ACCENT VARIATION AND CHANGE
'Accents' is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at University of Lodz, Poland. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and non-native accents of English, approached from a variety of theoretical and/or practical perspectives. The key issues discussed each year include individual accent characteristics, the dynamism of accent usage, accent teaching and learning, and the methods and tools for accent studies. The leitmotif of Accents 2025 revolves around phonological variation and change in English accents across diverse contexts, regions, countries and continents.
Plenary speakers (in alphabetical order):
Prof. Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Talia Isaacs, University College London, United Kingdom
Prof. Radek Skarnitzl, Charles University, Czechia
Prof. Jane Stuart-Smith, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Call for papers
We invite proposals for papers, workshops and posters referring to the main theme ‘Accent variation and change’ as well as other issues related to native and non-native accents of English, including, but not limited to the ones mentioned below:
accents in natural environment: World Englishes, immigrant context, sojourners, etc.
accents in varied educational contexts: ESL, EFL, ELF, ESOL, EAP, EMI, etc.
phonological variation across time and space
bilingualism and multilingualism
ASR, CAPT, HVPT
modern technology use in pronunciation learning/teaching
native and non-native verbal interactions
the role of pronunciation in oral communication
pronunciation in discourse
suprasegmentals/prosody/fluency
intelligibility/ comprehensibility/ acceptability
segmental features and accuracy
speech perception and/or speech production
pronunciation teaching, pronunciation instruction and instructed learning
classroom-based research
laboratory-based investigations
pronunciation assessment
pronunciation teacher training
Deadline for abstract submissions is August 15th, 2025. Please send an abstract of up to 400 words in word document NOT pdf (excluding references) to accents@uni.lodz.pl with the intended format, Author name(s) and affiliation written under the title.The proposals will go through the process of peer review, after which notifications of acceptance will be sent out by September 20th, 2025.
Information on our previous conferences can be found at filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents under Abstracts. Please send all conference related questions to accents@uni.lodz.pl
All information regarding the registration fee, conference venue and recommended conference hotel will be available in early autumn.
VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION
CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference is planned for three full days, December 11-13, 2025. The conference will be held at the Faculty of Philology and the University Conference Centre (Kopcińskiego 16/18) of the University of Lodz.
ACCOMMODATION
We recommend the University Conference Centre - please go to Registration Form (available below) to book a room.
ABSTRACTS
Intellectual Property Rights are reserved under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial license (source)
Books of abstracts from previous Accents conferences can be found below:
ORGANIZERS
ACCENTS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Conference Organisers:
Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics:
Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (Founding Organiser)
Anna Jarosz (Conference Chair), email: anna.jarosz@uni.lodz.pl
Izabela Grabarczyk (Conference Secretary)
Anna Gralińska-Brawata (Conference Secretary)
Grzegorz Zgondek (IT Engineer)
Jakub Żak (IT Engineer)
ACCENTS ADVISORY BOARD
Alexander Baratta, Manchester Institute of Education, UK
Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University, Denmark
Una Cunningham, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Tracey Derwing, University of Alberta, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Wayne Dickerson, University of Illinois, USA
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Joshua Gordon, University of Northern Iowa, USA
Alice Henderson,Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Magnus Huber, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Talia Isaacs, University College London, United Kingdom
Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University (NAU), USA
Jose Antonio Mompeán Gonzalez, University of Murrcia, Spain
Joan Carles Mora, University of Barcelona, Spain
Murray Munro, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Charlie Nagle, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Mirosław Pawlak, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Marnie Reed, Boston University, USA
Arkadiusz Rojczyk, University of Silesia, Poland
Veronica Gabriela Sardegna, Duquesne University, USA
Jane Setter, University of Reading, UK
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, England
Radek Skarnitzl, Charles University, Czechia
Jane Stuart-Smith, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ron Thomson, Brock University, Canada
Pavel Trofimovich, Concordia University, Canada
Jan Volin, Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic
Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, University of Łódź, Poland
Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
