YLMP2018 Congress: Call for Papers

6th Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2018) will take place on 23-25 November 2018 in Poznan, Poland. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

The leitmotif of YLMP2018 is:

“From exploration to explanation in the study of language”

We welcome submissions in the following areas:

• psycholinguistics
• neurolinguistics
• clinical linguistics
• cognitive linguistics
• sociolinguistics and discourse studies
• language teaching methodology
• translation studies
• experimental pragmatics
• phonology and phonetics

Each paper will be given 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion. There will also be a major poster session. The language of the congress is English.

Plenary speakers:

• Marc Brysbaert  (Ghent University, Belgium)  
  "Linguistics, psycholinguistics and big data: The way to the future" 
• Gary Massey  (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
• "Exploring the processes and practices of translation in the workplace" 
• Stephanie Schnurr  (University of Warwick, UK) 
  "Exploring language to explain social phenomena: The case of leadership" 

Workshops:

• Marc Brysbaert  (Ghent University, Belgium) 
  "Tips and hints in getting published and having impact" 
• Michael Hornsby  (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) 
  "Publishing in English-language qualitative linguistic journals: Some dos and don’ts" 
• Ronald Kim  (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) 
  "The paper trail goes digital: Researching historical linguistics in the 21st century" 
• Paweł Korpal & Katarzyna Jankowiak  (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) 
  "Galvanic skin response as an index of emotional language processing" 
• Gary Massey  (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
  "Transforming teaching through TPR: Models, methods and merits" 
• Stephanie Schnurr  (University of Warwick, UK) 
  "Communicating linguistic research findings to nonlinguists" 

YLMP Invited Thematic Session:

From exploration to explanation in Translation Studies: Research methods and new technologies, convened by prof. Bogusława Whyatt (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland), with special guests: prof. Kristian T. Hvelplund (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), prof. Nataša Pavlović (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

YLMP 2018 Special Event:

YLMP 2018 Special Event: organized in cooperation with the Kulczyk Foundation - more details here soon.