36.3179, Confs: Multimodality and Transmediality Conference (Online)

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Subject: 36.3179, Confs: Multimodality and Transmediality Conference (Online)

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Date: 20-Oct-2025
From: Iryna Shevchenko [Iryna.shevchenko at karazin.ua]
Subject: Multimodality and Transmediality Conference


Multimodality and Transmediality Conference
Short Title: MT-2026
Theme: Multimodality and Transmediality in the Social World

Date: 16-Apr-2026 - 17-Apr-2026
Location: Online
Contact: Iryna Shevchenko
Contact Email: mt2026 at karazin.ua

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse
Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Ukrainian (ukr)

Submission Deadline: 28-Feb-2026

This third biennale conference aims to provide a forum for exploring
mechanisms of meaning-making as constructed through the interaction of
diverse semiotic resources – both verbal (oral and written) and
non-verbal (visual, aural, olfactory, spatial, gestural, etc.). In the
digital age, the significance of multimodality and transmediality is
closely linked to media and environmental contexts and is increasingly
influenced by the growing role of artificial intelligence in everyday
life.
Multimodality is defined by Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen as “the
use of several semiotic modes in the design of a semiotic product or
event, together with the particular way in which these modes are
combined,” whether reinforcing, complementing, or organizing each
other. Transmediality, in Werner Wolf’s words, concerns “phenomena
that appear in more than one medium without being (viewed as) specific
to, or having an origin in, any of them.” These definitions stress
that communication is not merely a sum of semiotic modes but a
deliberately combined ensemble designed to convey meaning.
The complexities of meaning-making draw on insights from linguistics,
pragmatics, cognitive science, semiotics, communication studies, media
studies, translation studies, education, and other fields. We welcome
contributions on meaning construction in different contexts of
societal interaction, particularly on the interplay of textual,
visual, aural, and gestural elements.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
 - Multimodal discourse analysis
 - Political Linguistics
 - Social semiotics
 - Linguistic and semiotic analysis of the city landscape
 - Media studies, social media, instant messaging
 - Multimodality and the reshaping of communicative norms
 - Memetics
 - Multimodal humour
 - Multimodal narratology and multimodal storytelling
 - Multimodal and transmedial analysis of AI-generated content
 - Audiovisual translation and interpreting
 - Multimodal approaches to language acquisition
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
 - Yevhenia Bondarenko (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University,
Ukraine; Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
 - Tetiana Krysanova (Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University,
Ukraine)
 - Olexandr Rebrii (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine)
 - Diana Prodanović Stankić (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
 - Alla Tsapiv (Kherson State University, Ukraine)
 - Janina Wildfeuer (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Languages: English and Ukrainian
Formats:
Plenary lectures – 55 minutes (45 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A)
Session talks – 30 minutes (20 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A)
Mode: Online
Fee: Participation is free of charge.
Abstract Submission Guidelines:
 - Length: Up to 500 words (including references).
 - Content: Specify research questions, approach, method, data, and
results. Add 5 keywords.
 - Format:
Title in ALL CAPS
Author name(s), Affiliation and country, E-mail address(es)
Times New Roman 12 pt, single-spaced, Minimal use of special fonts,
figures, and tables; No footnotes
 - File names: authorname.pdf and authorname.doc(x)
 - Submission address: Send both files to mt2026 at karazin.ua
 - Review and publication: All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
Accepted abstracts will appear online in the Conference Abstracts
MT-2026.
Important Dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: 28 February 2026
Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2026
Dates of conference: 16-17 April 2026



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