37.740, Confs: Interface Phenomena Across Languages: Structure, Variation, and Contact (Cyprus)

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Subject: 37.740, Confs: Interface Phenomena Across Languages: Structure, Variation, and Contact (Cyprus)

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Date: 21-Feb-2026
From: Gulshen Sakhatova [gulshen.sakhatova at ucy.ac.cy]
Subject: Interface Phenomena Across Languages: Structure, Variation, and Contact


Interface Phenomena Across Languages: Structure, Variation, and
Contact
Short Title: InterLang
Theme: Grammatical interfaces across languages: structure, variation,
bilingual and multilingual experience, contact, and cultural context

Date: 21-Oct-2026 - 23-Oct-2026
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact: Sakhatova Gulshen
Contact Email: gulshen.sakhatova at ucy.ac.cy

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Typology

Submission Deadline: 20-Apr-2026

Adopting a cross-linguistic and interdisciplinary perspective, the
conference aims to foster dialogue between formal, typological,
functional, and usage-based frameworks, highlighting both shared
principles and cross-linguistic variation in interface phenomena. The
conference welcomes submissions from all theoretical traditions and
applied perspectives, employing diverse methodologies, and
particularly encourages research on spoken, signed, minority, and
under-documented languages. It further provides a forum for scholarly
exchange on research addressing interfaces which include, but are not
limited to, the following:
 - Prosody–syntax–information structure interfaces, including focus
marking, topic structure, prosodic phrasing, and word order variation
in a cross-linguistic perspective
 - Interfaces between syntax, discourse, and acquisition, especially
in bilingual, multilingual, and heritage language grammar
 - Morphological and syntactic variation in bilingual and multilingual
settings, including agreement, case, and the restructuring of
grammatical systems under contact
 - Interface phenomena in language contact situations, including
transfer, convergence, borrowing, code-switching, and the emergence of
contact-induced grammatical patterns
 - The role of language experience, processing, and use in shaping
interface phenomena across speakers and communities
 - Grammatical interfaces in cultural and social context, including
variation, change, and identity-related language practices.
Abstracts must be anonymous and no longer than 300 words (excluding
references). Submissions should clearly articulate the research
problem and question, theoretical background and data sources as well
as main findings or expected results.
Please send your abstract to: grammarinterfaces at yahoo.com
The following plenary speakers have confirmed their participation:
 - Stavros Skopeteas (Georg-August University of Göttingen)
 - Ayşe Gürel (Boğaziçi University)
 - Fatih Bayram (Lancaster University)
Conference Format:
The conference will include invited keynote lectures, thematic paper
sessions, workshops and panels.
Important Dates:
 - Abstract Submission Deadline: 20 April 2026
 - Notification of Acceptance: 3 May 2026
 - Conference Dates: 21–23 October 2026
 - Conference Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Organisation and Contact:
Organised by the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies,
University of Cyprus
For further questions, please contact: andreou.marina at ucy.ac.cy



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