37.1786, Confs: Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 2026 (Australia)

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Date: 14-May-2026
From: Joe Blythe [joe.blythe at mq.edu.au]
Subject: Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 2026


Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society
Short Title: ALS2026

Date: 01-Dec-2026 - 04-Dec-2026
Location: Perth, Australia
Contact: Joe Blythe
Contact Email: joe.blythe at mq.edu.au
Meeting URL: https://als.asn.au/Conference/2026/General

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 26-Jun-2026

We invite abstracts for papers to be presented at the annual
conference of the Australian Linguistic Society held in person at the
University of Western Australia from 1-4 December 2026. We welcome
papers on all aspects of linguistics.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Professor Steven Bird, Charles Darwin University, in collaboration
with Ian Mongunu Gumbula
Professor Norma C. Mendoza-Denton, University of California, Los
Angeles
Professor Peggy Mok, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Please submit an abstract of your paper, maximum one A4 page of text,
including title. The abstract may also include an additional A4 page
of examples, figures, tables, data extracts/examples, or references.
Each abstract should be in a single file in PDF (*.pdf), in 12-point
font with 2cm on all margins. On the additional page, 10-point font
may be used. The abstract must be anonymous and should not include any
author names or affiliations.
Abstracts should be submitted online via the ALS 2026 EasyChair
website (if you don’t have an EasyChair account you will need to
create one). As part of the EasyChair online submission form, you will
be asked to supply author name(s) and affiliation(s), presentation
title and keywords).
Deadline for abstract submissions: 26 June 2026
Notification of acceptance: 1 August 2026
Abstract Review Criteria:
Each abstract will be double-blind reviewed with feedback provided to
the author(s). The reviewers will consider the degree to which each
abstract:
 - situates the study within its research context and demonstrates a
clear theoretical, methodological and/or practical contribution to the
field;
 - coherently articulates its topic and objectives;
 - outlines the data being analysed; and
 - is of potential interest to an ALS audience.
Themed Sessions:
 - Aboriginal English(es): Building on tradition, embracing change
 - Aboriginal travelling songs
 - Bilingualism in multiethnic and multilingual societies
 - Corpus Linguistic Perspectives on Australian English
 - The ‘File drawer problem’ in Linguistics
 - Linguistics undergraduate accessibility and inclusion
 - Multimodal meaning-making
Further Information:
For further information and updates please visit the ALS website or
email the ALS2026 team: conf at als.asn.au



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