The "Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium" (NLK) has existed since 1989 and is hosted annually by a different university in Northern Germany. The NLK offers both young and experienced researchers a platform to present and discuss their research projects and results from all areas of linguistics. Students who are in the final phase of their studies are also invited to submit contributions.

The theme of the 22. NLK is "Knotenpunkte der Sprachwissenschaft, der Sprachdidaktik und des Spracherwerbs". The German term Knotenpunkte can be translated as junction, which refers to a place where important streets come together and build something similar to a knot (German: Knoten). Using this image as an analogy, our conference is eager to highlight the areas where linguistics, didactics and language acquisition cross-cut and thus, become their own cross-cutting subject areas.