May 2026 - Corpora - ELRA lists

AraGenre 2026 shared task - First Call for Participation
by El-Haj, Mo 17 Jun '26

17 Jun '26

Dear all, I'm pleased to announce our new shared task at ArabicNLP @ EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungry, October 24-29, 2026. AraGenre: A Hierarchical Definition-Guided Arabic Genre Classification Shared Task AraGenre is a challenging shared task designed to test how NLP systems generalise to the unseen through: • Few-shot training and development data • Cross-lingual genre definitions guiding Arabic classification • A large hidden test set of naturally occurring Arabic texts • Unseen genre-definition combinations The task addresses a wider challenge in NLP: building methods that can generalise from limited data and support languages and varieties that remain underrepresented in current NLP research. Registration now open: https://forms.gle/RAi7SpYoRD5RgUnP6 AraGenre Codabench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/16356 Organisers: - Mo El-Haj, VinUniversty, Vietnam / Lancaster University, UK. - Saad Ezzini, KFUPM, KSA - Mustafa Jarrar, HBKU, Qatar - Shadi Abudalfa, KFUPM, KSA

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NeTTIT 2026: Call for Participation
by Constantin Orasan 13 Jun '26

13 Jun '26

International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’ (NeTTIT 2026) Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-27 June 2026 https://nettt-conference.com Call for Participation Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to participate in the third edition of the International Conference 'New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology' (NeTTIT 2026), taking place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 24 to 27 June 2026. Following the success of previous editions, NeTTIT 2026 continues to serve as a unique bridge between academia and industry, bringing together researchers, developers, practitioners, language service providers, and vendors interested in the latest technologies for translation and interpreting. Why Participate? * Discuss cutting-edge research, tools, and practices in translation, interpreting, subtitling, localisation, and machine translation. * Attend invited talks by renowned experts, including Yves Champollion (Wordfast LLC) and Marko Grobelnik (Jožef Stefan Institute). * Join pre-conference tutorials on: * Post-editing and AI-augmented translation (Marie Escribe) * Machine Translation Quality Evaluation (Tharindu Ranasinghe) * Automatic Speech Recognition for interpreters (Constantin Orasan) * Network with peers and establish research or business collaborations. Accepted Papers The list of accepted papers is available on the conference website: https://nettt-conference.com/2026/28003-2/ Important Dates (Participation) Conference dates: 24-27 June 2026 Early registration finishes on 31 May 2026 Venue The conference will be held at the Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS) of the University of Zagreb in Dubrovnik. Registration Registration details (fees, deadlines, and accommodation recommendations) are available on the conference website: https://nettt-conference.com/2026/fees-registration/ Follow and Share Stay updated via social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nettit2026/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/NeTTIT2026 Contact For any questions, please contact the organisers at: nettit2026(a)nettt-conference.com We look forward to welcoming you to Dubrovnik for an inspiring and collaborative event! NeTTIT 2026 Organising Committee

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LxGr2026: Call for Participation
by Costas Gabrielatos 31 May '26

31 May '26

11th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2026) LxGr2026 will be held online on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July 2026. Programme, abstracts, and registration (free): https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr Invited Speakers Stefan Gries<https://www.stgries.info/> (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Martin Hilpert<http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert> (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Serge Sharoff<https://ssharoff.github.io/> (University of Leeds, UK) If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please contact lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Edge Hill University<http://ehu.ac.uk/home/emailfooter> Modern University of the Year, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022<http://ehu.ac.uk/tef/emailfooter> University of the Year, Educate North 2021/21 ________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.<http://ehu.ac.uk/itspolicies/emailfooter>

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Call for papers: 9th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2026)
by Mourad Abbas 30 May '26

