Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research 2026
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2025 Conference Information
Abstract Submission
Submission Guidelines
We are now accepting submissions for WISSLR 2025. Submissions are restricted to one single-authored work and one co-authored work per individual. The deadline for submission is January 30th, 2025.
Abstract Guidelines
All abstracts should be anonymous and written in English with glosses or translations for words or examples in any other language. Each abstract, including the title and any data in figures or tables, must not exceed 400 words. If you have data, you must include glosses following the Leipzig Glossing Rules.
Review Process
Abstracts will be subject to blind reviews with special attention paid to originality, quality, and relevance.
Presentation Options
Oral Presentations: 15 to 20 minutes each, followed by a 5-minute question-and-answer period. Poster presentations will be scheduled at dedicated times; there shall be no simultaneous presentations. Oral presentations may be in-person or over zoom. Visual aids are encouraged (slideshow, etc).
Poster Session: A designated session will take place to present the posters. Posters will need to be printed; specifications will follow acceptance. Reach out with any questions.
Deadline
The deadline for submission is January 30th, 2025. Participants are urged to submit their abstracts at the earliest date possible. We plan to notify participants about the outcome of their submission by February 14th, 2025. If you are unable to submit before the deadline, please email us at uwo.wisslr@gmail.com as this deadline can be flexible.
Contact
Any questions regarding submissions should be emailed to uwo.wisslr@gmail.com
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WISSLR Information
Agenda
Date: March 15, 2025
Time: from 0900 am to 5:00 pm
Location: Western University, Conron Hall UC3110, in person and virtual
Registration:Event Bright
Key Note Speaker
Key Note Speaker: Prof. Nathan Sanders, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto.
My main research focus is on teaching and learning in linguistics, especially innovative pedagogy (such as gamification, project-based learning, and creative/artistic approaches in STEM) and addressing linguistic injustice and biases in the classroom and in teaching materials. I do research on signed and spoken languages in the areas of theoretical phonology, phonetics, and linguistic typology, with an overall drive to understand to physical, biological, and cognitive factors that shape language. I have worked on derivational opacity, ludlings (language games, like Pig Latin), the history and use of constructed languages (like Esperanto and Klingon), Polish phonology, historical phonology, perception and biomechanics of signed languages, and mathematical and statistical models of linguistic phenomena.
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