Call for papers

We are inviting abstracts on original research on any topic related to language contact/translanguaging, sociolinguistic variation, and language change in signing communities. 

All submissions will be reviewed anonymously. 

Abstracts should be in English, British Sign Language, or International Sign.

Written abstracts should be between 300-500 words long, in PDF format, with the author name(s) removed. References and other information (including illustrations of sign examples, charts, etc) can appear on a separate page and are not included in the word count.

Abstracts in BSL or IS should be no longer than 5 minutes.

Abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=slcvc2025

Deadline: 31 March, 2025

Notification of acceptance: 12 May, 2025