Welcome

The Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM) is an annual general linguistics conference organised by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. The Organiziing Committee is led by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk. Materials from past PLMs are archived here.

PLM2025: 21–24 Sep 2025

We are very happy to announce the 53rd edition of the Poznań Linguistic Meeting on 21–24 September 2025.

For this edition, we invite you to reflect on the fascinating question: “Human language: is it unique?” Linguists have long debated whether language is a universal human trait, distinct in its complexity and structure from all other forms of animal communication. This year, we ask: What makes human language stand apart, if anything? Is its creativity, generativity, and syntax truly without parallel in the animal kingdom? Or are there aspects of language that share common ground with other communicative systems? We welcome submissions from all linguistic domains and perspectives that explore the nature of human language, its universality, and its potential uniqueness.

Plenary events

To be confirmed.

As is our tradition, we will conclude with a Grand Debate related to the leitmotif.