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Call for Abstracts – AUSTRALEX 2025 Conference Conference Theme: Lexicography in the Australasian Region: Theory, Practice, and Innovation Date: 2 Dec 2025 Venue: Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus. Submission Deadline: 1 Nov 2025 Submit via EasyChair easychair.org/account2/sig...? #ALS2025

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The ALS is calling for applications to two grants (up to $800) to attend the ALS conference: Student Conference Support Grant; Indigenous Conference Support Grant See the website for details including the online application form. The deadline for applications is 10 Oct. als.asn.au/Research-Gra...

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Forum on Englishes in Australia 2025 - the abstract deadline has been extended by 5 days! Submit an anonymous abstract of 300 words or less to easychair.org/conferences/... by Friday 23rd September 2025.

ALS2025 Registrations open; to be held at the Gold Coast campus of Grifith University (2-5 December). als.asn.au/Conference/2... Earlybird registrations close on 31st October so don't miss out on the discounted rates. The current draft of the program is available: als.asn.au/Conference/2... #ALS2025

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Call for Papers Forum on Englishes in Australia 2025 7 Nov 2025 Research on any aspect of English as used in Australia from any methodological or theoretical perspective is welcome. Submit an anonymous abstract of 300 words or less to easychair.org/conferences/... by Friday 19 Sep 2025. #ALS2025

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An analysis of 16 Australian TV series (2012-2021) featuring Aboriginal characters and creatives explores how language is used to represent Aboriginal English, cultures, racism, and colonization. It offers insights often missing from mainstream media. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL

A new study on earthquake narratives from NZ and Nepal reveals fascinating differences in how people use onomatopoeia and/or gestures. This shows how understanding multimodal descriptions is key to grasping the shared sensory experience of a story. Read it here: shorturl.at/lHHCC #AJL #Gestures

Abstract submission deadline extended! We invite abstracts for papers for presentation at the in-person Annual Conference of the ALS held at the Gold Coast campus of Griffith University from 2-5 December 2025. Extended deadline: 15 July 2025 Notification of acceptance: 22 August 2025 #ALS2025

If you're working on linguistics / applied linguistics research, check out the research grants, scholarships and prizes, and publication support and conference attendance support on offer here: als.asn.au/Research-Gra... Apply now!

If you're working on linguistics and culture of Australian Aboriginal people, the Yitpi Foundation Awards and Grants-in-Aid are now open. Deadline: 2 June 2025 (Monday) Find out more here: yitpifoundation.org.au/grants/

Submit your abstracts for papers if you're presenting at the Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society held at Griffith University (Gold Coast) from 2-5 December 2025! Deadline: 15 June 2025 Notification of acceptance: 1 August 2025 Find out more: www.als.asn.au/Conference/2...

If you're working on linguistics and culture of Australian Aboriginal people, the Yitpi Foundation Awards and Grants-in-Aid are now open. Deadline: 2 June 2025 (Monday) Find out more here: yitpifoundation.org.au/grants/

The ALS Conference is held at Griffith University’s Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, from 2 to 5 December 2025. We invite proposals for masterclasses and themed sessions at the conference. Submit to: [email protected] by 1 May 2025 Decisions: 15 May 2025 Details: www.als.asn.au/Conference/2...

Two Fully-Funded PhD positions at Auckland Uni! Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity. #linguistics #evolution #academia #phd www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Abstracts due 9th May! 📚 ⭐ 💻

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Queensland! The project, “A universal aphasia battery for assessing language disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who speak traditional languages and creoles", is supported by an NHMRC grant, Find out here: lnkd.in/gDpXBwkv

Why do some slang words stick while others fade? Most are fleeting (“barnacles” for spectacles), some go mainstream (“patter” for talk), but a few stay fashionable (“croak” for die). Read Burridge (2024) to find out more: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL #AusEng

📣PSA: The Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative is seeking a language manager via SEEK. View the job opening here: www.seek.com.au/Languages-Ma...

Featured in the special edition of Australian Journal of Linguistics, From "people's poetry" to "dustbin language": Slang in Australian English, read more about the progress of 'tucker' in Australian English by Clews (2025) here: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL #AusEng

Apply for accreditation with the Australian Linguistic Society to become an Accredited Linguist! Accredited Linguists are entitled to use the post-nominal ALing. Find out more here: www.als.asn.au/Accreditatio...

