Welcome

The Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL) is an international conference on any aspect of theoretical and descriptive linguistics.

The faculty, students, and administration of California State University, Fresno are honored to host our distinguished guests. WECOL is a free event open to the public.

In light of Covid-19, WECOL 2023 will be conducted fully virtual via Zoom based at California State University, Fresno.

Invited Speakers

Nina Topintzi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 

Lauren Clemens​
University at Albany, State of New York

Registration

There is no registration fee to attend the conference. You can register to attend WECOL at the link below:
​https://forms.gle/ct8tRvx11BB9UeCd7

Call for Abstracts

Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be original and not previously published.
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (with 10 minutes for discussion) on any aspect of theoretical or descriptive linguistics.

Abstracts must be limited to 500 words, excluding references. The format of the abstract should follow the guidelines below:

• Title centered at top of page, in bold
• Word count at the end of the abstract
• Anonymous: author names and affiliations should not be indicated anywhere in the abstract
• File name: title.pdf

Conference papers will be published in the WECOL 2023 Proceedings online on the proceedings page of the conference website.
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Abstracts can be submitted here until September 1st, 2023
Notifications will be sent around October 1st, 2023 (PST)