be found here . Best, _________________________________ dr. Danguole Kotryna Kapkan (she/they) Institut f?r Slavistik Universit?t Potsdam _______________________________________________ Lingtyp mailing list Lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org https://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vorqueda at uc.cl Thu May 7 10:13:07 2026 From: vorqueda at uc.cl (Veronica Mariel Orqueda) Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 14:13:07 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Invitation to submit ICHL papers Message-ID: Dear all, After a long delay ? for which we apologize ? we are pleased to announce that we are planning to publish a selection of papers from ICHL27 with John Benjamins Publishing Company in the CILT series, continuing the ICHL tradition. We are now inviting submissions of papers of up to 8,000 words, with a deadline of 7 August 2026. Please note that only papers presented in the general sessions of ICHL27 are eligible for submission. Workshop organizers are welcome to explore alternative publication options if these have not yet been arranged. Regarding language, we are pleased to announce that papers may be submitted in either English or Spanish. However, contributions in Spanish will constitute no more than 25% of the volume. Please also note that abstracts for papers written in Spanish must be provided in English. Please submit your paper in PDF format to contacto at ichl27santiago.cl and renata.rivera at uc.cl. For formatting guidelines, please refer to the following link: https://benjamins.com/downloads/guidelines/jb-guidelines-manuscript-submision-usl.pdf We are also resending the link to the attendance certificates in case you have not yet downloaded them: ?https://uccl0-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/vorqueda_uc_cl/EvAWwSC7II9Ik_Tn9JAOS3MBiFTijYGNQBjnaxfgZY4hIA?e=djXDPo? If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. 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The theme of the symposium will be: Types of Evidence in Historical Linguistics Our Invited Speakers are: * Chundra Cathcart (Zurich) * Terttu Nevalainen (Helsinki) * Sara Pacchiarotti (Ghent) * Jane Stewart-Smith (Glasgow) * David Stifter (Maynooth) * Rob Truswell (Edinburgh) Further details can be found on the Symposium Website: https://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/amc-symposium/fifth-amc-symposium/ The EasyAbs abstract submission page for the symposium is here. While we particularly encourage abstracts for regular talks and posters that engage with the key symposium theme, we also welcome abstracts on any topic in historical linguistics, including all language specialisms and sub-disciplines. Please direct any enquiries to: amc-sympo at mlist.is.ed.ac.uk. We hope to see lots of you in December! The Organisers * Nikolas Gisborne * Lisa Gotthard * Patrick Honeybone * Pavel Iosad * Bettelou Los * Warren Maguire * Benjamin Molineaux * Graeme Trousdale ----- Benjamin Molineaux Depute Director and Secretary, The Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Fri May 22 12:53:00 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:53:00 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Reading with NARNiHS (historical sociolinguistics reading group) -- Session #4 Message-ID: *** Reading with NARNiHS *** [reading group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics] ==> https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3288 Join our online reading group to discuss hot-off-the-press publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors! The fourth session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Monday, 29 June 2026, at 10:00 am US Eastern time / 4:00 pm European Central time and features Christine Wallis with her recent work in historical pragmatics, politeness, and identity work using intriguing material culture data from postal practices in 18th-century England. Reading with NARNiHS is a vibrant venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "author interview" + "authors read their works" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator, and there will be plenty of time for your questions. So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 29 June, please sign up via the following form by Friday, 26 June 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclKNzEhtXcFuJSIuZYevrA6HGClzIqVX8begLsbmeZHXGyMg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107607242991378276323 We are looking forward to seeing many of you on Monday, 29 June 2026, for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group From andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk Wed Jun 3 03:00:00 2026 From: andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk (Andrea Farina) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics, 14-15 January 2027, London Message-ID: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/quantitative-diachronic-linguistics-and-cultural-analytics-2027-qdlca27 Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27) 14?15 January 2026 | King?s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS We invite submissions for the conference Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27), to be held at King?s College London (Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS) on 14?15 January 2026. The conference is funded by the ERC-selected project COALA. See the conference webpage here. Language is in constant flux, shaped by social, cultural, and cognitive forces over time. With the increasing availability of large-scale textual data and computational tools, researchers are now better equipped than ever to uncover patterns and mechanisms of language change across