28th GeSuS Linguistics Days, Society for Language and Languages

Intended Audience

The 28th GeSuS Linguistics Days is open to students of language and studies that are language-related. The primary languages of the conference are German and English. Related topics for discussion include grammar, grammatical theory, communication while traveling, and 

contact linguistics. 

What Can You Expect?

Since 1992, the Society for Language and Languages has been organizing an annual Linguistics Days. They have organized these events in various European cities. Because the society is dedicated to research on all linguistic disciplines, it is not surprising that their conference reflects that. The Linguistics Days is dedicated to language and all of the linguistic disciplines.

For the 2022 version of the event, Denmark will be the host. The theme for his year is Language(s) – Sprache(n) – Sprog (sg./pl.). The motto reflects the comparisons that come when dealing with languages in general. 

Topics for the conference include:

• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Text Linguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• Translation studies
• Language acquisition 
• Language teaching
• Multilingualism 

The keynote speakers for the conference are Ulla Vanhatalo (University of Helsinki) and

Claus Ehrhardt (University of Urbino). 

Although the main languages to be used in the conference are English and German, the use of other languages are encouraged. After all, the conference is all about linguistics, so language diversity should be welcome there.

Important Dates and Information

Here are some important dates and information that participants should take note of:

• The deadline for the submission of proposals for sections was on February 28, 2022
• The deadline for submission of abstracts was on March 14, 2022
• The sending out of the notification of acceptance was on March 2022

The conference will be held at the Odense campus of the University of Southern Denmark.

28th GeSuS Linguistics Days, Society for Language and Languages

When: May16-18, 2022

Where: Denmark

Registration: https://event.sdu.dk/gesus2022