Special Issues

Languages publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

Search by Title/Keyword
 
Order results
Display
Results per page
(Not-) At-Issueness
edited by Todor Koev and Maria Esipova
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 677 | Submission Open
Keywords: at-issueness; semantics and pragmatics; super linguistics
New Trends in Syntactic Islands
edited by Thomas Graf and Aniello De Santo
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3774 | Submission Open
Keywords: syntactic islands; theoretical linguistics; computational linguistics; experimental linguistics
The Modern Dialect of Lesbos: Selected Topics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open
Keywords: Lesbian Greek; endangered dialect; description; analysis; contrastive linguistics
New Advances in Chinese Formal Semantics
edited by Haihua Pan and
submission deadline 17 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 726 | Submission Open
Keywords: Chinese formal semantics; natural language quantification; information structure; focus-sensitivity; questions; intentionality
Innovative Methods in Endangered Language Documentation
edited by K. David Harrison and Lisa Lim
submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open
Keywords: documentary linguistics; language diversity; digital lexicography; language revitalization
Heritage Languages in Italy: New Issues and Perspectives submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 847 | Submission Open
Keywords: heritage languages; language contact; bilingualism; multilingualism; variation and change; second language acquisition; family language policies; sociolinguistics
Shifting Borders: Spanish Morphosyntax in Contact Zones submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1476 | Submission Open
Keywords: contact-Spanish syntax; contact-Spanish morphology; crosslinguistic influence; language dominance; code-switching; contact-induced language change
The Impacts of Phonetically Variable Input on Language Learning
edited by Kiwako Ito
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | 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 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: language acquisition; grammatical deficits; developmental language disorders; under-researched languages; typological diversity; language interventions
East Asian Perspectives on the Acquisition of Argument Structure
edited by and Yasuhiro Shirai
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open
Keywords: argument structure; east asian languages; language acquisition; crosslinguistic; typology; universals; information structure; transitivity; event structure; event representation; learnability
Dialectal Diversity in Estonia: Structure, Change, and Contact
edited by Karl Pajusalu and Uldis Balodis
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 167 | 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 634 | Submission Open
Keywords: syllable structure; phonological theory; prosody; phonological models; phonological typology
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 352 | 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 3172 | 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 1797 | 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 1844 | 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 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: mood; modality; modal spread; epistemic adverbs and particles; propositional attitudes; speech acts; nonveridicality; gradability
Constructional Idioms Across Languages
edited by Carmen Mellado Blanco and
submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructional idiom; phraseology; productivity; creativity
Corpus Linguistic Perspectives on Australian English
edited by Peter Collins and Adam Smith
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: corpus linguistics; variation; Australian English
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 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: speech production; acoustic variability; articulatory variability; coarticulation; prosody; Greek
Back to TopTop