different linguistic areas (e.g., morphology, syntax, semantics). This conference explores the intersection of quantitative diachronic linguistics and cultural analytics, to investigate how language evolves and how these changes relate ? directly or broadly ? to cultural dynamics. Confirmed keynote speakers are Prof Dirk Geeraerts (KU Leuven) and Dr Stefania De Gaetano-Ortlieb (Saarland University). Submission Guidelines * We invite submissions for 20-minute presentations, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. * The abstracts should be anonymised and consist of a maximum of 400 words (excluding references). * Please submit your abstract as a .docx file via email to: quantitative.diachronic.ling at gmail.com. Use the following subject line: ?ABSTRACT Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics? In case of a large number of high-quality submissions, some abstracts may be selected for poster presentations. Authors will be invited to indicate whether they would consider their submission suitable for a poster session, should one be included in the programme. Poster selections will be based both on authors? preferences and on reviewers? recommendations, as reviewers will also be asked to assess the suitability of submissions for poster presentation. Deadline: 13 September 2026, 23:59 BST Suggested Topics (non-exhaustive list) Submissions may include (but are not limited to) the following areas, with no restrictions on language(s) or historical periods: * Quantitative studies of language change across time * Corpus-based analyses of language evolution * Computational modelling of diachronic syntax, semantics, morphology, etc. * Cross-linguistic comparisons using large-scale data * Language change in connection with historical, literary, or cultural trends * Digital methods for exploring linguistic and cultural shifts * Applications of cultural analytics to linguistic data Important Dates * 13 September 2026: Abstract Submission Deadline * 26 October 2026: Notification of Acceptance * 14?15 January 2026: Conference Dates For any inquiries, please contact the organiser, Dr Andrea Farina (andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Fri Jun 26 17:07:39 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:07:39 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Reading with NARNiHS #4 (historical sociolinguistics reading group) -- Still time to register! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ==>? Registration extended until Sunday, 28 June 2026!? <== *** Reading with NARNiHS *** [reading group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics] ==> https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3288 Join our online reading group to discuss hot-off-the-press publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors! The fourth session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Monday, 29 June 2026, at 10:00 am US Eastern time / 4:00 pm European Central time and features Christine Wallis with her recent work in historical pragmatics, politeness, and identity work using intriguing material culture data from postal practices in 18th-century England. Reading with NARNiHS is a vibrant venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels.? Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "author interview" + "authors read their works" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator, and there will be plenty of time for your questions.? So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 29 June, please sign up via the following form by Sunday, 28 June 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclKNzEhtXcFuJSIuZYevrA6HGClzIqVX8begLsbmeZHXGyMg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107607242991378276323 We are looking forward to seeing many of you on Monday, 29 June 2026, for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group From lauersdorf at uky.edu Sun Jul 5 21:15:44 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 01:15:44 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Call for Abstracts -- NARNiHS 2027 -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics Ninth Annual Meeting Message-ID: *** NARNiHS 2027 *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** Ninth Annual Meeting *** 100% IN PERSON *** Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting *** San Francisco, California, USA *** 6-9 January 2027 This event offers an opportunity for scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research in historical sociolinguistic methods of linguistic inquiry; and we invite our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from our global scholarly community to join us in San Francisco for our 9th Annual Meeting. Consult this Call for Abstracts on the web: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3542 . ---------- Call for Abstracts ----------. Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027 Deadline: Monday, 24 August 2026, 11:59 PM US Eastern time. Late abstracts will not be considered. The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 9th Annual Meeting. As a Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), NARNiHS will hold its Annual Meeting sessions at the LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday-Saturday, 6-9 January 2027. The 9th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from peers, and engaging in productive development of the field's enduring questions. