8th Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2023): 3rd Call for Papers

8th Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2023) will take place on 19-21 May 2023 in Poznan, Poland. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.

The leitmotif of YLMP2023 is:

“Language and communication in the times of crisis”

We welcome submissions for oral and poster presentations in the following areas:

• psycholinguistics
• cognitive linguistics
• sociolinguistics and discourse studies
• language teaching methodology
• translation and interpreting studies
• experimental linguistics
• pragmatics
• syntax
• neurolinguistics
• clinical linguistics
• phonetics and phonology

Plenary speakers:

• Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): “From interaction analysis to policy change: Putting sociolinguistic research at the centre of the impact agenda”
• Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University): “Translation and interpreting as essential crisis communication tools”
• Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University): “How a crisis is discursively constructed in social media conversations”
• Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “Risk taking and lying: How bilinguals can perceive or select their languages strategically – Implications for language use in situations of conflict”

Workshops:

• Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): “The core ingredients of a good PhD journey”
• Mathew Cieśla (University of Alabama & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “An introduction to PsychoPy experiment builder for linguistics research”
• Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University): “Using ATLAS.ti software to qualitatively analyze social media data”
• Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “My recipe for a robust scientific paper: Just as for cooking, it is not just about the ingredients”

Invited thematic sessions:

• “Behavioral and physiological correlates of foreign language acquisition” (Convenors: Mathew Cieśla & Katarzyna Jankowiak)
• “Linguistic dimensions of Gesture Studies” (Convenors: Tomasz Dyrmo & Anna Jelec)
• “Discourse analysis in the exploration of health communication” (Convenors: Bartłomiej Kruk & Magdalena Zabielska)
• “Translation in the times of crisis: Technology and human factors” (Convenors: Olga Witczak & Olha Lehka-Paul)

Special session: “Less researched languages and literatures”

Important dates:

Extended abstract submission deadline for all abstracts: January 31st, 2023

Notification of acceptance for papers and posters: February 24th, 2023

Registration deadline: March 31st, 2023

YLMP 2023: 19-21 May 2023

For more information, please visit our website and social media platforms:

www.ylmp2023.amu.edu.pl
www.twitter.com/CongressYlmp
www.facebook.com/ylmpcongress
www.instagram.com/ylmp_congress/

YLMP2023 Organizing Committee
Joanna Pawelczyk
Katarzyna Jankowiak
Bartłomiej Kruk
Łukasz Putko

Honorary Organizer for YLMP2023:
Prof. Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk (AMU Vice-Rector for Research)

YLMP2023 has the honorary patronage of the Mayor of Poznań, Mr Jacek Jaśkowiak, and of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska.