The Chicago Linguistic Society
at The University of Chicago

CALL FOR PAPERS

62nd Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 62)

Meeting Description:

The Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS) is the oldest student-run linguistics organization in the United States. This academic year, CLS will host its 62nd Annual Meeting (CLS 62), to be held from April 17 through April 19, 2026 at the University of Chicago. Upholding a longstanding tradition, the conference serves as a forum for leading scholars and researchers from around the world to engage in the exchange of ideas across all areas of linguistics. CLS is particularly committed to fostering interdisciplinary engagement and promoting the value of diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches within the field.

Invited Speakers:

Call for Papers:

We invite submission of abstracts for 20-minute talks and poster presentations on any topic of linguistic inquiry pertaining to spoken or signed languages. Subfields may include but are not limited to syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and their various interfaces. We also welcome work situated in adjacent disciplines across the cognitive and social sciences.

This year, we particularly encourage submissions that engage with the following broad themes:

  • Formal approaches to conventional force and discourse effects
  • Acquisition of linguistic form and function
  • Dynamics in speech perception and production
  • Psychological and neural representations of language
  • Sociolinguistic variation in morphology and syntax

Abstract Guidelines:

  • Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format with the filename PaperTitle.pdf through the Oxford Abstracts platform by January 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM Central Time.
  • All submissions must be anonymized by not including author name(s) nor affiliations in the abstract or filename.
  • The paper title and keywords should be included within the abstract.
  • Abstracts should not exceed two US letter-sized or A4 pages in length, including data and references (just select references are acceptable). Abstracts must have one-inch margins on all sides and use a font no smaller than 11-point.
  • Data, tables, figures and graphs should be incorporated into the main text of the abstract.
  • Submissions are limited to one individual abstract and one joint abstract per author, or two joint abstracts per author.

Important Dates:

  • Submission deadline: January 04, 2026 at 23:59 US Central Standard Time (GMT-6)
  • Notification of acceptance: Mid to late February
  • Conference dates: April 17 - April 19, 2026

Organizers

Land Acknowledgement:

The Chicago Linguistic Society is headquartered at the University of Chicago, which was built on the occupied and unceded lands ancestrally stewarded by many Native peoples. These include the people of the Council of Three Fires (the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa nations) as well as the Menominee, Kickapoo, Miami, Sac and Fox, and Ho-Chunk nations. Today, Cook County is home to more than 39,000 Native people representing over 100 tribal nations and Indigenous communities.

Questions?

Please email us at chicagolinguisticsociety62@gmail.com for any questions or issues that may arise.