19th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

CENTRE FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS
"Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JANUARY 19-23, 2026

The Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína
Miyares Bermúdez" of the Social Sciences and Humanities Agency
from Santiago de Cuba’s branch of the Ministry of Science,
Technology and the Environment, is pleased to announce the
19th International Symposium on Social Communication.

The event will be held in Santiago de Cuba,
January 19 through the 23, 2026. This interdisci-
plinary event will focus on social communication
processes from the points of view of Linguistics,
Computational Linguistics, Medicine, Mass Media,
and Art, Ethnology and Folklore.

The Symposium will be also sponsored by:

. University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
. Provincial Branch of Writers and Artists Association, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
. Basque Country University, Basque Country
. University of Verona, Verona, Italy
. Pontifical Catholic University of Vaparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
. Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
. Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
. Institute for Linguistic Research, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
. Latino Education and Advocacy Days Organization (LEAD), California St. University, USA

Authors will be allowed to present only
one paper pertaining to the following
disciplines:

1. Linguistics:

- Applied Linguistics
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Lexicology and Lexicography
- Corpus Linguistics
- Quantitative Linguistics
- Morphology and Syntax
- Anthropology Linguistics or Ethnolinguistics
- Textual Linguistics and Pragmalinguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Spanish and foreign language teaching
- Spanish as a second language
- Terminology
- Translation and Interpretation
- Linguistics Rights
- Linguistics Policy

2. Computational Linguistics as branch of Artificial Intelligence:

- Software related to linguistics research
- Automated grammatical tagging of texts
- Electronic dictionaries
- Software related to the teaching
of mother tongues and foreign languages
- Information extraction and its applications
- Speech recognition and synthesis
- Related issues

3. Medical specialties related to speech
and voice and with Social Communication in
general:

- Logopedy and Phoniatry
- Neurology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Stomatology

4. Mass Media:

- Linguistics research related to the
speech of journalists, actors and
radio and television announcers
- Textual Analysis of radio and
television programs, print,
electronic media and social network articles

5. Art, Ethnology and Folklore:

- Research related to Social Communication

6. Communication and Education:

- Studies related to teaching of the mother
tongue and other related subjects

Activities that will take place within
the event are:

- Presymposium seminars
- Keynote speeches
- Discussion of papers in commissions
- Books presentation
- Cultural activities

PRESYMPOSIUM SEMINARS

The Symposium will be preceded by two
seminars that will be taught by prestigious
specialists. The seminars will take place Monday,
January 19th, 2026.

The courses will be:

"Introduction to audiovisual translation and accessibility:
modalities, technical, linguistic and cultural aspects"
Dr. Juan Pedro Rica Peromingo
Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

IXA Group
Basque Country University, Basque Country

Participants should say in advance what
presymposium seminars they want to take
part in. An additional fee of 50.00 EUROS
will be charged for each seminar. Participation
certificates will be available.

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

In this Symposium several plenary conferences
will be given, which will be offered by
prestigious specialists.

Already confirmed their attendance:

Prof. Dr. Marlen Domínguez Hernández
Cuban Academy of Language
Havana University
Havana,Cuba

Prof. Dr. Antoni Nomdedeu Rull
Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Romualdo Ibáñez Orellana
Pontifical Catholic University of Vaparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile

The deadline of submission of papers
is July 1st, 2025. The papers should not
exceed 5 pages. Notification of acceptance
of a paper by the Symposium’s Scientific
Committee will be sent before July 31st,
2025.

PAPERS

To enable the Organizing Committee to
include the Proceedings as part of the
Symposium’s documentation -as we did
since 1997-, accepted papers must be sent
before August 15, 2025 if the Scientific
Committee had done some observations.

Requirements for papers:

1. The paper will not exceed 5 pages
including graphics, footnotes and bibliography.

2. It should be written using Word 6.0 or
Word 7.0 for Windows and sent to the Symposium’s
address: linguisticaaplicada1971@gmail.com
as attached file.

