Call for Papers

The School of Language Sciences at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, has the distinct pleasure of announcing the 16th Students’ Conference of Linguistics in India (SCONLI-16), organized in formal association with the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, continuing a valued collaboration dedicated to the advancement of linguistic scholarship. This edition of the conference will be hosted from 07 to 09 January 2026 on our Hyderabad campus.

We invite abstract submissions from postgraduate students and research scholars (MPhil/PhD) for oral and poster presentations. We seek contributions presenting original, unpublished research spanning the full spectrum of linguistic science, from theoretical to applied domains.

Theme: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to South Asian Languages

Submissions are particularly encouraged across the core and interdisciplinary domains, but not limited to:

Phonetics and/or Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Semantics

Sentence Processing

Sociolinguistics

Psycholinguistics and/or Neurolinguistics

Historical Linguistics

Typology

Language Acquisition

Language documentation

Computational Linguistics

Cognitive Linguistics

Sign Language Studies

IMPORTANT DATES

CONFERENCE DATES: 07 JANUARY - 09 JANUARY 2026

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION BEGINS

Extended until 28 November 2025

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

10th DECEMBER 2025

ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE

20th DECEMBER 2025

Abstract Submission

Where to submit?

This year, we are using the Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) for abstract submission. Please create an account using your official/ institutional email ID (preferably) and submit the title, and PDF of the abstract in the system. To access the submission portal, click here.

For submission guidelines, please refer to:

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts are to be submitted anonymously; authors must omit any identifying information including names, affiliations, or acknowledgements within the abstract document and must fall within the range of 800 to 1200 words, exclusive of references and supplementary materials.

Submissions are to be formatted for A4 with uniform margins of 2.54 cm on all sides, set in 11-point Times New Roman font. The main body of the abstract is strictly limited to two pages. A third page may be included solely for references, figures, tables, or images; no additional prose is permitted on this page. Data and illustrative examples are to be incorporated within the two-page textual analysis. Files must be submitted in PDF format. All citations and references must conform to the APA 7th edition guidelines.

Authors may appear on a maximum of two submissions and may serve as sole author on only one abstract. Note that contributions co-authored with faculty members are not eligible; however, collaborative work among students and research scholars is accepted.

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