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Call For Papers

The Language Attitudes and Popular Linguistics Area of the Popular Culture Association is seeking presentations on any language attitude or language-related popular culture topic, such as:

•  the language attitudes of X (for example, new baby greeting cards, truck drivers, student writers, first generation immigrants, etc.)

•  issues with prescriptivism

•  language and advertising or other media;

•  professional, corporate, or other industry-related language;

•  dialect, code-switching, or historical studies of language and language attitudes;

•  animal or extraterrestrial communication;

•  language and education, including pedagogical approaches;

•  gendered communication or other sociolinguistic topics;

•  language and popular literature or television/film

•  language and censorship;

•  first and second language acquisition;

•  any topic that relates to popular linguistics or language attitudes.

This year’s conference will be held in Atlanta, GA, April 8-11, 2026.

All Proposals & Abstracts Must Be Submitted Through the PCA Website. Please submit
a proposal to only one area at a time.

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025

Please send all inquiries to:

James G. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Salve Regina University

james.mitchell@salve.edu

Important Dates to Remember:

• Database opens for Submissions - Sept. 1, 2025
• Early Bird Registration Begins - Sept. 1, 2025
• Deadline for Paper Proposals - Nov. 30, 2025
• Travel Grant Applications Due - Dec. 15, 2025
• Early Bird Registration Ends for Presenters - Dec. 31, 2025
• Regular Registration Begins for Presenters - Jan. 1, 2026 
• Travel Grant Decisions / Notifications - Jan. 31, 2026
• Regular Registration Ends for Presenters - Jan. 31, 2026
• Late Registration Starts for Presenters - Feb. 1, 2026
• Preliminary Program draft available - Feb. 6, 2026

Those Presenters Not Registered by Feb. 15 Will be Dropped from the Program

CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GA - April 8-11, 2026