37.2308, Confs: Workshop at DGfS 2027 - Zooming in: Physiological Aspects of Language Across the Lifespan (Germany)

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-37-2308. Fri Jul 10 2026. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 37.2308, Confs: Workshop at DGfS 2027 - Zooming in: Physiological Aspects of Language Across the Lifespan (Germany)

Moderator: Steven Moran (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Managing Editor: Valeriia Vyshnevetska
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Mara Baccaro, Daniel Swanson
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Editor for this issue: Valeriia Vyshnevetska <valeriia at linguistlist.org>

================================================================


Date: 08-Jul-2026
From: Šárka Kadavá [kadava at leibniz-zas.de]
Subject: Workshop at DGfS 2027 - Zooming in: Physiological Aspects of Language Across the Lifespan


Workshop at DGfS 2027 - Zooming in: Physiological Aspects of Language
Across the Lifespan
Short Title: DGfS 2027

Date: 03-Mar-2027 - 05-Mar-2027
Location: Jena, Germany
Meeting URL: https://sarkadava.github.io/news/dgfs2027.html

Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics; Cognitive Science; General
Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics

Submission Deadline: 31-Jul-2026

Whether spoken or signed, linguistic behaviour reflects physiological
properties of the body. Previous research has shown that the bodily
architecture, e.g. vocal tract morphology and strength of muscle
activation, as well as interacting physiological processes such as
breathing, motion, and posture and their timing, shape the way we
produce speech (Blasi et al. 2019, Fuchs and Rochet-Capellan 2021,
Pouw et al. 2025). Importantly, the body continues to change
nonlinearly across the entire lifespan and too, language production
continuously develops, adapts, and reorganizes, reflecting the
multidimensional interactions between motor, physiological, and
cognitive processes. Those interactions between language production
and its physical underpinnings have been majorly overlooked. This
workshop zooms in on the body itself, exploring how physiological
changes across the lifespan shape multimodal linguistic behaviour. We
invite contributions on the following topics, as well as related
areas:
- Physiological changes and their effects on spoken and signed
language
- Language adaptation and reorganization within specific age groups
- Intra- and inter-individual linguistic variability attributable to
physiology
- Compensatory strategies and motor equivalence: how different bodily
configurations achieve similar linguistic targets
Given the methodological and practical challenges inherent in studying
bodily mechanisms, this workshop aims to bring together researchers
from diverse fields (e.g., phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics,
speech acquisition, and aging) to foster cross-disciplinary exchange.
Please send your abstract as a PDF file to rubertus at leibniz-zas.de,
including your name, affiliation, and the title of the abstract in the
body of the e-mail. The deadline is July 31st, 2026.



------------------------------------------------------------------------------

********************** LINGUIST List Support ***********************
Please consider donating to the Linguist List, a U.S. 501(c)(3) not for profit organization:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=87C2AXTVC4PP8

LINGUIST List is supported by the following publishers:

Australian Linguistics Society https://als.asn.au/Home

Bloomsbury Publishing http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/

Cambridge University Press http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics

Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/

Edinburgh University Press http://www.edinburghuniversitypress.com

John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/

Language Science Press http://langsci-press.org

Lincom GmbH https://lincom-shop.eu/

MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/

Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com

SIL International Publications http://www.sil.org/resources/publications

Wiley http://www.wiley.com


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-37-2308
----------------------------------------------------------