ELEVENTH BRNO CONFERENCE
ON LINGUISTICS STUDIES IN ENGLISH 2025
Where theory meets practice: Advances in English linguistics
Brno, Masaryk University, 8-9 September 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic is pleased to announce its traditional biennial linguistic conference, which will take place in Brno on 8-9 September 2025.
The Eleventh Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English will be held under the title Where theory meets practice: Advances in English linguistics. We would like to welcome contributions that look into various aspects of the English language through the prism of its application, whether for general communication or in diverse professional settings, research, entertainment, study and teaching. Language is seen as a living organism that constantly changes as a result of multiple external and internal factors, and it is the role of linguistic research to identify and describe these factors and interpret their impact on the language.
The conference will thus focus on the complex interplay between the communicative needs of language users, various parameters of the communicative situation and properties of the English language as such, along with a multitude of theoretical approaches and methods that can be used to better understand and explain it. A special emphasis will be laid on pedagogical implications of such study of the English language. We consider as essential that different theoretical perspectives assist and inspire one another, reflecting thus the plurality of opinions and interests in the fast-developing and often conflicting contemporary world.
We particularly welcome contributions focusing on:
• corpus-based discourse analysis
• cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research
• multimedia genres and digital discourses
• pragmatics of English language discourse
• pedagogical implications of linguistic research
• construction and patterns of meaning
• variation across disciplines and genres
• English as a global and international language
• study of specialised discourses
The conference will be held completely in-person, and its working language is English.
A detailed programme of the conference will be available at the conference website after the submission and acceptance of proposals. For more information on the venue, keynote speakers, programme and other details, visit the conference website. If you have any further queries, please contact us via the conference mail bclse@ucn.muni.cz.
If you wish to attend the conference, please complete the Online Registration Form on the website by 30 April 2025. If you wish to present a paper, please indicate the title on the registration form and include an abstract of 200-250 words specifying the scope of research and the methods and data applied. Participants will be notified of acceptance by 15 June 2025.
The conference fee is € 100 (CZK 2,500). For more details on the methods of payment, visit the conference website.
Organising Committee
Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova
Renata Povolná
Renata Jančaříková
Irena Hůlková
Martin Němec
Radek Vogel
Christopher Williams
Helena Worthington
Department of English Language and Literature
Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno
Poříčí 9, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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