Full Title: Parameters of Language Staging
Short Title: PLS8
Theme: Forms, Functions, and Multimodal Dynamics of Staged Discourse

Date: 21-May-2026 - 22-May-2026
Location: Nanterre, France
Web Site: https://pls8.sciencesconf.org/

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Phonetics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 03-Oct-2025

Call for Papers:

This is a reminder that the call for papers for the PLS8 conference is still open and available at pls8.sciencesconf.org.
This edition addresses the staging of discourse and the forms and functions of staged discourse, with a particular focus on spoken/multimodal data.

Our guest speakers are Andreas Jucker (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Gaëlle Planchenault (Simon Fraser University, Canada).

We invite the submission of oral presentations via pls8.sciencesconf.org which means that you'll have to use your account, or create an account if you don't have one, in order to submit your abstract online.
The official languages of the conference are English and French.
Allotted time for oral talks: 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion
Abstracts should be 1-A4-page-long with 1 extra page for references, tables, and figures. Please use the abstract template provided and anonymize references that are likely to identify the author(s).

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: October 3rd, 2025
Notification of acceptance: November 17th, 2025