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application and/or development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Accepted papers will be organized into thematic sessions that will be scheduled throughout the 4 days of the LSA conference; accepted posters will be scheduled together in the LSA poster gallery. Please note that, at NARNiHS events, poster presentations are an integral and equal part of the intellectual exchange (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations in the review process about the most effective format for the submission. However, *if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for poster presentation*, please specify this in your abstract. Successful abstracts will demonstrate *thorough grounding* in historical sociolinguistics, *scientific rigor* in the formulation of research questions, and *promise for rich discussion* of ideas. Successful abstracts will be explicit about which *theoretical frameworks*, *methodological protocols*, and *analytical strategies* are being applied or critiqued. *Data sources and examples* should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that *the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics* should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection of the abstract. *** Abstract Format Guidelines ***. - Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. - Abstracts must fit on one 8.5x11-inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch (2.54 cm) and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. You are encouraged to use the entire page to provide a full and robust description of the research. All additional supporting content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without review. - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to also anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name as the file name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names may not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Abstracts that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Requirements ***. - Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027 - Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: One single-author abstract and one co-authored abstract. - Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation in NARNiHS Sessions and at the LSA Annual Meeting or another LSA Sister Society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, or SSILA). - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract may occur. If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is printed in the conference booklet. - Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. - Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present their own papers and posters. This will not be a hybrid event. Contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions. From amc at ed.ac.uk Tue Jul 14 09:25:47 2026 From: amc at ed.ac.uk (Angus McIntosh Centre Angus McIntosh Centre) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:25:47 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] =?utf-8?q?2nd_CfP=3A_5th_AMC_Symposium_=E2=80=93_7-?= =?utf-8?q?9_December_2026=2C_Edinburgh?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0BFA5233-28A8-4AB8-9B68-A6BDCFA42A21@ed.ac.uk> WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING Dear all, This is just a quick reminder that the Fifth AMC Symposium will take place between the 7th and the 9th December 2026 at The University of Edinburgh. The call for papers is open until July 31st, so you have two weeks to submit your abstracts if you would like to present. The theme of the symposium will be: Types of Evidence in Historical Linguistics Our Invited Speakers are: * Chundra Cathcart (Zurich) * Terttu Nevalainen (Helsinki) * Sara Pacchiarotti (Ghent) * Jane Stuart-Smith (Glasgow) * David Stifter (Maynooth) * Rob Truswell (Edinburgh) Further details can be found on the Symposium Website: https://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/amc-symposium/fifth-amc-symposium/ The EasyAbs abstract submission page for the symposium is here. While we particularly encourage abstracts for regular talks and posters that engage with the key symposium theme, we also welcome abstracts on any topic in historical linguistics, including all language specialisms and sub-disciplines. Please direct any enquiries to: amc-sympo at mlist.is.ed.ac.uk. We hope to see lots of you in December! The Organisers * Nikolas Gisborne * Lisa Gotthard * Patrick Honeybone * Pavel Iosad * Bettelou Los * Warren Maguire * Benjamin Molineaux * Graeme Trousdale ----- Benjamin Molineaux Depute Director and Secretary, The Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics The University of Edinburgh On 7 May 2026, at 16:05, Angus McIntosh Centre Angus McIntosh Centre wrote: Dear all, The Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics is delighted to invite you all to its Fifth AMC Symposium, to take place between the 7th and the 9th December 2026 at The University of Edinburgh. The theme of the symposium will be: Types of Evidence in Historical Linguistics Our Invited Speakers are: * Chundra Cathcart (Zurich) * Terttu Nevalainen (Helsinki) * Sara Pacchiarotti (Ghent) * Jane Stuart-Smith (Glasgow) * David Stifter (Maynooth) * Rob Truswell (Edinburgh) Further details can be found on the Symposium Website: https://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/amc-symposium/fifth-amc-symposium/ The EasyAbs abstract submission page for the symposium is here. While we particularly encourage abstracts for regular talks and posters that engage with the key symposium theme, we also welcome abstracts on any topic in historical linguistics, including all language specialisms and sub-disciplines. Please direct any enquiries to: amc-sympo at mlist.is.ed.ac.uk. We hope to see lots of you in December! The Organisers * Nikolas Gisborne * Lisa Gotthard * Patrick Honeybone * Pavel Iosad * Bettelou Los * Warren Maguire * Benjamin Molineaux * Graeme Trousdale ----- Benjamin Molineaux Depute Director and Secretary, The Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Fri Jul 24 15:49:14 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:49:14 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] 2nd Call for Abstracts -- NARNiHS 2027 -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics Ninth Annual Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ==> Only one more month to submit your abstract! <== *** 2nd Call for Abstracts *** *** NARNiHS 2027 *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** Ninth Annual Meeting *** 100% IN PERSON *** Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting *** San Francisco, California, USA *** 6-9 January 2027 This event offers an opportunity for scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research in historical sociolinguistic methods of linguistic inquiry; and we invite our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from our global scholarly community to join us in San Francisco for our 9th Annual Meeting. Consult this Call for Abstracts on the web: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3542 . ? ---------- Call for Abstracts ----------. Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027 Deadline:? Monday, 24 August 2026, 11:59 PM US Eastern time. Late abstracts will not be considered. The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 9th Annual Meeting.? As a Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), NARNiHS will hold its Annual Meeting sessions at the LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday-Saturday, 6-9 January 2027. The 9th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from peers, and engaging in productive development of the field's enduring questions. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application and/or development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Accepted papers will be organized into thematic sessions that will be scheduled throughout the 4 days of the LSA conference; accepted posters will be scheduled together in the LSA poster gallery. Please note that, at NARNiHS events, poster presentations are an integral and equal part of the intellectual exchange (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations in the review process about the most effective format for the submission.? However, *if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for poster presentation*, please specify this in your abstract. Successful abstracts will demonstrate *thorough grounding* in historical sociolinguistics, *scientific rigor* in the formulation of research questions, and *promise for rich discussion* of ideas. Successful abstracts will be explicit about which *theoretical frameworks*, *methodological protocols*, and *analytical strategies* are being applied or critiqued. *Data sources and examples* should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that *the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics* should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection of the abstract. *** Abstract Format Guidelines ***. - Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. - Abstracts must fit on one 8.5x11-inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch (2.54 cm) and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. You are encouraged to use the entire page to provide a full and robust description of the research. All additional supporting content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without review. - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to also anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name as the file name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names may not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Abstracts that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Requirements ***. - Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027 - Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: One single-author abstract and one co-authored abstract. - Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation in NARNiHS Sessions and at the LSA Annual Meeting or another LSA Sister Society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, or SSILA). - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract may occur.? If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is printed in the conference booklet. - Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. - Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present their own papers and posters.? This will not be a hybrid event. Contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions. From tolli at hi.is Thu Aug 6 08:16:00 2026 From: tolli at hi.is (=?Windows-1252?Q?=DE=F3rhallur_Ey=FE=F3rsson_-_HI?=) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:16:00 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] =?windows-1252?q?ICHL28=2C_2027_=96_Call_for_worksh?= =?windows-1252?q?ops_and_papers?= Message-ID: Dear All. Welcome to the 28th International Conference on Historical Linguistics at the University of Iceland, 26 ? 