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In linguistics, the notion of interface allows us to understand the interactions between the different levels of linguistic analysis and their interdisciplinary implications. We define interfaces as the links, connections, and/or joints functioning of several
linguistic and extralinguistic concepts. Thus, interface, understood as a polysemous and plural term, refers to the correspondence between the different areas of formal and applied linguistics: in its very formal sense (Chomsky and Halle, 1973; Chomsky, 2001), between language and cognition (Levelt, 1989; Chomsky, 2006; Geeraerts and Cuyckens, 2010), between languages, language uses and society (Bourdieu, 1982; Boyer, 1991; Calvet, 1993) and between different language modalities (Millet and Estève, 2009; Blondel, 2020).

In formal linguistics, this interface is often understood as the junction of the different layers of linguistic analysis and their logical relationships (Chomsky, 2001), thus highlighting the complexity of human language in their L1 or LN (Ramchand and Reiss, 2007; Ackerman and Malouf, 2013, Domínguez, 2013).These various  interfaces enable in-depth analysis of language, linking syntax and semantics (Wechsler, 2020; Woods, 2020), morphology and syntax (Cocchi and Pierrantozzi, 2022) and phonology and morphology (Zukoff, 2023; Kalin, 2022), etc. These interfaces sometimes raise questions in cases of inter-language comparison, raising the problem of the scope of these interfaces (Cuxac, 2000; Tuggy, 2010).

In applied linguistics, this interface is understood as the link between two concepts, one strictly linguistic and one extralinguistic. These interfaces manifest themselves in the interpretation of linguistic phenomena in connection with cognition (Chomsky,
2006, Levelt, 1989; Klein and Perdue, 1997), but also with sociological disciplines (Cook, 2004; Calvet, 1987).The notion of interface thus appears in the creation of linguistic models (eg. Levelt, 1981; Hornberger, 2006); but also in research that links
a socio-cognitive and linguistic concept, in the context of studies or experiments (Portes and German, 2019; Tibblin et al., 2023; Fornasiero et al., 2024; Avanzi and Thibault, forthcoming).
These interfaces between the different linguistic modalities (written, oral, signed and video) form an essential interdisciplinary field of study for understanding multimodal communication for vocal or signed languages. This has raised questions about the
relationship between oral and written communication (Halliday, 1985; Catach, 1988; Harris, 1990), then incorporating the interfaces and links between writing, visual and sign language (Kress and van Leeuwen, 2001).More recently, attempts have been made to put sign languages into writing, such as SignWriting, which has led to an interest in the cross-modality interface, illustrating the challenges of transcribing non-linear languages. The emergence of LS-videos makes it possible to rethink the culture of writing and contributes to sign language literacy (Garcia, 2010; Sutton-Spence and Machado, 2023).

Submission modalities: 

Please include the affiliations of the authors on the submission. The first author and main presenter at the ColDoc must be a PhD student or a young researcher. Please indicate if your proposal is for at the oral/signed format, or a poster. 

In order to submit, please use this website, at the "abstract submission" page.

Information on the abstract format:

- Languages: French and English

- Please indicate the language of the proposal (French, French Sign Language or English)

- Max: 500 words including a short bibliography

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