We are pleased to announce that the 2026 LSHK Annual Research Forum (ARF2026), celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), will be held on December 6, 2026 (Sunday). The Forum will be co-organized by the School of Education and Languages, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. We are now inviting submission of abstracts for presentation at the ARF. Please find the details below:

• Date: December 6, 2026 (Sunday)
• Venue: MU Tower, located in Hunghom
• Abstract submission deadline: October 30, 2026 (Friday)

As is customary ARF practice, there will be parallel sessions, and papers related to any area of linguistics are welcome. Every paper will be allotted 20 minutes for an oral presentation, followed by discussion. Please note that a paper presenter should be an LSHK member. You may apply for the LSHK membership or renew yours at https://lshk.org/membership/.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Each member is entitled to one single-author presentation and one joint presentation. Abstracts may be written in either Chinese or English. Each submission should be limited to one A4 page, including references and examples, and should use a 12-point font with 1-inch margins. Submissions should be saved in both DOC/DOCX and PDF formats. Do not include your name or affiliation in the abstract. Please submit your abstracts via: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/LSHKARF2026. The submission deadline is October 30, 2026 (Friday). All submissions will undergo anonymous review.

PROPOSAL FOR THEME-BASED PARALLEL SESSION

Members who would like to propose a theme-based parallel session are welcome to send a proposal (maximum two pages) to the LSHK Executive Committee at excom@lshk.org, specifying the theme and the format of the session and target participants. The deadline for panel proposals and abstracts is October 16, 2026 (Friday).

INQUIRIES

Please contact us by email at yplai@hkmu.edu.hk.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.