As in previous years, the aim of this international Arabic Linguistics Forum is to provide a forum for researchers from Europe, the Middle East, and beyond to exchange insights on all areas of Arabic linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, dialectology, sociolinguistics, discourse and conversation analysis, historical linguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and applied linguistics.

This year’s conference is organized in collaboration with the ERC-Advanced project, WIBARAB (What is Bedouin-type Arabic?), which explores the linguistic and socio-historical dynamics behind the long-standing distinction between nomadic and sedentary populations in the Middle East and North Africa. On the conference’s opening day, members of the WIBARAB project will present a special panel presenting their primary findings and milestones achieved over the past four years.

Further information on the panels and the submission process can be found here.

Please note that abstracts must also be submitted via this link.

Do not hesitate to contact us at alif2025@univie.ac.at if you have any further questions about the submission process!

Important dates:

    Call for papers: 30th October 2024
    Abstract submission deadline: 2nd February 2025
    Abstract review period: 3rd February 2025 – 15th March 2025
    Notifications of acceptance: Mid March 2025

Have a look at the website of the Arabic Linguistics Forum.