Call for papers

We invite abstract submissions for both oral presentations (20-minute talk plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion) and poster presentations. We welcome abstracts from a broad field of linguistic subfields (e.g., phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics) and methodologies (e.g., computational, experimental, fieldwork, theoretical). 

The theme of this year's ConSOLE is "Grammar at the interface". We aim to bring together diverse opinions and approaches to linguistic research that look at the interactions between different areas of language. This includes well-known interfaces between different subfields of linguistics, such as the syntax-semantics or the phonetics-phonology interfaces, but may also be understood as interfaces between domains, modalities, or disciplines as well. Studying a topic from more than one perspective, synthesizing methods from different fields, or observing interactions between separate but connected phenomena in many cases allows for deeper insights into the object of study, especially given the complexity and multifaceted nature of language. Interfaces can also be rich testing grounds for linguistic theories. For instance, phonological processes that have been seen to be sensitive to syntactic structure may leave clues as to the nature of syntactic spell-out operations. Studies of multilingual populations often reveal features of not only the language but also of the social structures in which speakers find themselves. 

Some questions inspiring this debate might be: Which phenomena involve an interplay between different modules of language? Which model of the relation between different modules can account better for these phenomena? Are there parallelisms between the structures of two components of language which converge at an interface? Or are intermediate rules necessary to move from one system to another? What is the psychological reality that lies behind interfaces among modules? Are there neural correlates?

This year's edition will also include a pre-conference workshop (27 January) covering the topic of early acquisition of language, regarding oral and manual modalities within typical or neurodivergent development. The study of acquisition provides an empirical grounding to theoretical analyses of grammatical phenomena by testing whether they are compatible with the observed stages of development and productions of children acquiring language. In addition, these studies give light as to the psychological mechanisms that guide both acquisition and processing of language. The invited speaker for this session will be Arrate Isasi-Isasmendi (IKER, UMR5478-CNRS & UPPA), who is currently in charge of a research project focusing on the acquisition of different aspects of the grammar of Basque in bilingual contexts. In this spirit, for the workshop, we invite contributions dealing with the development of any of the modules of grammar during the early stages of acquisition of one or more first languages, with a particular attention to development in bilingual or multimodal contexts. As in the main session, we invite submissions for both oral and poster presentations.

In short, we welcome submissions that relate to these topics from any theoretical perspective and from any area of linguistics.

Submission Criteria

• Only original research that has not been published or accepted for publication at the time of submission can be presented.

• The language for the abstracts and presentations should be English.

• One author may submit at most one abstract as sole author and one abstract as co-author (or two co-authored abstracts). Authors should specify whether they would like to be considered for oral or poster presentation (or for both).

• Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. The files must be anonymous and not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any form (be sure to remove metadata from the file).

• Abstracts are limited to a maximum of 2 A4 pages (including references, examples, tables, appendices, etc.) and must have 1.5 cm margins on all sides, with a font no smaller than 12pt set in Times New Roman (or a similar font).

• Abstracts not complying with these guidelines may be excluded from the reviewing process. 

To apply, please follow the instructions on EasyAbs. Please also indicate whether the submission is for the main session or the language acquisition workshop.

Important dates

• Submissions open: 4 September 2026

• Submissions close: 4 October 2026

• Notification of acceptance: End of November

• Registration dates: TBA

• Conference dates: 27-29 January 2027