ISLE8 follows a series of conferences which started in 2008 (ISLE Inaugural Conference; Freiburg) and include ISLE2 (Boston, 2011), ISLE3 (Zurich, 2014), ISLE4 (Poznan, 2016, ISLE5 (London, 2018), ISLE6 (Joenssu, 2021) and ISLE7 (Brisbane, 2023).
ISLE8 will be hosted by the University of Santiago de Compostela from 1-4 September 2025.
The conference theme is English Linguistics on the Way: Expanding Horizons.
The conference is organized by the research groups Variation, Linguistic Change and Grammaticalization (VLCG) and SPERTUS.
More information (including call for papers) can be found on the conference website. Please note that all presenters need to be a member of ISLE.
New YouTube Video Available (Hundt, Nevalainen & Wallenberg on "Perspectives on Grammatical Change")
The recording of the ISLE Forum on "Perspectives on Grammatical Change" with Marianne Hundt, Terttu Nevalainen and Joel Wallenberg (moderated by Claire Childs) is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKozVZFAvHs
Isobelle Clarke (Lancaster University) will give a public online plenary for the ISLE Summer School 2024 on "Comparing the Discourses Across Anti-Science Websites".
Wednesday, 24 July, 17:00-18:30 (CEST)
Zoom Link: https://uni-freiburg.zoom-x.
The ISLE Summer School 2024 is organized by ISLE President Bernd Kortmann (University of Freiburg).
ISLE 8 (Santiago di Compostela, September 1-4, 2025), organized by the USC research units Variation Linguistic Change and Grammaticalization and SPERTUS, will take place at the Fontán Building, Cidade da Cultura de Galicia. The Call for Papers will be published in the coming weeks.
The Richard M. Hogg Prize deadline has been extended to 30th June, 2024. See https://www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/richard-m-hogg-prize
The recording of the ISLE Forum on "The Future of Corpus Linguistics" with Michaela Mahlberg, Laurence Anthony and Mikko Laitinen (moderated by Martin Schweinberger) is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t2BW1TzpUQ
The recording of the ISLE Forum on "Publishing is Key - But Where and How?" (moderated by Bernd Kortmann) is now available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsNuncR3xY
The International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) has been awarding a young researchers' award, the Richard M. Hogg Prize, annually since 2008. The prize goes to the best paper on the English language by an early-career scholar, defined as a registered student not yet in possession of a doctoral degree, or a post-doctoral scholar within two years of the award of the doctorate at the time of submission. Submitting researchers must also be members of ISLE.
The winner will receive a cash prize of £500 and the winning paper will be published on the ISLE website. In addition, the author of the winning paper is encouraged to submit their manuscript to English Language and Linguistics, the official journal of ISLE. The deadline for submissions is 15 June 2024.
For more information on the prize, including length requirements, style sheet, and previous winning papers, see https://www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/richard-m-hogg-prize.