30 May '26

The 9th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2026), will take place at the University of Trento, Italy, on September 25–26, 2026. ICNLSP 2026 will be a hybrid conference. We invite authors to submit their work on topics relevant to ICNLSP 2026 and contribute to advancing research in the field. We welcome contributions on both the theoretical foundations and applied aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Processing. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: June 15, 2026 11:59 PM Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2026. Camera-ready paper due: August 6, 2026. Conference dates: September 25-26, 2026. All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). TOPICS of INTEREST We invite contributions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: Natural Language Processing (NLP) - Generative AI - Large language models (LLMs) - Cognition and NLP - Machine translation - Text categorization - Summarization - Sentiment analysis and opinion mining - Computational social web - Under-resourced languages: tools and corpora - NLP tools for software requirements and engineering - Text annotation tools - Knowledge fundamentals and knowledge management systems - Information extraction - Data mining and information retrieval - Lexical semantics and knowledge representation - Visualization for nlp - Knowledge graphs. Speech Processing - Signal processing and acoustic modeling - Speech recognition (architecture, search methods, lexical modeling, language modeling, adaptation, multimodal systems, applications in education and learning, zero-resource speech recognition, etc.) - Speech analysis - Paralinguistics in speech and language (perception of paralinguistic phenomena, speaker states and traits analysis, etc.) - Spoken dialogue systems and conversational analysis - Speech translation - Speech synthesis - Speaker verification and identification - Language identification - Speech coding, enhancement, and intelligibility - Speech perception and production - Brain studies on speech - Phonetics, phonology, and prosody - Speech and hearing disorders - Paralinguistics of pathological speech and language - Speech technology for disordered speech and hearing PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published in ACL Anthology. For more information, please, check the conference website: https://www.icnlsp.org/2026welcome/

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APCLC -- Deadline extended Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference
by Michael Barlow 30 May '26

30 May '26

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for submission of abstracts for APCLC has been extended to June 15. Conference details, including how to submit an abstract, can be found at https://smartconf.jp/content/apclc2026/ The 6th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC2026) will be held in Toyama, Japan, from September 8–11, 2026. The main conference runs September 9–10, with pre-conference workshops on September 8 and an excursion on September 11. Conference Theme: Emerging Paradigms of Corpus Linguistics in the Age of AI We look forward to seeing you in Toyama, JAPAN Contact: apclc2026(a)gmail.com<mailto:apclc2026@gmail.com> Michael (on behalf of the organising committee) --- Michael Barlow. www.michaelbarlow.com<http://www.michaelbarlow.com/> Assoc. Prof. Applied Linguistics, University of Auckland Recent publications M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Social Science Research Article.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/0940753367/ref=sr_1_1_so_ABIS_BOOK?crid=25EQBROGY…> Athelstan. M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Humanities Research Article.<https://www.amazon.com/s?k=writing+the+humanities+research+article&i=stripb…> Athelstan. M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Business Research Article.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/0940753405/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2XO1YCSNL8ZT&dib=eyJ2I…> Athelstan M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Economics Research Article<https://www.amazon.com/dp/0940753383/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XO1YCSNL8ZT&dib=eyJ2I…>. Athelstan M. Barlow 2023. Ten Lectures on Corpora and Cognitive Linguistics<https://brill.com/display/title/61682>. Brill Le, Pham & Barlow 2023. The Academic Discourse of Mechanical Engineering<https://benjamins.com/catalog/scl.107>. Benjamins

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Final Call for Participation: Summer School on LLMs and NLP
by Amal Haddad 29 May '26

29 May '26

Final Call for Participation: Summer School on LLMs and NLP Alicante, Spain · 15-17 June We are pleased to invite students, researchers, and practitioners to participate in a three-day Summer School on Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing, taking place from 15 to 17 June in Alicante, Spain. The programme brings together leading researchers and experts to discuss the foundations, applications, and future directions of LLMs and NLP (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/programme/ [1]). The summer school will feature keynote talks by Roberto Navigli on lexical semantics in the LLM era and Preslav Nakov on open, safe, factual, and language-specific large language models, as well as a panel on the paradigm shift and the future of NLP featuring well-known NLP experts. Across three days, participants will explore a wide range of timely topics, including foundations of LLMs, LLMs for low-resource languages, datasets and bias, explainable AI in NLP, machine translation, eye-tracking and gaze data, digital humanities, legal NLP, quantum NLP, sentiment analysis, and model optimisation. Beyond the scientific programme, participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy Alicante's Mediterranean weather, welcoming atmosphere, and excellent local food. The summer school offers an excellent opportunity to learn from international experts, exchange ideas, and discuss current challenges in NLP and language technologies. Further details and registration: https://summer-school.gplsi.es/ We warmly encourage interested participants to join us for this exciting event. -- Amal Haddad Haddad (She/her) Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación Universidad de Granada |https://www.ugr.es/personal/amal-haddad-haddad Lexicon Research Group |http://lexicon.ugr.es/haddad Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Humans, Machines, Language'|https://r.jyu.fi/humala Event Coordinator, BAAL SIG 'Language, Learning and Teaching' =============== Cláusula de Confidencialidad: "Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. Si no es Ud. el destinatario indicado, queda notificado de que la utilización, divulgación o copia sin autorización está prohibida en virtud de la legislación vigente. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, se ruega lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía y proceda a su destrucción. This message is intended exclusively for its addressee and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and protected by professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If this message has been received in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail and delete it" =============== Links: ------ [1] https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsummer-sc…

