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Please, read the announcement of the 19th International Symposium on Social Communication organized by the Center for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" of Santiago de Cuba and that will take place in this city from January 19 to 23, 2026.

It will be a pleasure to welcome you to Santiago de Cuba.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Leonel Ruiz Miyares President of the Organizing Committee Applied Linguistics Center "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Social Sciences and Humanities Agency Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Calle 9 Nr. 253 entre 10 y 12. Reparto Vista Alegre Santiago de Cuba 4, Cuba, C.P. 90400 Telephones: 53-22646390; 53-52857559 E-mail: linguisticaaplicada1971@gmail.com

Web site of our International Symposiums on Social Communication: http://www.cla.cu/simposio/indexEN.php

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19th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

CENTRE FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez"

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JANUARY 19-23, 2026

The Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" of the Social Sciences and Humanities Agency from Santiago de Cuba’s branch of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, is pleased to announce the 19th International Symposium on Social Communication.

The event will be held in Santiago de Cuba, January 19 through the 23, 2026. This interdisci- plinary event will focus on social communication processes from the points of view of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Medicine, Mass Media, and Art, Ethnology and Folklore.

The Symposium will be also sponsored by:

. University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba . Provincial Branch of Writers and Artists Association, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba . Basque Country University, Basque Country . University of Verona, Verona, Italy . Pontifical Catholic University of Vaparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile . Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain . Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain . Institute for Linguistic Research, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica . Latino Education and Advocacy Days Organization (LEAD), California St. University, USA

Authors will be allowed to present only one paper pertaining to the following disciplines:

1. Linguistics:

- Applied Linguistics - Phonetics and Phonology - Lexicology and Lexicography - Corpus Linguistics - Quantitative Linguistics - Morphology and Syntax - Anthropology Linguistics or Ethnolinguistics - Textual Linguistics and Pragmalinguistics - Sociolinguistics - Spanish and foreign language teaching - Spanish as a second language - Terminology - Translation and Interpretation - Linguistics Rights - Linguistics Policy

2. Computational Linguistics as branch of Artificial Intelligence:

- Software related to linguistics research - Automated grammatical tagging of texts - Electronic dictionaries - Software related to the teaching of mother tongues and foreign languages - Information extraction and its applications - Speech recognition and synthesis - Related issues

3. Medical specialties related to speech and voice and with Social Communication in general:

- Logopedy and Phoniatry - Neurology - Otorhinolaryngology - Stomatology

4. Mass Media:

- Linguistics research related to the speech of journalists, actors and radio and television announcers - Textual Analysis of radio and television programs, print, electronic media and social network articles

5. Art, Ethnology and Folklore:

- Research related to Social Communication

6. Communication and Education:

- Studies related to teaching of the mother tongue and other related subjects

Activities that will take place within the event are:

- Presymposium seminars - Keynote speeches - Discussion of papers in commissions - Books presentation - Cultural activities

PRESYMPOSIUM SEMINARS

The Symposium will be preceded by two seminars that will be taught by prestigious specialists. The seminars will take place Monday, January 19th, 2026.

The courses will be:

"Introduction to audiovisual translation and accessibility: modalities, technical, linguistic and cultural aspects" Dr. Juan Pedro Rica Peromingo Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

IXA Group Basque Country University, Basque Country

Participants should say in advance what presymposium seminars they want to take part in. An additional fee of 50.00 EUROS will be charged for each seminar. Participation certificates will be available.

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

In this Symposium several plenary conferences will be given, which will be offered by prestigious specialists.

Already confirmed their attendance:

Prof. Dr. Marlen Domínguez Hernández Cuban Academy of Language Havana University Havana,Cuba

Prof. Dr. Antoni Nomdedeu Rull Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Romualdo Ibáñez Orellana Pontifical Catholic University of Vaparaiso Valparaiso, Chile

The deadline of submission of papers is July 1st, 2025. The papers should not exceed 5 pages. Notification of acceptance of a paper by the Symposium’s Scientific Committee will be sent before July 31st, 2025.

PAPERS

To enable the Organizing Committee to include the Proceedings as part of the Symposium’s documentation -as we did since 1997-, accepted papers must be sent before August 15, 2025 if the Scientific Committee had done some observations.

