***APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING*** ***************************************************************** First Call for Papers Workshop on Dialects in NLP: A Resource Perspective (at LREC 2026) 11, 12 and 16 May 2026 — Palma de Mallorca, Spain Hybrid event — in person and online Website: https://dialres.github.io/dialres/
Overview DialRes-LREC26 focuses on the creation, documentation, and use of resources for dialectal NLP. The workshop brings together researchers from linguistics, computational linguistics, digital humanities, and related disciplines to discuss challenges, opportunities, and best practices in developing high-quality resources for dialects.
Topics of Interest We invite papers on any topic relevant to dialectal resources in NLP, including but not limited to:
* Creation and evaluation of spoken and written dialect resources * Orthographic normalization and standardization * Dialect–standard distinctions in annotation for speech or text * Cross-dialect and cross-lingual transfer; model adaptation * Scalability and resource-efficient approaches * LLM-based data creation, augmentation, annotation, or processing * Resources for dialect preservation, revitalization, and community involvement * Pedagogical, linguistic, and sociolinguistic applications with a resource focus * Practical considerations (legal, financial, academic, societal) in dialect resource work * Empowering dialect communities to develop their own resources
Invited Speaker Prof. Barbara Plank, LMU Munich (https://bplank.github.io/) Further details will be posted on the workshop website.
Submission Guidelines Papers must be submitted electronically via Softconf: [link to come]. Submissions should:
* Be 4–8 pages, excluding references and optional Ethics Statements * Follow the LREC 2026 style guidelines: https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/ * Use the official templates: https://lrec2026.info/calls/second-call-for-papers/
Authors will also be asked to provide information about language resources (data, tools, standards, evaluation sets, etc.) used or created in their work. ELRA strongly encourages resource sharing to support reproducibility and reuse. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings. The presentation format (oral or poster) will be determined solely by the most effective mode of communication.
Inquiries: dialres-lrec26@googlegroups.com
Important Dates
* 20 February 2026 — Submission Deadline * 11 March 2026 — Notification of Acceptance * 28 March 2026 — Camera-ready Papers Due
Endorsements
* UniDive COST Action CA21167 * Archimedes/Athena RC
Organizing Committee
* Antonios Anastasopoulos — George Mason University / Archimedes–Athena RC * Stella Markantonatou — ILSP / Archimedes–Athena RC * Angela Ralli — University of Patras / Archimedes–Athena RC * Marcos Zampieri — George Mason University * Stavros Bompolas — Archimedes–Athena RC * Vivian Stamou — Archimedes–Athena RC
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Stavros Bompolas