9th Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2025) will take place on 16-18 May 2025 in Poznan, Poland. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.

The leitmotif of YLMP2025 is: "Integrating AI and linguistics for the future of social interaction".

The organizers welcome submissions in the following areas: 

• psycholinguistics
• cognitive linguistics
• AI in language studies
• sociolinguistics and discourse studies
• language teaching methodology
• translation and interpreting studies
• experimental linguistics
• pragmatics
• syntax
• neurolinguistics
• clinical linguistics
• phonetics and phonology

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

• Samuel Bennett (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “The researcher as implicated subject:
• Reflections on sanctioned ignorance in (critical) discourse analysis and how we can move past it”
• Susanne Brouwer (Radboud University): “Moral decision-making in socially interactive settings”
• Nicole Holliday (University of California, Berkeley): “Sociophonetic variation and human interaction with
• AI-based systems”

WORKSHOPS:

• Samuel Bennett: How can I integrate Critical Discourse Analysis into my research project?
• Susanne Brouwer: Mastering data visualization in R
• Anna Jelec: Why we write: A mildly unusual workshop on scientific writing
• Justyna Rogos-Hebda & Paulina Zagórska: Historical linguist in online archives
• Marcin Szczepański: AI tools for language teachers and language learners

INVITED THEMATIC SESSIONS:

• Tomasz Dyrmo & Ewa Olszewska: Multimodal approaches to language, communication & social interactions
• Hanna Jaśkiewicz: Perspectives on Japanese language and linguistics
• Mateusz Jekiel: Artificial Intelligence in language learning and teaching
• Iga Krzysik, Olga Witczak & Rafał Jończyk: Language as a window into creative ideation

IMPORTANT DATES:

Abstract submission deadline: January 6th, 2025

Decisions: February 24th, 2025

Active participants’ registration deadline: March 31st, 2025

Passive participants’ registration deadline: April 21st, 2025

YLMP 2025: 16-18 May 2025

For more information, please visit a website.