20th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 20)
Call for Papers
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) invites submissions for papers to be presented at the 20th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 20), to be held in-person Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, 2026 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, online sessions will be held on Thursday, March 12 2026 and the morning of Friday, March 13 2026. The keynote speaker for the workshop will be Prof. L.J. Randolph Jr.
WiGL is a conference run by students for students and is a forum for all students from UW-Madison and other institutions to present and share their research. We invite abstracts from undergraduate, graduate, and recently graduated students for 30-minute presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions), posters, and 60-minute workshops on any linguistics-related topic.
Abstracts should be at most 500 words, not including data, graphics, or references, and should not include the author’s name or affiliation. Abstracts for workshops should include a tentative breakdown of workshop elements and its learning outcomes. Please submit abstracts in pdf format. Abstracts will be accepted until 16 January 2026 at 11:59PM CST, and decisions will be announced in mid February. Please submit abstracts via this Google form:
For advice on writing an effective abstract, see the following resource: https://www.lsadc.org/content.asp?contentid=346
Please contact one of the workshop co-organizers with any questions or concerns:
Jae Weller
Rachyl Hietpas