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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