36.3452, Calls: Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity XIX (Canada)

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Subject: 36.3452, Calls: Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity XIX (Canada)

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Date: 10-Nov-2025
From: Stefan Dollinger [stefan.dollinger at ubc.ca]
Subject: Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity XIX


Full Title: Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity XIX
Short Title: Methods XIX

Date: 04-Aug-2026 - 07-Aug-2026
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2025

Final Call for Papers:
Methods in Dialectology and Language Diversity is a traditionally
triennial conference that originated in Canada as a forum for
discussing methodological issues in dialect research. Methods
conferences have progressively extended their topical range and now
include the whole spectrum of regional, historical, and social
language variation, as reflected in the now expanded conference name.
The Methods series welcomes contributions investigating any of the
world’s languages.
In recent years Methods has been hosted in Japan (2017), Germany
(2022) and Australia (2024). In 2026, the conference returns to Canada
and will be held, in person, in the west coast city of Vancouver. This
marks a return to the traditional triennial schedule that was
disrupted in 2020 by Covid-19.
Methods XIX invites submissions for paper and poster presentations, as
well as proposals for special sessions. The conference will be held on
UBC’s Point Grey Campus, hosted by the Department of English Language
and Literatures and the Department of Linguistics.
Plenary Speakers: Anita Auer (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland);
Andrew Garrett (University of California, Berkeley, United States);
and Ruth King (York University, Canada)
Conference Theme: “Rethinking Our Assumptions”
Building on the Indigenous focus of Methods XVIII in Melbourne 2024,
the conference theme encourages researchers to also reflect on their
tradition’s presuppositions. For instance, UBC is built on unceded
Indigenous land, as is much of Canada. Dialectologists have often
played key roles in processes of colonization, enabling the dominance
of colonial languages and ignoring or subjugating Indigenous
languages. As conduits in the creation of nation states,
dialectologists have had their fair share in the making and unmaking
of (standardized) varieties. We, as their in-field successors today,
ought to confront our own work with that disciplinary legacy.
Important Dates for Methods XIX:
Special Session proposal deadline passed on Oct 31, 2025.
Abstract deadline: 30 November 2025 (results communicated by 21 Jan.
2026)
Registration opens: 1 Feb. 2026
Early bird rate ends: 1 March 2026
Registration closes: 21 July 2026 (anticipated registration fees: Cdn$
230 regular, $120 student)
Call for abstracts: general session (due 30 November 2025)
We invite abstracts for the following presentation formats:- full
paper (20 mins presentation + 10 mins discussion)- poster (incl. a
5-minute presentation in the Poster Pitch Session).
Abstracts must be anonymous and not exceed 300 words for full papers
and posters. References are not included in the word count. Please
submit anonymous files in pdf format. When submitting, please select
for which submission type you’d like to be considered. Authors are
allowed to submit two abstracts if at least one submission is
co-authored.
Submit your abstracts to EasyAbs at
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/MethodsXIX/
Abstract deadline: 30 Nov. 2025. Results will be communicated by 21
January 2026.
Conference website: methodsxix.ubc.ca



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