[Linganth] SALSA XXXI Call for Papers

[Maximilian X Conrad]

Hello,
We're pleased to share with you the call for papers for the 31st iteration
of our annual SALSA Conference in Austin, Texas. Submission details are
below and in the attached pdf.
Thanks,
Maximilian X. Conrad (SALSA 2027 Chair)

Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA):

January 15-16, 2027

The University of Texas at Austin

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Kristina Wirtz (University of Western Michigan)

The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual
conference that

brings together scholars from around the world who study the social life of
language. We are

now accepting submissions for SALSA XXXI, which will take place January
15-16, 2027.

The deadline for submissions is October 5, 2026.

The theme for SALSA XXXI is “Rites and Ritual”: How can language forge
identities and shape

the way we encounter the social in ritualized life, both religious and
secular? One panel will be

thematically focused on the conference theme. For the other panels, we
welcome papers on

any topic concerning the use of language in social life. Potential topics
include, but are not

limited to:

● Language and social interaction

● Gesture and embodiment

● Language ideologies

● Semiotics

● New media, LLMs, and AI

● Language policy and planning

● Language education

● Speech play and verbal art

● Language documentation and

revitalization

● Raciolinguistics

● Multilingualism and language contact

● Political communication

● Language and posthumanism

If you would like to submit your paper for consideration on the thematic
panel, please indicate so

on your proposal. If your proposal is not accepted to the thematic panel,
you will still be

considered for the conference as a whole.

Submission Guidelines

The deadline for abstract submission is October 5, 2026.

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words, Times New Roman, size 12;
1.5 inter-line

spacing as an attachment to

salsa.austin.tx at gmail.com

Subject: SALSA XXXI AbstractPlease include the following in your email
message but NOT in the abstract (with the exception

of title, which should appear in both):

● Paper Title:

● Author's name (if more than one author, list primary author first
followed by

subsequent authors):

● Consideration for thematic panel?: Yes

No

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● Author(s) affiliation:

● E-mail address at which author prefers to be contacted:

For more information about the conference, see

https://sites.utexas.edu/salsa/ Questions can be sent to

salsa.austin.tx at gmail.com


Conference Organizers

The conference is presented by the SALSA Graduate Student Organization at
UT-Austin,

Maximilian Conrad (chair), Feiyao Liao, and Sara Gace.

SALSA

University of Texas at Austin

Department of Anthropology

William C. Powers (WCP) 4.114

Phone: (512) 471-4206 <(512)%20471-4206>

Email: salsa.austin.tx at gmail.com

-- 
*Maximilian X. Conrad, M.A.*
*PhD Student | Dept. of Anthropology| The University of Texas at Austin*
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