8th Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2023) will take place on 19-21 May 2023 in Poznan, Poland. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.
The leitmotif of YLMP2023 is: “Language and communication in the times of crisis”

We welcome submissions for oral and poster presentations in the following areas:
• psycholinguistics
• cognitive linguistics
• sociolinguistics and discourse studies
• language teaching methodology
• translation and interpreting studies
• experimental linguistics
• pragmatics
• syntax
• neurolinguistics
• clinical linguistics
• phonetics and phonology

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
• Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University): “Translation and interpreting as essential crisis communication tools”
• Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University): “How a crisis is discursively constructed in social media conversations”
• Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “Risk taking and lying: How bilinguals can perceive or select their languages strategically – Implications for language use in situations of conflict”
• Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): lecture title tba


WORKSHOPS:
• Mathew Cieśla (University of Alabama & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “An introduction to PsychoPy experiment builder for linguistics research”
• Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University): “Using ATLAS.ti software to qualitatively analyze social media data”
• Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “My recipe for a robust scientific paper: Just as for cooking, it is not just about the ingredients”

More to come!

INVITED THEMATIC SESSIONS:
• “Behavioral and physiological correlates of foreign language acquisition” (Convenors: Mathew Cieśla & Katarzyna Jankowiak)
• “Linguistic dimensions of Gesture Studies” (Convenors: Tomasz Dyrmo & Anna Jelec)
• “Discourse analysis in the exploration of health communication” (Convenors: Bartłomiej Kruk & Magdalena Zabielska)
• “Translation in the times of crisis: Technology and human factors” (Convenors: Olga Witczak & Olha Lehka-Paul)

SPECIAL SESSION: “Less researched languages and literatures”

IMPORTANT DATES:
Main submission deadline for all abstracts: January 6th, 2023
Notification of acceptance for papers and posters: February 24th, 2023
Registration deadline: March 31st, 2023
YLMP 2023: 19-21 May 2023

For more information, please visit our website: www.ylmp2023.amu.edu.pl

YLMP2023 Organizing Committee
Joanna Pawelczyk
Katarzyna Jankowiak
Bartłomiej Kruk
Łukasz Putko