36.2803, Confs: 30th Symposium About Language and Society at Austin (USA)

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Subject: 36.2803, Confs: 30th Symposium About Language and Society at Austin (USA)

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Date: 17-Sep-2025
From: Will Norton [willdnorton at gmail.com]
Subject: 30th Symposium About Language and Society at Austin


30th Symposium About Language and Society at Austin
Short Title: SALSA XXX

Date: 16-Jan-2026 - 17-Jan-2026
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Contact Email: salsa.austin.tx at gmail.com
Meeting URL: https://sites.utexas.edu/salsa/

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Language
Documentation; Ling & Literature; Philosophy of Language;
Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 06-Oct-2025

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Luke Fleming (University of Montreal)
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 XXX, which will take place January 16-17, 2026. The deadline
for submissions is October 6, 2025. One panel at this year’s
conference will be devoted to the theme “Taboo and Transgression.” 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 and AI
 - Language policy and planning
 - 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 6, 2025.
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words as an attachment to
salsa.austin.tx at gmail.com
Subject: SALSA XXX Abstract
Please 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 ___
 - Author(s) affiliation
 - E-mail address at which author prefers to be contacted
 - Font: Times New Roman, size 12; 1.5 inter-line spacing
 - Equipment required for presentation
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, Jessica Bernard (co-chair), Kristina Juergensmeyer
(co-chair), Will Norton, and Maximilian Conrad.
SALSA
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Anthropology
William C. Powers (WCP) 4.1144
Phone: (512) 471-4206
Email: salsa.austin.tx at gmail.com



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