Full Title: 53rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting
Short Title: PLM2025

Date: 21-Sep-2025 - 24-Sep-2025
Location: Poznań, Poland
Contact Person: Ewelina Wojtkowiak
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories

Call Deadline: 30-Mar-2025

53rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM2025)
21–24 September 2025
“Human language: Is it unique?”

WWW: http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm

We are pleased to remind you that we are still inviting submissions for the 53rd edition of the Poznań Linguistic Meeting, taking place on 21–24 September 2025, organized by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.

For the 53rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, we invite you to reflect on the fascinating question: “Human language: is it unique?” Linguists have long debated whether language is a universal human trait, distinct in its complexity and structure from all other forms of animal communication. This year, we ask: What makes human language stand apart, if anything? Is its creativity, generativity, and syntax truly without parallel in the animal kingdom? Or are there aspects of language that share common ground with other communicative systems? We welcome submissions from all linguistic domains and perspectives that explore the nature of human language, its universality, and its potential uniqueness.

Plenary events:
Keynote address:
- Andrea Ravignani (Sapienza University, Roma): Vocal learning and the origins of human rhythm: A comparative approach
Plenary speakers:
- Neil Cohn (Tilburg University): Reimagining linguistic uniqueness in multimodal paradigm
- Wolfgang U. Dressler (Austrian Academy of Sciences): Human language vs. communication of the bees
- Daniel Everett (Bentley University): Speculative Grammar and the Nonuniqueness of Human Language
- Magdalena Wrembel (Adam Mickiewicz University): To be or not to be multilingual: What makes L3 phonological acquisition unique?
As is our tradition, we will conclude with a Grand Debate related to the leitmotif.

Thematic sessions:
- Going beyond L2 speech: Multilingual production and perception – convened by Magdalena Wrembel, Anna Balas, and Zuzanna Cal (Adam Mickiewicz University)
- Rethinking the semantics of classifiers – convened by Marcin Kilarski (Adam Mickiewicz University), Marc Allassonnière-Tang (CNRS), and Éva Dékány (HUN-REN)

Submission guidelines
Proposals of papers are invited for both oral and poster presentations related to the leitmotif, as well as to other topics within modern linguistics.

Each paper in the general oral sessions will be given 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion. Poster sessions will form an integral part of the conference programme. The number of submissions is limited to one single-authored plus one co-authored abstract per author (or two co-authored ones). The language of the conference is English. All abstracts will be processed using the Microsoft CMT management system. The submissions will be reviewed by our International Advisory Board. Please visit our website for more detailed abstract submission guidelines, along with abstract review criteria: http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm/2025/Abstract_submission

The special early-career poster session (to take place on Sunday, 21.09.2025)

This session will be geared towards researchers at the early stages of their academic journey, including undergraduate, MA, PhD, and early-career post-PhD scholars, wishing to present their projects to a larger scientific community and, thus, receive valuable feedback on their work. Proposals are welcome from individuals at any stage of their career. Researchers should submit their abstracts via the online submission system following the same criteria as for regular oral and poster presentations, selecting 'early-career poster session' where appropriate. To add value to this experience, we encourage participants to provide the names of three experts (together with their affiliations) who might potentially make a significant contribution to their projects.

Important dates
- Submission deadline for general session abstracts (oral and poster sessions): extended deadline: 30 March 2025
- (Individual thematic and special sessions may have their own deadlines)
- Notification of acceptance: 5 May 2025
- Conference: 21-24 September 2025

Looking forward to seeing you in Poznań!

PLM2025 Organising Committee
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk
Jarosław Weckwerth
Ewelina Wojtkowiak
Zuzanna Cal
Paulina Rozkrut