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Post-doc Position (2+1 year): Learning Language with Dialogue Games
by Bernardi Raffaella 29 May '26

29 May '26

Dear all, We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher for a 2+1-year position at the Faculty of Engineering of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) within the 3-year project LLADIGA: Learning Language with Dialogue Games. The project is carried out in collaboration with David Schlangen (University of Potsdam), Alessandro Suglia (University of Edinburgh), and Raquel Fernández (University of Amsterdam). The position is expected to start around 1 September 2026. Further details and the application call are available here: https://tinyurl.com/LLADIGA-bz Application deadline: 29 June 2026, 12:00 PM CEST Raffaella ======================================================================= Room B1.5.01 Faculty of Engineering Free University of Bozen Bolzano NOI Techpark - B. Buozzi 1, 39100 Bozen Bolzano, Italy

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1st CfP: 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI)
by Elisa Leonardelli 29 May '26

29 May '26

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ NL4AI 2026 – 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, at the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026 <https://aixia2026.unipg.it/>) 6–9 October 2026 | Perugia, Italy ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Website: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ Contact Email: nl4ai2026(a)gmail.com ── IMPORTANT DATES ────────────────── Paper Submission deadline: 29 June 2026 🚨 Notification to authors: 31 July 2026 Camera-ready due: 26 August 2026 Workshop Dates: 6–9 October 2026 ──────────────────────────────────── We are pleased to invite submissions to NL4AI 2026, the Ninth Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Perugia from the 6th to the 9th of October 2026, within the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), and supported by AILC (http://www.ai-lc.it/). The goal of NL4AI is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities arise at the boundary between NLP and AI. On the one hand, AI applications benefit from a deeper understanding of problems related to Natural Language, and thus the integration of advanced NLP techniques. On the other hand, NLP benefits greatly from being used in wider areas of AI where problems and methodologies related to NL can be evaluated in new contexts. *TOPICS OF INTEREST* Topics include but are not limited to: - NLP and AI Applications (health, legal domain, social media and journalism, etc.) - Natural Language Interfaces for Human Robot Interaction - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics - Natural Language Generation - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Summarization - Information Extraction in AI Applications - Machine Learning for NLP - LLMs, Foundation Models and Applications - Interpretability, Explainability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Natural Language Inference - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Abusive Language Detection and Analysis - NLP for Fact Checking, Fake News Detection and Analysis - Conversational Agents in Human-Computer Interaction - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Language and other Multimodality - Multimodal (text-image) data sources - Machine Translation and Multilinguality - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP - NLP and Industrial Challenges Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Depending on the number and quality of papers received, we will consider proposing a special issue in relevant journals. The Program Committee will select the Best Workshop Paper from the accepted papers. SUBMISSIONS We encourage original submissions that describe new theoretical models, applied techniques, and research in progress. Substantial extensions to works already published or presented in other locations are welcome as well. We invite two kinds of submissions: - Short/Demo Paper. Maximum length of 6 pages + up to 2 pages of references - Regular Papers. Maximum length of 12 pages + up to 2 pages of references Please note that papers with less than 25000 characters will be considered short papers in the CEUR proceedings. Submissions Evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include novelty, significance for theory/practice, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Note that reviewers will not be required to evaluate appendices providing a review of the papers. Appendices are intended for including details for reproducibility and/or additional results. How to Submit. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication and all papers must follow the 2022 CEUR-ART - 1 Column paper style. The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the NL4AI website <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEURART-NL4AI-2…> or accessed as a Template in Overleaf <https://it.overleaf.com/read/cfvwgnqpvpys#a7a014>. The submission platform will be announced soon on the Workshop Website and in a Second Call for Papers. Note: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Giovanni Bonetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Elisa Leonardelli (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) *We look forward to seeing you in Perugia!* The NL4AI 2026 Workshop Organizers -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all’indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material.