30 July 2027 Call for workshop proposals is now open. Deadline: 15 September 2026 Call for paper abstracts. Deadline: 1 December 2026 Further information: https://ichl28.hi.is/call-for-papers/ Best wishes, Tolli Eyth?rsson Dr. Th?rhallur Eyth?rsson Professor of Linguistics Department of English Studies Faculty of Languages and Cultures School of Humanities University of Iceland IS-101 Reykjav?k E-mail: tolli at hi.is Tel.: +354-525-4456 Mobile: +354-896-0406 Office: Ver?ld 304 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk Fri Aug 7 08:11:57 2026 From: andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk (Andrea Farina) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 12:11:57 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics, 14-15 January 2027, London Message-ID: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/quantitative-diachronic-linguistics-and-cultural-analytics-2027-qdlca27 Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27) 14?15 January 2026 | King?s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS We invite submissions for the conference Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27), to be held at King?s College London (Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS) on 14?15 January 2026. The conference is funded by the ERC-selected project COALA. See the conference webpage here. Language is in constant flux, shaped by social, cultural, and cognitive forces over time. With the increasing availability of large-scale textual data and computational tools, researchers are now better equipped than ever to uncover patterns and mechanisms of language change across different linguistic areas (e.g., morphology, syntax, semantics). This conference explores the intersection of quantitative diachronic linguistics and cultural analytics, to investigate how language evolves and how these changes relate ? directly or broadly ? to cultural dynamics. Confirmed keynote speakers are Prof Dirk Geeraerts (KU Leuven) and Dr Stefania De Gaetano-Ortlieb (Saarland University). Submission Guidelines * We invite submissions for 20-minute presentations, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. * The abstracts should be anonymised and consist of a maximum of 400 words (excluding references). * Please submit your abstract as a .docx file via email to: quantitative.diachronic.ling at gmail.com. Use the following subject line: ?ABSTRACT Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics? In case of a large number of high-quality submissions, some abstracts may be selected for poster presentations. Authors will be invited to indicate whether they would consider their submission suitable for a poster session, should one be included in the programme. Poster selections will be based both on authors? preferences and on reviewers? recommendations, as reviewers will also be asked to assess the suitability of submissions for poster presentation. Deadline: 13 September 2026, 23:59 BST Suggested Topics (non-exhaustive list) Submissions may include (but are not limited to) the following areas, with no restrictions on language(s) or historical periods: * Quantitative studies of language change across time * Corpus-based analyses of language evolution * Computational modelling of diachronic syntax, semantics, morphology, etc. * Cross-linguistic comparisons using large-scale data * Language change in connection with historical, literary, or cultural trends * Digital methods for exploring linguistic and cultural shifts * Applications of cultural analytics to linguistic data Important Dates * 13 September 2026: Abstract Submission Deadline * 26 October 2026: Notification of Acceptance * 14?15 January 2026: Conference Dates For any inquiries, please contact the organiser, Dr Andrea Farina (andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Only **one more week** to submit your abstract!? <== *** FINAL Call for Abstracts *** *** NARNiHS 2027 *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** Ninth Annual Meeting *** 100% IN PERSON *** Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting *** San Francisco, California, USA *** 6-9 January 2027 This event offers an opportunity for scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research in historical sociolinguistic methods of linguistic inquiry; and we invite our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from our global scholarly community to join us in San Francisco for our 9th Annual Meeting. Consult this Call for Abstracts on the web: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3542 . ? ---------- Call for Abstracts ----------. Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/NARNiHS_2027 Deadline:? Monday, 24 August 2026, 11:59 PM US Eastern time. Late abstracts will not be considered. The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 9th Annual Meeting.? As a Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), NARNiHS will hold its Annual Meeting sessions at the LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday-Saturday, 6-9 January 2027. The 9th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from peers, and engaging in productive development of the field's enduring questions. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application and/or development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Accepted papers will be organized into thematic sessions that will be scheduled throughout the 4 days of the LSA conference; accepted posters will be scheduled together in the LSA poster gallery. Please note that, at NARNiHS events, poster presentations are an integral and equal part of the intellectual exchange (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations in the review process about the most effective format for the submission.? However, *if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for poster presentation*, please specify this in your abstract. Successful abstracts will demonstrate *thorough grounding* in historical sociolinguistics, *scientific rigor* in the formulation of research questions, and *promise for rich discussion* of ideas. Successful abstracts will be explicit about which *theoretical frameworks*, *methodological protocols*, and *analytical strategies* are being applied or critiqued. *Data sources and examples* should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that *the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics* should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection of the abstract. *** Abstract Format Guidelines ***. - Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. - Abstracts must fit on one 8.5x11-inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch (2.54 cm) and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. You are encouraged to use the entire page to provide a full and robust description of the research. All additional supporting content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without review. - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to also anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name as the file name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names may not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Abstracts that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Requirements ***. - Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/NARNiHS_2027 - Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: One single-author abstract and one co-authored abstract. - Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation in NARNiHS Sessions and at the LSA Annual Meeting or another LSA Sister Society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, or SSILA). - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract may occur.? If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is printed in the conference booklet. - Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. - Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present their own papers and posters.? This will not be a hybrid event. Contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions. From serzant at uni-potsdam.de Mon Aug 17 08:50:57 2026 From: serzant at uni-potsdam.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Ilja_A=2E_Ser=C5=BEant?=) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:50:57 +0200 Subject: [Histling-l] Program: "Multilingualism and Identities in the Roman Empire", November 18-20, 2026, Potsdam, Germany In-Reply-To: <5ed00ced-f0ee-4df6-9e6f-b0dd8aca5d5b@uni-potsdam.de> References: <5ed00ced-f0ee-4df6-9e6f-b0dd8aca5d5b@uni-potsdam.de> Message-ID: Please find the program of?"Multilingualism and Identities in the Roman Empire", November 18-20, 2026, Potsdam, Germany, *HERE *. Participation is free of charge.?We request an informal (free!) registration via e-mail multilingualism at uni-potsdam.de ?from all interested persons by Friday the 8th of November, 2026. Please make sure to include your full name and academic affiliation. This assists us in our planning (catering, name tags, etc.). URL: https://sites.google.com/view/mire26/home -- Prof. Ilja A. Ser?ant, dr., habil. Chair Slavic Linguistics Department of Slavic Studies, University of Potsdam Am Neuen Palais 10, Haus 01, D-14469 Potsdam Tel. + 49 331 977 4152; Room 1.1.2.06 URL:https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/team/serzant Potsdam Slavic Variation Lab:https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/slavic-variation-lab Potsdam Typology Lab:https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/posla-typology-lab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Sat Aug 22 15:46:20 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:46:20 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Reading with NARNiHS (historical sociolinguistics reading group) -- Session #5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *** Reading with NARNiHS *** [reading group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics] ==> https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3288 Join our online reading group to discuss hot-off-the-press publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors! The fifth session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Thursday, 24 September 2026, at 10:00 am US Eastern time / 4:00 pm European Central time and features Sandrine Tailleur with her recent historical morpho-syntactic work emphasizing the use of multiple types of data to get a fuller picture in the investigation of the complex course of language change. Reading with NARNiHS is a vibrant venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. ?Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "author interview" + "authors read their works" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator, and there will be plenty of time for your questions. ?So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 24 September, please sign up via the following form by Monday, 21 September 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKs-ZDztlFQloZ1AUX8kSyb8dXlhJziCBXF5XOASVpUIGP3w/viewform We are looking forward to seeing many of you on Thursday, 24 September 2026, for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group From andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk Thu Sep 3 08:42:43 2026 From: andrea.farina at kcl.ac.uk (Andrea Farina) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:42:43 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] QDLCA27 Pre-conference Workshop: Research Infrastructures, Methods, and Annotation for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics Message-ID: Full information here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/qdlca27-pre-conference-workshop-research-infrastructures-methods-and-data-for-quantitative-diachronic-linguistics Register here: https://forms.gle/H2DjTn7DaKcM8CXZ7 The QDLCA27 pre-conference workshop, organised by Dr Andrea Farina (King's College London), is a satellite event of the Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27) conference. The workshop will take place from Monday 11 (afternoon) to Wednesday 13 (morning) January 