Call for Papers for the XXI EURALEX International Congress "Lexicography and Semantics" (EURALEX 2024)

==============

Lexicography and semantics, particularly lexical semantics, share a deep connection, as the accurate representation of meaning is a fundamental aspect of both disciplines. The intersection of lexicography and semantics is a fertile ground for exploring how words convey meaning and how meaning is structured in language. Over the past century and a half, various significant theoretical approaches to understanding word meaning have left their mark on the field of lexicography, enhancing the way lexicographers analyze and describe word meanings, and resulting in more comprehensive lexical resources. These resources are used in fields like information retrieval, sentiment analysis, machine translation, and large language models development, demonstrating the practical relevance of the synergy between lexicography and semantics. This conference aims to foster discussions, share research findings, and promote collaboration within the fields of lexicography and semantics, with a particular focus on cognitive approaches and their applications.

Papers, posters, presentations of new projects, and software demonstrations are invited on the topic Lexicography and Semantics (theoretical and applied perspectives) as well as on all lexicographically relevant topics including, but not limited to, the following fields:

• Monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual lexicography including commercial dictionary publishing
• The dictionary-making process
• The use of dictionaries, and the needs of the user
• Lexicography and language technologies: the use of computational linguistics, natural language processing and computer science technologies and language resources in lexicography
• Terminology, terminography, and other specialized forms of lexicography
• Lexicography of lesser-used and under-researched languages
• Phraseology and collocations
• Lexicography and etymology
• Lexicological issues of lexicographical relevance
• Reports on lexicographical and lexicological projects
• Academic lexicography, historical lexicography, scholarly lexicography
• Theoretical linguistic research, especially those branches most directly related to the interests and needs of compilers of dictionaries and/or computer lexicons, including word meaning, syntax, word combinations (phraseology), morphology, phonology, etc.

The main topics are not meant to exclude any other lexicographic topic. Papers, posters, and demonstrations that are relevant to the congress, but do not fit into any of the above-mentioned categories, will be reviewed nonetheless and considered for presentation.

==============

Types of contribution

When submitting your proposal, you can choose between the following types of contributions:

• Papers (regular 20 min. presentations)
• Software demonstrations (10 min. video demonstrations in a specific time slot)
• Posters (to be presented in a dedicated poster session)

Each proposal will be reviewed anonymously by a minimum of two members of the Scientific Committee.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts with a maximum of 800 words, excluding references, tables, and figures, is February 1st,  2024. Abstracts should be anonymous.

The language of oral presentations at the conference is English and no interpreting service is provided. However, you can submit your proposals in any European language.