The Curation Tool is a web-based platform for collaborative linguistic data annotation and curation. It provides a flexible environment for creating annotation projects, assigning datasets to multiple curators, and systematically evaluating and resolving annotation disagreements.
Annotation interfaces can be configured through reusable project-specific layouts, supporting free-text input, predefined categories, Continue reading Curator tool
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NPI Bank: Now with English NPIs!
The first eight English NPIs have been integrated into the NPI Bank, with 10 licensers and a total number of 371 corpus examples. More English data will hopefully be available soon.
Since its official lauch on December 2, 2025, the NPI Bank has made information on roughly 250 German NPIs and about 80 Romanian NPIs available via a web interface. Continue reading NPI Bank: Now with English NPIs!
Sailer at “Names in the Economy VIII”
The 8th international conference on Names in the Economy took place in Mainz, June 25-27, 2026. At that conference, Manfred Sailer presented a talk on “The practice and the semantics of product naming of puppets: Names of ventriloquist dummies across languages.” In his talk, Manfred tried to use the domain of non-custom-made ventriloquist puppets to combine insights from product onomastics and formal semantics to model the special properties of product names.
Links:
- Names in the Economy VIII conference web site: https://romanistik.uni-mainz.de/nite-8/
- Abstract of Manfred’s presentation: https://www.english-linguistics.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NIte8-Sailer-Abstract.pdf
Hilfskraft gesucht!
Note: The position has been filled
In der Abteilung Linguistik des Instituts für England- und Amerikastudien ist zum 1.4.2026 eine studentische Hilfskraftstelle zu besetzen.
40 Stunden im Monat, 1.4.2026-31.3.2027
(eine geringere Studenzahl oder eine kürzere Vertragslaufzeit sind auf Wunsch möglich)
Die gesuchte Hilfskraft soll die Abteilung im Lehr- und Forschungsbetrieb unterstützen. Continue reading Hilfskraft gesucht!
Banafo on: Exhaustification over existential bases of Negative Indefinites in some Ghanaian languages
Adelaide Banafo
(CRC 1629, Project B03)
will talk about
Exhaustification over existential bases of Negative Indefinites in some Ghanaian languages
January 19, 2026
16.15-17.45
IG 3.201
or on zoom (please contact Manfred Sailer for the link)
Abstract:
The expression of negative indefinites across African languages exhibits substantial typological variation, particularly in their Continue reading Banafo on: Exhaustification over existential bases of Negative Indefinites in some Ghanaian languages
Kurz-Workshop: Wissenschaftskommunikation
Kurz-Workshop
Mit Science-Slam aufs nächste Level:
Der Einsatz von unterhaltsamer Wissenschaftskommunikation
in der Uni-Lehre
François Conrad (Wuppertal & Göttingen)
am: 15.12.2025
um: 16.15-17.45
in: IG 3.201
Zusammenfassung:
Wie kann ich meine Seminare gleichzeitig lehrreich, catchy und unterhaltsam gestalten? Hierzu gibt es viel Fachliteratur und noch mehr Schulungen. Aber wie wär’s, ein derzeit populäres Format der Wissenschaftskommunikation gezielt in die Lehre einzubinden? Klingt zugleich verlockend und herausfordernd? Continue reading Kurz-Workshop: Wissenschaftskommunikation
Hilfskraft gesucht für Forschungsprojekt
Note: The position has been filled
Im Projekt B05 “Negative Polarity Items in non-negative contexts” des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1629 Negation in Language and Beyond ist zum 1.1.2026 eine studentische Hilfskraftstelle zu besetzen.
20 Stunden im Monat, 1.1.2026-31.12.2026
(eine kürzere Vertragslaufzeit ist auf Wunsch möglich)
Die gesuchte Hilfskraft soll das Projekt im Forschungsbetrieb unterstützen.
PhD position: Computational linguistics, negation
This position has been posted at: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794886/FB10___Neuere_Philologien
Note: The position has been filled
At the Institute of English and American Studies, Department of Modern Philologies, at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the position of a
Research associate
(pay scale E 13 TV-G-U, 65% part-time)
is to be filled on 01.07.2025 within the project “B05: Negative polarity items in non-negative contexts.“ The project is part of the CRC 1629 “Negation in Language and Beyond (NegLaB).“ The position will be non-permanent until 31.12.2027. The salary grade is based on the job characteristics of the collective agreement applicable to Goethe University (TV-G-U).
The responsibilities of the position include collaboration and scientific services in research within the project B05. The project explores the occurrence of Negative Polarity Items in non-negative contexts in German, Romanian, and English Specifically, the Continue reading PhD position: Computational linguistics, negation
Hilfskraft gesucht!
Note: The position has been filled
In der Abteilung Linguistik des Instituts für England- und Amerikastudien ist zum 1.4.2025 eine studentische Hilfskraftstelle zu besetzen.
40 Stunden im Monat, 1.4.2025-31.3.2026
(eine geringere Studenzahl oder eine kürzere Vertragslaufzeit sind auf Wunsch möglich)
Die gesuchte Hilfskraft soll die Abteilung im Lehr- und Forschungsbetrieb unterstützen. Continue reading Hilfskraft gesucht!
New course: Linguistics and Science Communication
The following course has been added to the IEAS course program. Registration is still open for it.
Linguistics and science communication: Sharing linguistic research with the world
Instructor: Manfred Sailer
Monday, 12.15-13.45, starting 4.11.2024
Room: IG 3.201
Modules:
- L3 FW 3.1, FW 4.2
- BA ES 3.4.2 /
- BA EmpSprachw En5
- MALing LING-INT-ARC, LING-CORE-ARC B
- MA EmpSprachw MA-ES-EN-B
Course description
There is a growing interest in and a growing need for accessible and available presentation of scientific research and insights. According
to linguistic-TikToker Simon Meier-Vieracker (Dresden), linguistics is in an ideal situation for science communication: (i) Everyone uses
language and has some opinion on language and language use. This Continue reading New course: Linguistics and Science Communication