Welcome to Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 31. GLAC is the annual conference of the Society for Germanic Linguistics (SGL) based in North America. This year’s conference will be held at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, TX. The conference will take place in person from May 2 to May 3, 2025

Our 2025 Plenary Speakers

Issac L. Bleaman
Isaac L. Bleaman
(University of California, Berkeley)

Theresa Biberauer
Theresa Biberauer
(University of Cambridge)


In addition, there will be a preconference workshop on computational linguistics on May 1 (from 3:00 to 6:00 CT) organized by:

Frederik Hartmann (University of North Texas)

We invite faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars to submit abstracts to Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 31. GLAC 2025 will take place in person at the University of North Texas from Friday, May 2 to Saturday, May 3, 2025. Preceding the main sessions of GLAC, there will be a workshop on computational linguistics on Thursday, May 1.

Papers may be on any aspect of any historical or modern Germanic language or dialect, including English (up to the Early Modern period) and the extraterritorial varieties. Papers from the full range of linguistic and philological subfields, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, stylistics, language variation, language typology, metrics, first and second language acquisition, foreign language education, language contact and language change, as well as differing theoretical perspectives, are welcome.

All participants may submit a maximum of two abstracts, including one abstract for a single-authored paper and one for a co-authored paper. Accepted papers will be scheduled for 30-minute presentations (a 20-minute talk, followed by a 10-minute question-and-answer period). All abstracts will undergo anonymous peer review.

Abstracts must be submitted electronically in PDF format by February 1, 2025. They should be anonymous, a maximum of one single-spaced page (including references), and in standard 12-point font. They should be submitted through EasyAbs at: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/GLAC31/

Notification of acceptance will be sent by March 1, 2025.

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