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The Impacts of Phonetically Variable Input on Language Learning
edited by Kiwako Ito
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1633 | Submission Open
Keywords: phonetic variability; variation in speech production and its effect on comprehension; individual differences; dialectal/sociolectal variation; effect of phonetically variable input on language processing or acquisition
Grammatical Deficits in Children with Language Disorder submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: language acquisition; grammatical deficits; developmental language disorders; under-researched languages; typological diversity; language interventions
Innovative Methods in Endangered Language Documentation
edited by K. David Harrison and Lisa Lim
submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 801 | Submission Open
Keywords: documentary linguistics; language diversity; digital lexicography; language revitalization
East Asian Perspectives on the Acquisition of Argument Structure
edited by and Yasuhiro Shirai
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 1340 | Submission Open
Keywords: argument structure; east asian languages; language acquisition; crosslinguistic; typology; universals; information structure; transitivity; event structure; event representation; learnability
New Advances in Chinese Formal Semantics
edited by Haihua Pan and
submission deadline 17 May 2026 | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open
Keywords: Chinese formal semantics; natural language quantification; information structure; focus-sensitivity; questions; intentionality
Dialectal Diversity in Estonia: Structure, Change, and Contact
edited by Karl Pajusalu and Uldis Balodis
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open
Keywords: Estonian; dialects; language variation; language contacts; language change
Advances in Syllabic Structure: Where Are the Syllables in the World’s Languages?
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open
Keywords: syllable structure; phonological theory; prosody; phonological models; phonological typology
Social Communication Disorders in Childhood: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessment and Intervention
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2648 | Submission Open
Keywords: social communication disorder; cognitive and linguistic development; interprofessional practice; speech– language pathology; childhood language disorders; culturally responsive assessment; global paediatric health; inclusive communication; developmental language disorder; telepractice in communication therapy
The Phonological Foundations of Language Acquisition: Variations in Babbling and Early Lexical Productions in Children Learning One or More Languages submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 533 | Submission Open
Keywords: cross-linguistic interaction; speech development; babbling; phonological acquisition; infants; toddlers
Gradience in Syntax and Semantics: Experimental, Modeling, and Formal Perspectives
edited by Rui Pedro Chaves and Elaine Francis
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3957 | Submission Open
Keywords: gradience; probability; grammar; experimental; stochastic
The Impact of Cognates on Comprehension and Memory
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1977 | Submission Open
Keywords: cognates; bilingualism; reading comprehension; listening comprehension; memory
Chinese Languages and Their Neighbours in Southeast Asia submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3448 | Submission Open
Keywords: language contact; Southeast Asia; Chinese languages; sociolinguistics; minority languages
Linguistic Modality and Mood
edited by Anastasia Giannakidou and Alda Mari
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open
Keywords: mood; modality; modal spread; epistemic adverbs and particles; propositional attitudes; speech acts; nonveridicality; gradability
Evidence-Based Practices in Treating Developmental Language Disorders: Current Trends and Future Directions
edited by Carolyn Letts and
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: developmental language disorder (DLD); intervention; evidence; methodology.
Acoustic and Pragmatic Aspects of Speech
edited by
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: prosody; pragmatics; intonation; discourse structure; speaker intent; sociolinguistic variation; emotional expression
Constructional Idioms Across Languages
edited by Carmen Mellado Blanco and
submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructional idiom; phraseology; productivity; creativity
10th Anniversary Celebration Issue – Languages at the Crossroads: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation and Future Horizons in Language Science
edited by Anthony Pak-Hin Kong and John Nerbonne
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: language processing; language acquisition; language variation; language evolution; neurolinguistics
Technological Affordances in L2 Pragmatic Development submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: L2 pragmatic development; technological affordances; individual differences
Generative AI-Supported Language Assessment for Learning
edited by and Saerhim Oh
submission deadline 7 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 793 | Submission Open
Keywords: language assessment; generative AI; formative assessment; learning-oriented language assessment; L2 learners; language learning
Corpus Linguistic Perspectives on Australian English
edited by Peter Collins and Adam Smith
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: corpus linguistics; variation; Australian English
Advances in Spoken Italian
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open
Keywords: spoken language; semantics; multimodality  
Experimental Insights into Acoustic and Articulatory Variability: Coarticulation and Prosodic Effects in Greek Speech Production
edited by Katerina Nicolaidis, Mary Baltazani and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open
Keywords: speech production; acoustic variability; articulatory variability; coarticulation; prosody; Greek
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