深夜福利站 Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research 2026

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2025 Conference Information

Abstract Submission

Submission Guidelines

We are now accepting submissions for WISSLR 2025. Submissions are restricted to one single-authored work and one co-authored work per individual. The deadline for submission is January 30th, 2025.

Abstract Guidelines 
All abstracts should be anonymous and written in English with glosses or translations for words or examples in any other language. Each abstract, including the title and any data in figures or tables, must not exceed 400 words. If you have data, you must include glosses following the Leipzig Glossing Rules. 

Review Process 
Abstracts will be subject to blind reviews with special attention paid to originality, quality, and relevance.

Presentation Options 
Oral Presentations: 15 to 20 minutes each, followed by a 5-minute question-and-answer period. Poster presentations will be scheduled at dedicated times; there shall be no simultaneous presentations. Oral presentations may be in-person or over zoom. Visual aids are encouraged (slideshow, etc). 
Poster Session: A designated session will take place to present the posters. Posters will need to be printed; specifications will follow acceptance. Reach out with any questions.    
Deadline 

The deadline for submission is January 30th, 2025. Participants are urged to submit their abstracts at the earliest date possible. We plan to notify participants about the outcome of their submission by February 14th, 2025. If you are unable to submit before the deadline, please email us at uwo.wisslr@gmail.com as this deadline can be flexible.

Contact  
Any questions regarding submissions should be emailed to uwo.wisslr@gmail.com 

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WISSLR Information

 Agenda

 Date: March 15, 2025

 Time:  from 0900 am to 5:00 pm

 Location: 深夜福利站, Conron Hall UC3110, in person and virtual

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Key Note Speaker

Key Note Speaker:  Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto. 

2025_Guest SpeakerMy main research focus is on teaching and learning in linguistics, especially innovative pedagogy (such as gamification, project-based learning, and creative/artistic approaches in STEM) and addressing linguistic injustice and biases in the classroom and in teaching materials. I do research on signed and spoken languages in the areas of theoretical phonology, phonetics, and linguistic typology, with an overall drive to understand to physical, biological, and cognitive factors that shape language. I have worked on derivational opacity, ludlings (language games, like Pig Latin), the history and use of constructed languages (like Esperanto and Klingon), Polish phonology, historical phonology, perception and biomechanics of signed languages, and mathematical and statistical models of linguistic phenomena.

I was the Principal Investigator for "Innovations in Linguistic Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Linguistics Curriculum and Beyond", an initiative to develop course materials and pedagogical methods for linguistics that address issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion. More information is available on our Linguistics Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Respository.
 
I am a collaborator on Kathleen Currie's Hall's SSHRC-funded project "Message-Oriented Phonology: Canadian ASL", with Julie Hochgesang, Hope Morgan, Erin Wilkinson, Nigel Howard, and Janet Jamieson.

 

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