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Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense | Specialisation Course in Forensic Linguistics
by Rui Sousa Silva 28 May '26

28 May '26

***ENGLISH VERSION BELOW*** É com prazer que informo que estão abertas as candidaturas ao Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense da Universidade do Porto (7ª edição). Este curso, o primeiro curso de pós-graduação de 60 ECTS no espaço de língua portuguesa dedicado à linguística forense, reflete o papel pioneiro da Universidade do Porto no desenvolvimento de formação académica especializada nesta área. O curso, concebido em modo b-learning para proporcionar preparação avançada na interseção entre linguagem, direito e justiça, oferece um currículo rigoroso, inovador e altamente relevante para graduados e profissionais que desejam aprofundar a sua especialização em linguística forense. Através de uma combinação de fundamentos teóricos e aplicações práticas, o curso visa reforçar a competência analítica e apoiar o desenvolvimento profissional em áreas de crescente relevância social e institucional. Esta formação constitui uma oportunidade distinta para aqueles que desejam envolver-se com uma das áreas mais dinâmicas e especializadas do estudo da linguagem. Enquanto universidade pública, a Universidade do Porto oferece este programa a um nível de propinas comparativamente acessível, tornando a educação especializada de elevada qualidade mais acessível a um leque mais amplo de pessoas candidatas. As candidaturas estão abertas até 7 de julho de 2026. Para mais informações, não hesite em entrar em contacto, ou visite https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881 ***ENGLISH VERSION*** We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Specialisation Course in Forensic Linguistics at the University of Porto (the 7th cohort of the programme). This programme, the first 60 ECTS-credit postgraduate course in the Portuguese-speaking arena dedicated to forensic linguistics, reflects the University of Porto's pioneering role in the development of specialised academic training in this field. The course, which was designed to provide advanced preparation at the intersection of language, law, and justice, offers a rigorous, innovative and highly relevant curriculum for graduates and professionals seeking to further their expertise in forensic linguistics. Through a combination of theoretical foundations and practical applications, the course aims to strengthen analytical competence and support professional development in areas of growing social and institutional relevance. It stands as a distinctive opportunity for those who wish to engage with one of the most dynamic and specialised areas of linguistic study. As a public university, the University of Porto is able to offer this programme at a comparatively accessible tuition level, making high-quality specialised education more attainable for a broader range of candidates. Applications are open until 7 July 2026. Please do not hesitate to reach our to us for further information - or visit https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881 All best Rui Rui Sousa Silva Professor Auxiliar / Assistant Professor NORTE IA+ | Principal Investigator Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto | Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto www.linguisticaforense.pt<http://www.linguisticaforense.pt/> | https://s.up.pt/qjur | http://tinyurl.com/37w2ec6x | norteia.pt<http://www.norteia.pt/> Publicação mais recente / Latest publication: “The facts speak for themselves”: dismantling conspiracy theories as disinformation<https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/lingvan-2024-0160/html> Escola Prática, Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense<https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881> Selo INOVPED - Inovação Educativa 2025 NORTE2030-FEDER-02724200 | NORTE 2030 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE 2030 - Projetos Integrados ICDT), Portugal 2030 e Comissão Europeia.Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte - www.norteia.pt<http://www.norteia.pt/> AVISO DE CONFIDENCIALIDADE: Esta mensagem e os seus anexos são confidenciais e dirigidos unicamente aos destinatários da mesma. Se não for o destinatário, solicito que não faça qualquer uso do seu conteúdo e proceda à sua eliminação, notificando-me do sucedido. Obrigado. // CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This message and its attachments are confidential and exclusively addressed to the recipients above. Should you not be one of the recipients, I kindly ask you not to make use of its contents and delete the message and its attachments. Please reply to this e-mail to warn me about this incident. Thank you.

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Discorpus – a new tool for corpus and discourse analysis (feedback welcome)
by Jose Rolanía Navarro 28 May '26

28 May '26

Discorpus is a web-based corpus analysis workbench designed for linguists and discourse researchers. It combines classic corpus linguistics tools (KWIC, collocations, n-grams, lexical diversity) with NLP-powered analysis (lemmatization, named entity recognition, topic modelling, sentiment) — all from a single browser interface, with no programming required. Developed as part of PhD research in Applied Linguistics (Universitat Politècnica de València), with a focus on Critical Discourse Analysis and the automated study of discriminatory language in digital platforms. MIT license. Github repository: https://github.com/joserolania-boop/DIscorpus Feedback from the community is very welcome, as this is an ongoing project aimed at supporting linguistic research and corpus-based work. The tool is freely available for academic and educational use.

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