36.3086, Calls: 11th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (Austria)

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Subject: 36.3086, Calls: 11th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (Austria)

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Date: 13-Oct-2025
From: NIkola Dobric [nikola.dobric at aau.at]
Subject: 11th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English

Full Title: 11th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics
of Contemporary English
Short Title: BICLCE 11

Date: 03-Jul-2026 - 05-Jul-2026
Location: Klagenfurt, Austria
Meeting Email: biclce11 at aau.at
Web Site: https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Language Family(ies): Indo-European

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2026

2nd Call for Papers:
We are pleased to inform you that the 11th Biennial International
Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (BICLCE) will be
held from 3rd to 5th July 2026 in Austria, at the University of
Klagenfurt.
For over two decades, the BICLCE conference series has been a forum
for researchers who are interested in the linguistics of contemporary
English. It is open to different theoretical and methodological
perspectives. Previous conferences were held in Edinburgh (2005),
Toulouse (2007), London (2009), Osnabrück (2011), Austin TX (2013),
Madison WI (2015), Vigo (2017), Bamberg (2019), Ljubljana (2022) and
Alicante (2024). BICLCE 2026 wishes to continue this long-standing
tradition of exploring contemporary English.
Call for Papers
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/)
For the General Sessions
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-general/),
we invite proposals on all aspects of contemporary English. We
particularly welcome work on variation in English, second language
acquisition and development, learner corpora, discourse and
metadiscourse, constructions, metaphor, politeness, formulaic
language, academic writing, language contact, corpus-based studies,
and statistical modelling. Proposals on historical or contrastive
topics should clearly connect to present-day English. BICLCE11
highlights the theme of English in a geopolitically changing world. We
thus especially encourage contributions addressing how shifting global
alignments, mobility and migration, digital infrastructures, and
emerging inequalities influence the uses and perceptions of English
worldwide.
In addition, there are seven Thematic Workshops also extending their
Call:
(1) Exploring contemporary English(es) using the BSLVC database
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-1/).
(2) English as a catalyst of change? Gender inclusivity,
cross-linguistic dynamics, and colonial legacies
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-2/).
(3) Comparing the incomparable – Exploring the synchronic relevance of
historical sociolinguistic insights
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-3/).
(4) Social variation and norms in Outer Circle Englishes
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-4/).
(5) A matter of concord: English agreement across varieties and
registers
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-5/).
(6) When English is no longer a ‘foreign’ language – Signifiers,
attitudes and didactic approaches
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-6/).
(7) The applied linguistics of ELF communication
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/call-for-papers/thematic-session-7/)
Submit your proposals via
https://conference3.aau.at/event/156/abstracts/ by 15th January 2026.
The abstracts should conform to the template found here:
(https://conference3.aau.at/event/156/attachments/116/305/Template_BICLCE11.docx).
The deadline is January 15, 2026. Notifications will be sent out by
15th March. All inquiries about the conference should be sent to
biclce11 at aau.at.
Keynote speakers
(https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/copy-keynote-speakers/):
Daniel Davis (University of Michigan-Dearborn), Maria Kuteeva
(Stockholm University), Zhichang Marc Xu (Monash University), Barbara
Seidlhofer (University of Vienna), and José A. Sánchez Fajardo
(University of Alicante).
For all further information visit the conference website at:
https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11.

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