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As a sign language researcher, I’d love to know more about this event. Currently there is almost no information apart from this email.</div>
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Best wishes,</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Adam Schembri (he/him), BA Dip Ed, M.Litt, PhD</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/schembri-adam" title="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/schembri-adam" data-outlook-id="2058fc8b-ade7-4d7e-8e02-527f12591e1a" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/schembri-adam</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Personal website:
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/adamcschembri/home" title="https://sites.google.com/view/adamcschembri/home" data-outlook-id="11072b41-a236-42ef-ac4d-65cd887f3c0e" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://sites.google.com/view/adamcschembri/home</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Recent publications:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-weight: 700;">Bisnath, F., Lutzenberger, H., Jaraisy, M., Omardeen, R., & Schembri, A. (2025).
</span><span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(40, 104, 151); font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-linguistics/article/deconstructing-notions-of-morphological-complexity-lessons-from-creoles-and-sign-languages/DD56E0A4F6BDFEC4FE01D3BB14694216" class="XqQF9c" data-outlook-id="6f7a1d62-f691-4afb-9759-479e42ca4b69" style="color: rgb(40, 104, 151); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Deconstructing
notions of morphological 'complexity': Lessons from creoles and sign languages.</a></span><span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-weight: 700;"><i>Journal of Linguistics.
</i></span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(24, 24, 23);">Published online 2025:1-31.
</span><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 111, 202);"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725000180" data-outlook-id="1d9c4283-4a2d-4be1-b6bf-f69f25b606f7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725000180</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-weight: 700;">Hodge, G., Winter, B., Schembri, A. & Cormier, K. (2025).
</span><span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(40, 104, 151); font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opli-2025-0063/html" class="XqQF9c" data-outlook-id="e4128e37-a5ad-4be1-a709-af8dab7f3e87" style="color: rgb(40, 104, 151); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">BSL
signers combine different semiotic strategies to signal clause negation</a></span><span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-weight: 700;">.
<i>Open Linguistics </i>11(1). </span><span style="font-family: var(--dgb-haffer); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: var(--medium-weight);"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2025-0063" data-outlook-id="ba8caec9-d0ed-4136-8269-a3ccd94350a7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2025-0063</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-weight: 700;">Willoughby, L., Kruk, J. & Schembri, A. (2025)
</span><span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; color: rgb(40, 104, 151); font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/modl.12987" class="XqQF9c" data-outlook-id="58a4aca1-6873-47f7-a05a-97695895201e" style="color: rgb(40, 104, 151); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Sign
language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program.
</a></span><span style="font-family: Lato, Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-weight: 700;"><i>The</i> <i>Modern Language Journal
</i>109(1): 216-233. </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12987" data-outlook-id="3a04c4cf-9562-4120-85d0-7f2823ee465d" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12987</a></span></p>
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<b>From: </b>Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Ôèëèïï Òó÷àê via Lingtyp <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 7 April 2026 at 16:32<br>
<b>To: </b>lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Lingtyp] CONF: Sign Languages in the Focus of Contemporary Linguistics<br>
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On September 23–25, 2026, Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences is organizing the conference “<b>Linguistic Forum 2026: Sign Languages in the Focus of Contemporary Linguistics: Structure, Functioning, and Development</b>.” This event continues
the tradition of annual Linguistic Forums initiated by the Institute in 2019, each addressing a key issue in linguistic science. This year, the Forum will be held as part of a major international conference “Sign Languages in an Interdisciplinary Paradigm:
Inclusion, Research, Education, Interpretation" dedicated to the centenary of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG).</div>
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The conference will be held in a <b>hybrid format</b> with both on-line and in-person participation available. The working languages are Russian, Russian Sign Language, English, and International Sign. Interpretation to and from the specified languages will
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The Forum is open both to specialists in sign language studies and to scholars in related linguistic fields with an interest in sign language research. We welcome contributions on
<b>a wide range of topics within sign language linguistics</b>, including but not limited to:</div>
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Theoretical linguistics</div>
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- the internal structure of signs;</div>
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- morphology, syntax, and lexicon of sign languages;</div>
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- discourse structure, semantics, and pragmatics of signed communication.</div>
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Sociolinguistics</div>
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- variation (regional, social) and language contact in signing communities;</div>
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- language policy and the status of sign languages.</div>
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Typology and Comparative Studies</div>
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- cross-linguistic comparison of sign languages;</div>
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- comparing linguistic structures across sign and spoken languages.</div>
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Methodology and Applied Research</div>
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- fieldwork methods for documenting sign languages;</div>
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- corpus linguistics: building and analyzing sign language corpora;</div>
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- psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of sign language production and perception;</div>
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- sign language lexicography.</div>
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<b>Call for Papers</b></div>
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Abstracts should be a maximum of 1 page A4 (a second page may be used for examples and references); formatting: Times New Roman, 12 pt, single spacing, 2.5 cm margins.</div>
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Submissions should be made via email to <a href="mailto:lingforum@iling-ran.ru" data-outlook-id="2d6ab0b6-0b53-41c1-846e-286104227338">
lingforum@iling-ran.ru</a>. Please include the following in the body of your submission letter:</div>
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<b>Submission deadline (preliminary):</b> 26 April 2026</div>
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<b>Notification of acceptance:</b> 27 July 2026</div>
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For more information, please see the information letter in the attachment, consult our website:
<a href="https://iling-ran.ru/web/en/conferences/2026_lingvoforum" data-outlook-id="dc4929e2-db42-4e7e-8232-51e6a62d5a58">
https://iling-ran.ru/web/en/conferences/2026_lingvoforum</a> or contact the organisers at:
<a href="mailto:lingforum@iling-ran.ru" data-outlook-id="e81359f2-239e-495f-a0ee-70747b75517e">
lingforum@iling-ran.ru</a>.</div>
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee,</div>
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Philipp Tuchak</div>
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P.S. Please note that the conference includes multiple events, and the Linguistic Forum is event number two.</div>
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