2027. It is supported by a CLARIN-funded initiative (Days 1?2) and by the COALA ? Computational Corpus Annotation for Quantitative Analysis of Latin Lexical Semantics project (Day 3), which also underpins the organisation of QDLCA27. Bringing together researchers interested in digital resources, computational methods, and linguistic annotation, the workshop is designed to provide participants with methodological knowledge and practical experience in the quantitative study of language change, while fostering collaboration across the historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and digital humanities communities. The increasing availability of digitised texts, linguistic resources, and computational tools has transformed research in historical linguistics. However, making effective use of these opportunities requires a clear understanding of how data are created, structured, annotated, and analysed. This workshop addresses key challenges in quantitative diachronic research, including the use of research infrastructures, the management and interpretation of historical datasets, annotation methodologies, and the development of reproducible workflows. The first two days of the workshop focus on research infrastructures, tools, and methodological approaches for quantitative diachronic linguistics. Participants will explore how digital resources and computational methods can support research on language variation and change, while also discussing practical challenges related to data access, the design and application of linguistic annotation schemes, comparability, and analysis. Through practical activities, participants will be introduced to the principles and practices of linguistic annotation and will gain hands-on experience in annotating historical language data, including considering how to define annotation categories, apply annotation schemes, and deal with ambiguity and competing analyses. They will also explore how annotated data can be leveraged for quantitative analysis and for investigating patterns of linguistic variation and change. The workshop includes opportunities for participants to discuss their own research interests and datasets, fostering exchange among researchers working with different languages, periods, and methodological approaches. Confirmed invited speakers are Prof Marco Passarotti (Universit? Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) and Dr Megan Bushnell (University of Oxford), who will share perspectives on computational approaches, research infrastructures, and digital resources for the study of historical language data. The workshop is aimed primarily at PhD students and early career researchers who wish to develop their understanding of how to design and apply linguistic annotation and how annotated resources can support quantitative analyses of language change. It is suitable for researchers in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and digital humanities, including those who are beginning to integrate computational methods into their work. The workshop aims to equip participants with practical as well as conceptual foundations needed to engage critically and creatively with quantitative approaches to diachronic linguistics, from the creation and annotation of historical datasets through to their quantitative analysis. The workshop also builds on the broader research community developed through the seminar series Data in Historical Linguistics and is part of the activities of the King's Linguistics Network. Together, these initiatives promote dialogue on the role of digital data, computational approaches, and quantitative methods in advancing research on language history and linguistics more broadly. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauersdorf at uky.edu Sun Sep 13 16:27:23 2026 From: lauersdorf at uky.edu (Lauersdorf, Mark R.) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:27:23 +0000 Subject: [Histling-l] Reading with NARNiHS (historical sociolinguistics reading group) -- Session #5 -- still time to register! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ==> ?One more week to register! ?<== *** Reading with NARNiHS *** [reading group of the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics] ==> https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3288 Join our online reading group to discuss hot-off-the-press publications in historical sociolinguistics with the authors! The fifth session of "Reading with NARNiHS" is taking place on Thursday, 24 September 2026, at 11:00 am US Eastern time / 5:00 pm European Central time and features Sandrine Tailleur with her recent historical morpho-syntactic work emphasizing the use of multiple types of data to get a fuller picture in the investigation of the complex course of language change. Reading with NARNiHS is a vibrant venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. ?Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of "meet the author" + "author interview" + "authors read their works" + "classic reading group discussion" as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors. Anna Havinga will be our moderator, and there will be plenty of time for your questions. ?So, please come along for an enriching one-hour exchange about the most current topics in historical sociolinguistics! To receive the Zoom link and the article we're going to discuss on 24 September, please sign up via the following form by Monday, 21 September 2026 (it takes less than a minute): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKs-ZDztlFQloZ1AUX8kSyb8dXlhJziCBXF5XOASVpUIGP3w/viewform We are looking forward to seeing many of you on Thursday, 24 September 2026, for Reading with NARNiHS! The NARNiHS Steering Group