The International Linguistic Association 69th Annual Conference
The theme of this conference, "Beyond Human Language: The impact of AI on Linguistics,” asks how language is created, implicated, manipulated, used, learned, taught, and bought and sold by the integration of Artificial Intelligence into all aspects of our lives. It is not an overstatement to say that the arrival of AI upends every aspect of Linguistics, from the way language gets created to the way language is used to the way language goes out of use. The relationship between language and AI emerges in a social and political context that forges new ways of human existence.
This conference aims to move beyond the polarized debate over AI (complete acceptance to outright rejection) to consider the implications and impact of AI on language and linguistic inquiry in real time—our time. To the degree that language and AI are enmeshed in our lives, this conference calls on linguists and scholars to shed light on the effects of this relationship, both good and bad, both revolutionary and mundane.
All topics in linguistics and language scholarship are also welcome for presentation at this conference, including
• Language Evolution and AI
• AI and Speech Registers/Speech Communities
• AI and Writing/Writing Systems
• AI and Language Learning/Teaching
• AI and Cognition
• AI and Translation/Interpretation
• AI and Linguistic Research and Scholarship
• Computational Linguistics
• Linguistic Analysis, Intelligibility, and Recognizability Of AI-Produced Material
• Distinctions Between Large Language Models (LLMs) and Human Language
• AI and Linguistic/Semiotic Creativity, Authorship, Personal Writing, and Writer’s Voice
• AI and Minoritized, Regional, Indigenous, and Racialized Language Varieties
• Language and AI Under Different Political Circumstances (e.g., Colonialism, Capitalism, Autocracy)
• Prompt Engineering
• All Other Language and Linguistics-Related Concerns
Questions? Please email Shonna Trinch at strinch@jjay.edu.
