36.2914, Confs: Language qua Variety, Minority, and Heritage (Cyprus)

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LINGUIST List: Vol-36-2914. Tue Sep 30 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.2914, Confs: Language qua Variety, Minority, and Heritage (Cyprus)

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Date: 29-Sep-2025
From: Kleanthes K. Grohmann [kleanthi at ucy.ac.cy]
Subject: Language qua Variety, Minority, and Heritage


Language qua Variety, Minority, and Heritage
Short Title: LVMH
Theme: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Non-Standard
Grammatical Systems

Date: 20-Mar-2026 - 22-Mar-2026
Location: Limassol, Cyprus
Contact: Kleanthes K. Grohmann
Contact Email: kleanthi at ucy.ac.cy
Meeting URL: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/LVMH

Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Language Documentation; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics

Submission Deadline: 14-Dec-2025

LVMH brings together researchers exploring the rich landscape of
minority languages, heritage languages, and other non-standard
varieties. This free-for-all, open-access-friendly, three-day
in-person event aims to advance our theoretical understanding and
empirical knowledge of linguistic diversity beyond standard language
norms.
We invite submissions that address, but are not limited to, the
following themes in heritage grammars, minority languages, and other
non-standard varieties:
 - Theoretical approaches, including grammaticalization processes,
syntactic variation and change, interface phenomena, models of
linguistic contact and convergence, formal approaches to dialectal
variation, usage-based theories of grammar in non-standard contexts,
or relevance of such non-standard varieties to accounts of
bi-/multilingualism
 - Empirical studies, including corpus-based investigations of
non-standard grammatical patterns, experimental studies on heritage
language acquisition and processing, sociolinguistic variation in
minority language communities, cross-generational grammar transmission
and change, code-switching and multilingual grammar interfaces, or
typological studies of endangered and minority languages
 - Language documentation and revitalization, including grammar
writing for non-standard varieties, digital humanities approaches to
minority language documentation, community-based language
documentation methodologies, pedagogical grammars for heritage
language learners, or technology and tools for non-standard language
analysis
 - Applied perspectives, including educational implications of
grammatical variation, language policy and minority language rights,
clinical applications in multilingual contexts, translation and
interpretation challenges, or media representation of non-standard
varieties
Keynote Speakers:
Invited keynote speaker: Susann Fischer (University of Hamburg)
Invited keynote speaker: Evelina Leivada (ICREA & Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona)
Invited early career speaker: Natalia Pavlou (United Arab Emirates
University)
Invited local speaker: Maria Kambanaros (Cyprus University of
Technology)
Special Sessions:
Graduate Student Session for emerging researchers with mentorship
opportunities provided by K.K. Grohmann and all invited speakers
Methodology Roundtable Discussion of best practices in non-standard
language research led by a leading linguist (TO BE CONFIRMED)
Registration and Venue:
Conference Location: Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol
(Cyprus)
Registration Fees: free for all!
Financial Support:
Pending financial support, limited travel grants will be available for
graduate students and scholars from underrepresented communities.
Application details will be made available on the conference website.
LVMH Organizing Committee:
Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Chair
Elena Theodorou, Local Chair
Christos Christopoulos
Anastasia Costa
Constantina Fotiou
Mina Giannoula
Maria Kambanaros
Nicolaos Neocleous
Natalia Pavlou
Submission Instructions:
 - anonymous one-page abstract plus one page for data, diagrams, or
references
 - as a single PDF file using 12-point Times New Roman font with
1-inch margins
 - include title, author information, and institutional affiliation in
submission email



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