37.3232, Confs: 18th Annual Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (USA)

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Date: 06-Oct-2026
From: Haneul Choi [haneulc2 at illinois.edu]
Subject: 18th Annual Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society


18th Annual Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society
Short Title: ILLS 18th
Theme: Language Variation in Time, Space, and Society

Date: 26-Mar-2027 - 27-Mar-2027
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Contact Email: haneulc2 at illinois.edu
Meeting URL: https://ills.linguistics.illinois.edu/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories
Subject Language(s): Multiple languages (mul)

Submission Deadline: 19-Dec-2026

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 18th Annual
Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS 18th), to
be held at the Linguistics Department at University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, US, on 26-27 March 2027. This year’s conference
theme is “Language Variation in Time, Space, and Society.”
ILLS is an annual student-led conference in the Linguistics department
at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Abstracts from any
linguistic subfields are welcome. Student submissions are encouraged.
Additionally, The Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY) will again be held
in conjunction with ILLS this year.  SOSY will take place on Thursday,
March 25th, 2027.  If you are interested in SOSY, you can find more
information and the call for papers at:
https://publish.illinois.edu/sociolinguisticssymposium/.  Please note,
you are welcome to submit abstracts to both SOSY and ILLS, however the
same abstract will not be accepted for both events.
We welcome submissions exploring topics including but not restricted
to:
-       General linguistics
-       Computational Linguistics
-       SLA
-       Theoretical Linguistics
The conference language is English, and the conference will be held
onsite.
Submission Instructions:
We invite submissions that report empirical research, articulate clear
research questions or hypotheses, describe the research design and
methodology, provide theoretical contributions, and present
preliminary or anticipated findings.
There are two submission categories: talk (20 min + 10 min for
discussion) and poster. The authors should specify their preference
for talks or posters in the submission, but the program committee may
suggest a different category. Topics and participants (3-5) for panel
discussions are proposed by the author of the submission, who will
also chair the discussion. Presentations will be in English.
Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words, with one extra page
allowed for images, data, and/or references. Full references are not
necessary; please use the (Author, Year) format. Abstracts should be
submitted via EasyAbs on LinguistList.org in PDF format with NO
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION of the presenter in the document.
How to Submit Abstracts should be submitted through EasyAbs maintained
by the LINGUIST List:
Confirmed Plenary speakers:
Jonathan Dunn (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Savithry Namboodiripad (University of Michigan)
ILLS 18 Organizing Committee (University of Illinois
Urbana-Chamapaign):
Sibel Arikoglu
Haneul Choi (Chair)
Yixin Gu
Melanie Guitard
Mikaela Martins
Izaro Olano
Karen Pasetto
Melika Rajabi
Micah Rose
Nataliya Spirydovich
Amelia Tighe
Elif Varlik



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