36.2387, Calls: 18th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English (Poland)

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Date: 11-Aug-2025
From: Anna Jarosz [anna.jarosz at uni.lodz.pl]
Subject: 18th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English


Full Title: 18th International Conference on Native and Non-native
Accents of English
Short Title: Accents 2025
Theme: Accent Variation and Change

Date: 11-Dec-2025 - 13-Dec-2025
Location: Łódź, Poland
Web Site: https://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Phonetics; Phonology
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 14-Sep-2025

Accent Variation and Change
'Accents' is an annual conference organized by the Department of
English Language and Applied Linguistics at University of Lodz,
Poland. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in
native and non-native accents of English, approached from a variety of
theoretical and/or practical perspectives. The key issues discussed
each year include individual accent characteristics, the dynamism of
accent usage, accent teaching and learning, and the methods and tools
for accent studies. The leitmotif of Accents 2025 revolves around
phonological variation and change in English accents across diverse
contexts, regions, countries and continents.
Plenary speakers (in alphabetical order):
Prof. Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University,
Poznań, Poland
Prof. Talia Isaacs, University College London, United Kingdom
Prof. Radek Skarnitzl, Charles University, Czechia
Prof. Jane Stuart-Smith, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Call for Papers:
We invite proposals for papers, workshops and posters referring to the
main theme ‘Accent variation and change’ as well as other issues
related to native and non-native accents of English, including, but
not limited to the ones mentioned below:
 - accents in natural environment: World Englishes, immigrant context,
sojourners, etc.
 - accents in varied educational contexts: ESL, EFL, ELF, ESOL, EAP,
EMI, etc.
 - phonological variation across time and space
 - bilingualism and multilingualism
 - ASR, CAPT, HVPT
 - modern technology use in pronunciation learning/teaching
 - native and non-native verbal interactions
 - the role of pronunciation in oral communication
 - pronunciation in discourse
 - suprasegmentals/prosody/fluency
 - intelligibility/ comprehensibility/ acceptability
 - segmental features and accuracy
 - speech perception and/or speech production
 - pronunciation teaching, pronunciation instruction and instructed
learning
 - classroom-based research
 - laboratory-based investigations
 - pronunciation assessment
 - pronunciation teacher training
Deadline for abstract submissions is September 14th, 2025. Please send
an abstract of up to 400 words in word document, NOT pdf, (excluding
references) to accents at uni.lodz.pl with the intended format, Author
name(s) and affiliation written under the title. The proposals will go
through the process of anonymous peer review, after which
notifications of acceptance will be sent out by September 30th, 2025.
Information on our previous conferences can be found at
filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents under Abstracts. Please send all
conference related questions to accents at uni.lodz.pl
All information regarding the registration fee, conference venue and
recommended conference hotel will be available in early autumn.



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