Call for Papers

We seek contributions from a wide range of linguistic subfields, including but not limited to:

• L1 and L2 acquisition of social meaning and relevant linguistic forms
• Acquisition of social meaning across the lifespan
• Acquisition of modality as connected to social meaning
• Acquisition of speech act meaning or pragmatic inferences as connected to social meaning
• Multimodal aspects of social meaning and how they are acquired
• Acquisition of politeness markers (e.g., morphology, particles, pronouns) in a cross-linguistic perspective

We invite submissions of anonymous abstracts for 30-minute talks (20 presentation + 10 discussion). Submissions should not exceed two A4 pages (incl. references + examples), 12pt. single spaced, with 2.5cm (= one-inch) margins on all sides. Either PDF or Word format is accepted. Please upload your abstracts by the deadline listed below.

Submission deadline: September 8, 2026
Notification: September 20, 2026
Workshop: February 16-17, 2027

Submissions open: July 1, 2026 - Sept. 8, 2026
Submit to this conference: Link

Organizers:
Angelika Golegos and Laura Reimer