3. Each page must be written in an A4
format with left, right, top, and bottom
margin of 2.5 cm.

4. The paper must be written in one of
the event’s official languages: Spanish,
English, French or Portuguese.

5. The pages of the text should be
unnumered.

Instructions for paper submission:

1. Write down the authors' names,
one under the other, at the left top
of the first page, all in Arial
bold capital letters, 9 points
(Word 6.0 or 7.0). Under the author's
name(s) should appear in bold
(only initials capital letters)
the institution, city, country
and e-mail address.

2. In a separate line, at the center,
the title of the paper must be written
in Arial bold, italics, 10 points size
letters.

3. The text will follow -not in bold-
with the same Arial letter, 9 points
size and no leaving space between lines.

4. Paragraphs will have no indentation.
Spaces between paragraphs will be of 1.5 points.

5. Section titles will be written in Arial
bold, 9 points size and sub-sections titles
will be written in Arial Italic, 8 points size.

6. Footnotes will appear at the end
of each page in Arial 8 points size
letters.

Presentation time will be 15 minutes.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Spanish, English,
French and Portuguese

REGISTRATION FEE

Speakers and Delegates
200.00 USD/EUROS

Companions
100.00 USD/EUROS

Payment of the fee must be sent before
December 15, 2025 via bank transfer
to the bank account to be announce opportunely
and it covers a copy of the Proceedings
where your paper is printed, all other
documentation related to the event,
speaker’s certificate, welcome cocktail
and other cultural activities. Companions
will have access to all of the above, except
copies of the Proceedings.

ACCOMMODATION

The Organizing Committee guarantees
accommodation in 3, 4, and 5 star
hotels with preferential prices
for participants in the event.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

- Papers submission deadline:
July 1st, 2025

- Notification on paper’s
approval by Scientific Committee:
by July 31st, 2025

- Delivery of papers by e-mail:
August 15, 2025 (in case of the
observations done by the Scientific
Committee)

- Payment of registration fee:
Until December 15, 2025

- Presymposium seminars:
January 19, 2026

- 19th International Symposium
on Social Communication:
January 20 through 23, 2026

OTHER ASPECTS OF INTEREST

Santiago de Cuba, located at some
900 km from Havana, is Cuba's
second largest city. Its economic,
cultural and social importance in
Cuban history is unquestionable.
Santiago is also the capital of the
province with the same name.
Surrounded by the green mountains
of the Sierra Maestra range and the
Caribbean Sea, Santiago is unique
in its geography and beautiful
landscape. Its surroundings make
the city one of the most important
tourist attractions on the entire
island. The Organizing Committee,
in coordination with the city's
tourist agencies will offer visiting
delegates a host of options allowing
participants to enjoy the city's
beauty and charm.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Leonel Ruiz Miyares
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Nancy Cristina Alamo Suárez
Centre for Applied Linguistics Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Alex Muñoz Alvarado
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Humberto Ocanna Dayar
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Javier Tamayo Lozada
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Rolando Urrutia Cleger
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

María Rosa Álvarez Silva
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Fidelia Pozo Pozo
Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Irina Bidot Martínez
University of Oriente
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Anton Nijholt
Twente University
Enschede, The Netherlands

Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza
Basque Country University
Basque Country

Iñaki Alegría Loinaz
Basque Country University
Basque Country

Xabier Artola Zubillaga
Basque Country University
Basque Country

Xabier Arregi Iparragirre
Basque Country University
Basque Country

Sven Tarp
University of Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark

Lucia Marconi
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Chapter Genoa, Italy

Paola Cutugno
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Chapter Genoa, Italy

Rosa María Rodríguez Abella
Università degli Studi di Verona
Verona, Italia

Luisa Chierichetti
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Bergamo, Italia

Romualdo Ibáñez Orellana
Pontifical Catholic University of Vaparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile

Jorge Antonio Leoni de León
Institute for Linguistic Research, University of Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica

Antoni Nomdedeu Rull
University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Juan Pedro Rica Peromingo
Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Luis Alfonso Ureña Lopez
President of the NLP Spanish Association (SEPLN)
Jaen University, Jaen, Spain

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.
LEAD, California State University, USA

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