2026 MLA Convention: Romance Linguistics Forum

Date: 09-Jan-2026 - 12-Jan-2026
Location: Toronto, Canada
Contact: Randall Gess
Contact Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): French (fra)
Italian (ita)
Portuguese (por)
Romanian (ron)
Spanish (spa)
Language Family(ies): Romance

The Romance Linguistics Forum of the Modern Language Association welcomes a wide range of participants and approaches to Romance Linguistics to its 2026 panel at the MLA Convention. We invite abstracts exploring any area of Romance Linguistics (theoretical, socio-pragmatic, or applied) within any framework. Although preference will be given to papers addressing resemblances within the Romance family, all submissions will be considered.

Abstracts of up to 500 words should be submitted in .pdf or .docx format, not exceeding 1 page (up to 500 words), with a second page reserved for examples, tables and references. Include the presenter’s name, affiliation, and contact information in the body of the e-mail. The e-mail submission should be sent to [email protected].