Already a member of ALS? Renew your membership with us! If you haven't, join us now! ALS members enjoy a myriad of benefits (e.g. free subscription to the Australian Journal of Linguistics, membership rates at ALS conferences, etc.) For more info: www.als.asn.au/Membership/J...

🎉The 2024 Rodney Huddleston Prize goes to Ilana Mushin, Joe Blythe, Josua Dahmen, Caroline de Dear, Rod Gardner, Francesco Possemato, and Lesley Stirling for their article "Towards an Interactional Grammar of Interjections" published in the AJL. See: tinyurl.com/jua455wk #AJL

PSA: We are now on LinkedIn! Join us there if you are on the platform too! Link: www.linkedin.com/in/australian-linguistic-society-64bba7337

Euphemisms in the Japanese culture and language are often interwoven with values of indirectness, politeness and harmony. Sakaba and Habib's (2024) explore euphemistic verbs for Japanese shinu 死ぬ ‘die’ using corpus analysis and NSM here: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL

PSA: We are now on LinkedIn! Join us there if you are on the platform too! Link: www.linkedin.com/in/australian-linguistic-society-64bba7337

Slang terms see change through generations, but some of them stand the test of time. Which Australian slang terms are still used by young people today, and which terms are out of fashion? Read Hughes (2024): doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL #AusEnglish

Ever felt that the AI chatbot that you are conversing with sounds really human-like? @celesterl.bsky.social wrote an article on @theconversation.com drawing the link between Grice's cooperative principle and the success of Generative AI. Read it here: theconversation.com/the-unspoken...

Prof Catherine Travis: "the authors call for more attention to be given to what it means to communicate well in a linguistically diverse society, to be more aware of the importance of inclusive communication." Recap of launch #2 of Life in a New Language at @auslingsoc.bsky.social

How does the Australian National Dictionary treat Australian slang words? Read Laugesen (2024) in the Australian Journal of Linguistics here: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL #AusEng

Final day of the #ALS2024 conference! Check out the programme for today, and the plenary talk this afternoon given by Prof. Virginia Yip from CUHK. Link: als.asn.au/Conference/2...

Thinking of my colleagues and friends currently attending @auslingsoc.bsky.social annual conference in Canberra! Here's a photo of the fabulous Dr Alexandra Grey, leading a session on language and law

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Journals, podcasts, university departments and communities all about Linguistics are here! Feel free to send me your own department, podcast, or any resource you have and I’ll add it to the starter pack go.bsky.app/8nJ9keo

The ALS 2024 Conference is happening next week (26-29 November) at ANU, Canberra! We look forward to seeing you there! Details and programme: als.asn.au/Conference/2... #ALS2024

The 37th AUSIT National Conference is held in RMIT, Melbourne, from 21-24 November 2024! The annual event unites professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts in translation and interpreting. Register at: web.cvent.com/event/5b8e67... #AUSIT2024

What have you learned about communicating linguistics to the public? Would others benefit from what you know? Here's your invitation to tell us at #LingComm25 (7–10 April 2025). Give a five-minute lightning talk, present a poster, or attend the conference and meet others. forms.gle/2kpNPp4g2gLM...

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4 more days before the deadline (18 October 2024)!

The Sydney Speaks corpus is a sociolinguistic project exploring Australian English variation and change. It consists of recordings from 265 Sydneysiders born from 1889 to 2001. Read Travis (2024) here: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL #LanguageCorpora #Sociolinguistics

The Jimmie Barker corpus (now part of the AIATSIS Collection) documents the longitudinal speech data of Muruwari Elder, Jimmie Barker, between 1968 and 1972. Access the data article by Mount et al. (2024) here: doi.org/10.1080/0726... #AJL #LanguageCorpora

Presenting at #ALS2025? Consider the following schemes for conference support: 1. The Indigenous Conference Attendance Support scheme 2. The Student Conference Attendance Support scheme. Deadline: 18 October 2024 Visit tinyurl.com/zvscdhyu for details. #ALS2025