PLM2018 will include the following thematic sessions:

(Note that all the submission deadlines are extended to coincide with the main deadline on 22 April 2018.)

• Labile verbs and transitivity oppositions in diachrony: Evidence from Indo-European and beyond, convened by Leonid Kulikov and Krzysztof Stroński – see call for papers (PDF)
• In the eye of the beholder: visual contexts of communication in medieval and early modern texts, convened by Justyna Rogos-Hebda and Paulina Zagórska – see call for papers (PDF)
• The cultural evolution of language: Models and methods, convened by Nikolaus Ritt and Piotr Gąsiorowski– see call for papers (PDF)
• Multilingualism and multimodality across periods, languages and channels: in search of patterns, convened by Matylda Włodarczyk – see call for papers (PDF)
• The longue durée: how traditional historical linguistics can contribute to modern debates over language evolution, convened by Ronald Kim and Dariusz Piwowarczyk – see call for papers (PDF)