Requirements for papers:

1. The paper will not exceed 5 pages including graphics, footnotes and bibliography.

2. It should be written using Word 6.0 or Word 7.0 for Windows and sent to the Symposium’s address: linguisticaaplicada1971@gmail.com as attached file.

3. Each page must be written in an A4 format with left, right, top, and bottom margin of 2.5 cm.

4. The paper must be written in one of the event’s official languages: Spanish, English, French or Portuguese.

5. The pages of the text should be unnumered.

Instructions for paper submission:

1. Write down the authors' names, one under the other, at the left top of the first page, all in Arial bold capital letters, 9 points (Word 6.0 or 7.0). Under the author's name(s) should appear in bold (only initials capital letters) the institution, city, country and e-mail address.

2. In a separate line, at the center, the title of the paper must be written in Arial bold, italics, 10 points size letters.

3. The text will follow -not in bold- with the same Arial letter, 9 points size and no leaving space between lines.

4. Paragraphs will have no indentation. Spaces between paragraphs will be of 1.5 points.

5. Section titles will be written in Arial bold, 9 points size and sub-sections titles will be written in Arial Italic, 8 points size.

6. Footnotes will appear at the end of each page in Arial 8 points size letters.

Presentation time will be 15 minutes.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese

REGISTRATION FEE

Speakers and Delegates 200.00 USD/EUROS

Companions 100.00 USD/EUROS

Payment of the fee must be sent before December 15, 2025 via bank transfer to the bank account to be announce opportunely and it covers a copy of the Proceedings where your paper is printed, all other documentation related to the event, speaker’s certificate, welcome cocktail and other cultural activities. Companions will have access to all of the above, except copies of the Proceedings.

ACCOMMODATION

The Organizing Committee guarantees accommodation in 3, 4, and 5 star hotels with preferential prices for participants in the event.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

- Papers submission deadline: July 1st, 2025

- Notification on paper’s approval by Scientific Committee: by July 31st, 2025

- Delivery of papers by e-mail: August 15, 2025 (in case of the observations done by the Scientific Committee)

- Payment of registration fee: Until December 15, 2025

- Presymposium seminars: January 19, 2026

- 19th International Symposium on Social Communication: January 20 through 23, 2026

OTHER ASPECTS OF INTEREST

Santiago de Cuba, located at some 900 km from Havana, is Cuba's second largest city. Its economic, cultural and social importance in Cuban history is unquestionable. Santiago is also the capital of the province with the same name. Surrounded by the green mountains of the Sierra Maestra range and the Caribbean Sea, Santiago is unique in its geography and beautiful landscape. Its surroundings make the city one of the most important tourist attractions on the entire island. The Organizing Committee, in coordination with the city's tourist agencies will offer visiting delegates a host of options allowing participants to enjoy the city's beauty and charm.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Leonel Ruiz Miyares Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Nancy Cristina Alamo Suárez Centre for Applied Linguistics Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Alex Muñoz Alvarado Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Humberto Ocanna Dayar Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Javier Tamayo Lozada Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Rolando Urrutia Cleger Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

María Rosa Álvarez Silva Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Fidelia Pozo Pozo Centre for Applied Linguistics "Vitelio Ruiz Hernández-Eloína Miyares Bermúdez" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Irina Bidot Martínez University of Oriente Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Anton Nijholt Twente University Enschede, The Netherlands

Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza Basque Country University Basque Country

Iñaki Alegría Loinaz Basque Country University Basque Country

Xabier Artola Zubillaga Basque Country University Basque Country

Xabier Arregi Iparragirre Basque Country University Basque Country

Sven Tarp University of Aarhus Aarhus, Denmark

Lucia Marconi Institute for Computational Linguistics Chapter Genoa, Italy

Paola Cutugno Institute for Computational Linguistics Chapter Genoa, Italy

Rosa María Rodríguez Abella Università degli Studi di Verona Verona, Italia

Luisa Chierichetti Università degli Studi di Bergamo Bergamo, Italia

Romualdo Ibáñez Orellana Pontifical Catholic University of Vaparaiso Valparaiso, Chile

Jorge Antonio Leoni de León Institute for Linguistic Research, University of Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica

Antoni Nomdedeu Rull University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Juan Pedro Rica Peromingo Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Luis Alfonso Ureña Lopez President of the NLP Spanish Association (SEPLN) Jaen University, Jaen, Spain

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. LEAD, California State University, USA

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