Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that the Institute of Linguistics at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, is organising the 13th meeting of Linguistics Beyond and Within – International Linguistics Conference in Lublin. The conference, to be held on 22–23 October 2026 in Lublin, will be hosted by the Department of Applied Linguistics, the Department of Theoretical Linguistics, the Department of Contrastive English-Polish Studies and the Department of Celtic Studies. This year, the talks will be guided by the following leitmotif:

NEW PATHWAYS IN LINGUISTICS: THEORETICAL INSIGHTS AND APPLIED PERSPECTIVES

As previously, we would like to invite scholars with innovative approaches to linguistics viewed from a range of intra- and interdisciplinary perspectives. We wish to encourage all linguists representing various theoretical models and practical applications to present their contributions during live oral sessions, with each paper presentation scheduled for a 20-minute talk followed by a 10-minute discussion. The language of the conference is English.

LIST OF TOPICS:
• theoretical linguistics: syntax, morphology, semantics, phonetics, phonology, corpus studies
• applied linguistics: language teaching & language acquisition, pragmatics, discourse analysis, translation studies, sociolinguistics psycholinguistics

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts of no more than 400 words (including references) should be sent by 15 June 2026 in .docx, .doc, .odt or .rtf format to our email address at lingbaw@gmail.com. In the body of the email, please include the following information: title of paper, name(s) of author(s), scientific degree, academic affiliation, research area (one of the abovementioned).
It is expected that any paper presented at LingBaW 2026 is original and has not been previously presented or published.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 July.

CONFERENCE FEE
The conference fee is 500 PLN (€130) and includes participation in the conference, admission to all sessions, conference materials (including a certificate of attendance), welcome reception, coffee breaks and refreshments.

PUBLICATION
The preliminary deadline for submission of completed papers is 31 January 2027. All submitted conference papers will be reviewed for inclusion in the LingBaW journal (for more information about the journal and the review process, visit https://czasopisma.kul.pl/LingBaW).

CONTACT
For further information, visit the conference website at https://lingbaw.webclass.co/ or email us at lingbaw@gmail.com.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Prof. Anna Bloch-Rozmej
Prof. Anna Bondaruk
Prof. Anna Malicka-Kleparska
Prof. Maria Bloch-Trojnar
Prof. Wojciech Malec
Karolina Hosang, PhD
Anna Prażmowska, PhD
Piotr Steinbrich, PhD

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
www.kul.pl