37.839, Confs: 69th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (USA)

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Date: 27-Feb-2026
From: Charles G. Häberl [cghaberl at gmail.com]
Subject: 69th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association


69th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association
Short Title: ILA 69
Theme: Beyond Human Language: The Impact of AI on Linguistics

Date: 30-Apr-2026 - 02-May-2026
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contact: Shonna Trinch
Contact Email: strinch at jjay.cuny.edu
Meeting URL: https://ilaword.org/conference/2026

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Discipline of
Linguistics; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 23-Mar-2026

The theme of this conference, "Beyond Human Language: The impact of AI
on Linguistics,” asks how language is created, implicated,
manipulated, used, learned, taught, and bought and sold by the
integration of Artificial Intelligence into all aspects of our lives.
It is not an overstatement to say that the arrival of AI upends every
aspect of Linguistics, from the way language gets created to the way
language is used to the way language goes out of use. The relationship
between language and AI emerges in a social and political context that
forges new ways of human existence.
This conference aims to move beyond the polarized debate over AI
(complete acceptance to outright rejection) to consider the
implications and impact of AI on language and linguistic inquiry in
real time—our time. To the degree that language and AI are enmeshed in
our lives, this conference calls on linguists and scholars to shed
light on the effects of this relationship, both good and bad, both
revolutionary and mundane.
All topics in linguistics and language scholarship are also welcome
for presentation at this conference
Topics for presentations, roundtables, and short workshops could
include the following:
 - Language Evolution and AI
 - AI and Speech Registers/Speech Communities
 - AI and Writing/Writing Systems
 - AI and Language Learning/Teaching
 - AI and Cognition
 - AI and Translation/Interpretation
 - AI and Linguistic Research and Scholarship
 - Computational Linguistics
 - Linguistic Analysis, Intelligibility, and Recognizability Of
AI-Produced Material
 - Distinctions Between AI’s Large Language Models (LLMs) and Human
Language
 - AI and Linguistic/Semiotic Creativity, Authorship, Personal
Writing, and Writer’s Voice
 - AI and Minoritized, Regional, Indigenous, and Racialized Language
Varieties
 - Language and AI Under Different Political Circumstances (e.g.,
Colonialism, Capitalism, Autocracy)
 - Prompt Engineering
 - All Other Language and Linguistics-Related Concerns
You may also direct questions to the conference organizer, Prof.
Shonna Trinch, at strinch at jjay.cuny.edu



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