Konstanz Linguistics Conference 2025

October 9 - 10, 2025
University of Konstanz, Germany

About

The Konstanz Linguistics Conference 2025 (KLC25) is an early-career research conference taking place for the second time on October 9 - 10, 2025 at the University of Konstanz, Germany. This event provides a platform for early-career researchers to share their research and engage in discussions across various subfields of linguistics. Submissions are welcome from all areas of linguistics, promoting an inclusive and collaborative environment for researchers at the start of their academic careers.

Call for papers

Topics of interest

We welcome submissions in any area of linguistics including but not limited to:

  • syntax
  • semantics
  • pragmatics
  • phonetics
  • phonology
  • morphology
  • computational linguistics
  • experimental linguistics
  • psycholinguistics
  • sociolinguistics
  • historical linguistics
  • language acquisition

Submission guidelines

Please submit an abstract of no more than 2 pages (A4) in PDF format including examples, tables, and figures, and excluding references (Times New Roman font, size 12, 2.54 cm (1 inch) margins, single spacing). Do NOT include names of the authors in the document.

Important dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: May 5, 2025
  • Notification of acceptance: July 2025
  • Registration open: August 2025
  • Conference dates: October 9 - 10, 2025

Invited speakers

  • Nadine Bade, University of Konstanz
    Methods Matter: Experimental Perspectives on the Derivation of Implicatures

  • Eleanor Chodroff, University of Zürich
    Advancing phonetic typology with massively multilingual speech corpora

  • Linda Drijvers, Radboud University
    Towards a neurobiology of multimodal language

  • Simon Wehrle, University of Cologne
    Manifold Minds, Dynamic Dialogues: Individual Variability and the Natural Habitat of Language

Venue

The conference will take place at the University of Konstanz. Konstanz can be reached in about 1 hour by train from the Zurich airport or Zurich Main Station (Switzerland).

Address: Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz [Map]

Organizers and funding

Organizers

Massimiliano Canzi, David Diem, Leah Doroski, Marieke Einfeldt, Alec Gallo,
Alexander Hixson, Hyewon Jang, Scott Kunkel, Chiara Riegger, Tianyi Zhao
@ the Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz.

Contact

klc@uni-konstanz.de

Funding

We are very grateful to the Dr. August und Annelies Karst Stiftung for their support.