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The Development of Sociolinguistic Competence
edited by and Kristen Kennedy Terry
submission deadline 8 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open
Keywords: sociolinguistic competence; applied linguistics; second language acquisition
Recent Developments on the Diachrony and Typology of Bantu Languages
edited by Koen Bostoen and Sara Pacchiarotti
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3232 | Submission Open
Keywords: Bantu; convergence; divergence; diachrony; genealogical classification; grammaticalization; language contact; nominal morphosyntax; reconstruction; sound change; typology; TAMP; verbal derivation
Exploring Second Language Acquisition of Grammar from a Psycholinguistic Perspective
edited by Line Burholt Kristensen and Sabine Gosselke-Berthelsen
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open
Keywords: second language acquisition; psycholinguistics; experimental linguistics; grammar; language processing; language production
Next Chapter in Spanish as Heritage Language Pedagogy: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
edited by María Luisa Parra, and Angélica Amezcua
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 1624 | Submission Open
Keywords: Spanish heritage language pedagogy; innovation; new perspectives; multiliteracies; humanities; creativity; interdisciplinarity; technology; dynamic bilingualism
The Syntax-Prosody Interface in East Asian Languages
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submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 828 | Submission Open
Advances in the Investigation of L3 Speech Perception submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
Keywords: L3 perception; cross-linguistic phonetic similarity; L3 phonology; multilingual
Exploring Discourse and Identity in the Diverse and Evolving Varieties of Southeast Asian Englishes
edited by Francisco Perlas Dumanig and Leah Gustilo
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 695 | Submission Open
Keywords: Southeast Asian Englishes; discourse; identity; language use; language attitudes
Current Trends and Future Directions in Bilingual Language Acquisition submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6553 | Submission Open
Keywords: bilingualism/multilingualism; language acquisition; input quality; input quantity; neurodiversity; society; assessment; intervention; ethnography
Diverse Perspectives on Cognition and Language Learning in Bilingual Children submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 961 | Submission Open
Keywords: bilingualism; children; cognition; culture; language learning; language processing; linguistic justice; translanguaging
(A)typical Clauses across Languages
edited by Ritva Laury and Tsuyoshi Ono
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open
Keywords: clause; conversation; (a)typicality; overt mention; predicate
We Are What We Say: Accent-Inclusive Sociopragmatic Research
edited by Emilie Maurel-Destruel and Ethan Kutlu
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1336 | Submission Open
Keywords: accents; dialects; pragmatics; sociolinguistics; inferences; variation
Adult and Child Sentence Processing When Reading or Writing submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10459 | Submission Open
Keywords: reading; writing; sentence (processing); child; adult; typical; atypical
An Acoustic Analysis of Vowels
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4786 | Submission Open
Keywords: acoustic analyses; acoustic– phonetics; vowels; speech perception; speech production; heritage language; bilingualism; language variation; accent variation; language change; language contact; minority languages; apraxia; dysarthria; language documentation; regional variation; sociophonetics
Cognition in Second Language Writing submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open
Keywords: writing; cognition; cognitive processes; cognitive strategies; writing-to-learn; process-oriented
Current Issues in Vietnamese Linguistics
edited by Trang Phan, Nigel Duffield and Tim Chou
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open
Keywords: vietnamese linguistics; phonetics; phonology; morphology; syntax; semantics; pragmatics; historical linguistics
Impacts of Phonetically Variable Input on Language Learning
edited by Kiwako Ito
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open
Research on Articulation and Prosodic Structure
edited by Donna Erickson and Malin Svensson Lundmark
submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open
Keywords: articulation; prosodic structure; prominence patterns; segmental articulation; syllabic articulation; phrasing/boundaries; articulatory planning
The Aspectual Architecture of the Slavic Verb: Analogies in Different Languages and Other Grammatical Domains
edited by and Petr Biskup
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open
Keywords: aspectual composition; aspectual markers; aspectual analogies; aspect and clausal embedding; experimental methods
L2 Speech Perception and Production in the Globalized World
edited by Okim Kang and Maria Kostromitina
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open
Linguistics of Social Media
edited by Andreea S. Calude
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 1197 | Submission Open
Usage-Based Approaches to Second Language Acquisition: Crosslinguistic Perspectives
edited by Sanako Mitsugi, Zoe Pei Sui Luk, Nozomi Tanaka, and Yasuhiro Shirai
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open
Keywords: usage-based approaches; second language acquisition (SLA); crosslinguistic perspectives
Innovations in Language Assessment Practices
edited by Antony Kunnan, Rama Mathew and Disha Maheshwari
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: classroom-based assessment; assessment for learning; language assessment literacy; multilingual assessment; technology-based assessment
New Research on the Role and Effects of Structured Input in Assessing the Nature of Language Processing
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submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2426 | Submission Open
Keywords: input processing; structured input; processing instruction
Advances in the Acquisition of Prosody
edited by Mariapaola D'Imperio and Sónia Frota
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open
Keywords: language acquisition; language development; prosody; intonation; rhythm; phrasing; prominence; stress; tone; language impairment; multimodal prosody; atypical prosody; word prosody; phrasal prosody; production of prosody; perception of prosody; infants; toddlers; children
Escaping African ‘Islands’
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5608 | Submission Open
Keywords: island insensitivity; extraction from islands; probe-agree into islands; A-bar relations across island boundaries; African languages
Analyzing Language Change
edited by Alvaro Cerron-Palomino
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open
Keywords: language change; historical linguistics; language reconstruction; historical sociolinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience in Multilingualism Research
edited by Mariana Vega Mendoza
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: bilingualism; multilingualism; neuroscience; language; cognition
Pragmatic Diachronic Study of the 20th Century
edited by Salvador Pons Bordería and Adrià Pardo Llibrer
submission deadline 7 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open
Keywords: 20th-century diachrony; pragmatics; grammaticalization; constructionalization; colloquialization; orality and social interaction; media discourse
Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistic Studies
edited by Rebecca Pozzi and Chelsea Escalante
submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open
Keywords: second language acquisition; sociolinguistics; crosslinguistic perspectives
Current Trends in Discourse Marker Research
edited by Ludivine Crible
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: discourse markers; corpus; experimental; interaction; processing; pragmatics
Translanguaging and Intercultural Communication
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submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16056 | Submission Open
Keywords: translation; interpreting; subtitling; fansubbing; literary translation; intercultural communication; multilingualism; translanguaging; sociolinguistics; applied linguistics; language use; language contact; language teaching; language learning; multimodality; identity; power imbalance
Non-representational Gestures: Types, Use, and Functions
edited by Elena Nicoladis
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: gestures; language learning; development; second language acquisition
Acoustic-Phonetics in Phonology
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
Keywords: acoustic phonetics; speech perception; phonological patterns; sound change; language development
Determining the Scope, Nature and Causes of Attrition in Adult L1 Grammars
edited by Lewis Baker, Laura Domínguez and Glyn Hicks
submission deadline 1 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open
Keywords: L1 attrition; L2 acquisition; bilingualism; cross-linguistic influence; linguistic input; processing; experimental design/methodology; morphosyntax; semantics; phonology
The Interaction between Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory
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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open
Keywords: second language acquisition; linguistics theory; language development; mental representation; mind; brain
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