[Lingtyp] LFG'26 Jaffna - 28-30 July 2026 - First call for papers

[Jones, Stephen]

[apologies for cross-posting]

LFG'26: The 31st International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference
28 July - 30 July 2026
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2026, 23:59 UTC-12 (midnight
anywhere on Earth)
Abstract submission link:
https://openreview.net/group?id=LFG/2026/Conference
(Please make sure to create an account early on)

Conference website: https://www.conf.jfn.ac.lk/lfg/
Conference e-mail (NOT for abstract submission): lfg 'at' jfn.ac.lk

Invited speakers:
    Ash Asudeh, University of Rochester, USA.
    Rachel Nordlinger, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Associated Workshop: TBA

Conference mode:
In person. Online participation will be possible in exceptional
circumstances.

LFG'26 welcomes work within the formal architecture of Lexical-Functional
Grammar as well as typological, formal, and computational work within the
'spirit of LFG' as a lexicalist approach to language employing a parallel,
constraint-based framework. The conference aims to promote interaction and
collaboration among researchers interested in non-derivational approaches
to grammar, where grammar is seen as the interaction of (perhaps violable)
constraints from multiple levels of structuring, including those of
syntactic categories, grammatical relations, semantics and discourse.

SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS

The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min + 15 min
discussion), and poster presentations. Contributions can focus on results
from completed as well as ongoing research, with an emphasis on novel
approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives, whether descriptive,
theoretical, formal or computational. Presentations should describe
original, unpublished work.

DISSERTATION SESSION

As in previous years, we are hoping to hold a special session that will
give students the chance to present recent PhD dissertations (or other
student research dissertations). The dissertations must be completed by the
time of the conference, and they should be made publicly accessible (e.g.,
on the World Wide Web). The talks in this session should provide an
overview of the main original points of the dissertation; the talks will be
20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion period.

Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to
student submissions. Students who present papers in either session will
receive a small subvention towards their conference costs from the
International LFG Association (ILFGA).

TIMETABLE

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2026, 23:59 UTC-12 (midnight anywhere
on Earth)
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2026
Conference: 28 July - 30 July 2026

SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS

The language of the conference is English, and all abstracts must be
written in English.

All abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system.
Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only. Abstracts can be up to
three A4 pages, including figures and references. Abstracts should be in
11pt or larger type, with margins of at least 2cm on all four sides, and
should include a title. Omit name and affiliation (including in PDF
document properties), and avoid obvious self-reference.

For dissertation session submissions, please add "Dissertation" to the
title of your abstract.

Please submit your abstract in .pdf format (or a plain text file).

The number of submissions is not restricted. However, in the interests of
high participation and broad representation, each author should be involved
in a maximum of two oral papers and can only be a single author of one.
There are no restrictions on poster presentations. Authors may want to keep
this in mind when stating their preferences concerning the mode of
presentation of their submissions.

All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least three referees.
Papers accepted to the conference can be submitted to the refereed
proceedings, and will be published, subject to acceptance, online by
PubliKon at the University of Konstanz. (Please note that papers submitted
to the proceedings are no longer automatically accepted for publication in
the proceedings.) See
https://lfg-proceedings.org/lfg/index.php/main/issue/archive and
http://web.stanford.edu/group/cslipublications/cslipublications/LFG/ for
recent proceedings.

PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

There will be a day of pre-conference activities on the 27th and the 31st
of July.

ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES

If you have queries about abstract submission or have problems submitting
your paper, please contact the Program Committee.

Program Chairs (Email: lfg.progcom 'at' gmail.com)
     Tina Bögel, University of Konstanz
     Stephen Jones, University of Groningen

Local conference organizers (Email: lfg 'at' jfn.ac.lk )
    Miriam Butt, University of Konstanz, Germany
    Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Mahendran Thiruvarangan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information about LFG as a framework for linguistic analysis is
available at the following site:
https://ling.sprachwiss.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/lfg/
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