ALS 2025 Call for papers

We invite abstracts for papers for presentation at the Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society held at the Gold Coast campus of Griffith University from 2-5 December 2025. The conference will be held in person. We welcome papers on all aspects of linguistics.

Confirmed keynotes:

Professor Chris Davis, Western Sydney University
Professor Felicity Meakins, University of Queensland
Professor Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara

Please submit an abstract of your paper, maximum one A4 page of text, including title. The abstract may also include an additional A4 page of examples, figures, tables and references. Each abstract should be in a single file in PDF (*.pdf), in 12-point font with 2cm on all margins. On the additional page, 10-point font may be used. Please indicate on the abstract which thematic session, if any, you would like to present within. The abstract must be anonymous and should not include any author names or affiliations.

Abstracts should be submitted online via the ALS 2025 EasyChair website (if you don't have an EasyChair account you will have to create one). As part of the EasyChair online submission form, you will be asked to supply author name(s) and affiliation(s), presentation title and keywords).

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2025 (extended)
Notification of acceptance: 22 August 2025

Abstract Review Criteria 

Each abstract will be double-blind reviewed with feedback given to the author(s). The reviewers will consider the degree to which each abstract:

• situates the study within its research context and demonstrates a clear theoretical, methodological and/or practical contribution to the field;
• coherently articulates its topic and objectives;
• outlines the data being analysed; and
• is of potential interest to an ALS audience.

Thematic Sessions

• Gesture in Aboriginal Australia and the Pacific
• Language Variation and Change - Australia 7 (LVC-A 7)
• Linguistics Undergraduate Teaching & Assessment
• Lookiiiiiiiiiiing at Stylised Sustained Prosody around Australia
• Reciprocal and Reflexive: relationships between linguists and language communities

Further Information

For further information and updates please see the ALS website or send an email to the ALS2025 Conference team: conf@als.asn.au