[Lingtyp] [Call for Papers] FieldMatters: Workshop on NLP Applications to Field Linguistics

[Field Matters Workshop]

Dear all,

(apologies for cross-posting)

We are happy to share that FieldMatters will be held at EACL 2026!

Field linguistics plays a crucial role in the development of linguistic
theory and universal language modeling, as it provides uncontested, the
only way to obtain structural data about the rapidly diminishing diversity
of natural languages. The Field matters workshop aims to bring together the
urgent needs of field linguists and the vast community of NLP
practitioners, developing up-to-date NLP tools for easier, faster, more
reliable data collection and annotation. We encourage you to submit theses
on this topic, although general submissions are also welcomed.

We are particularly interested in the following topics:

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   Application of NLP to field linguistics workflow;
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   The impact, benefits and harms of NLP-assisted fieldwork;
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   Transfer learning for under-resourced language processing;
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   The use of fieldwork data to build NLP systems;
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   Modeling morphology and syntax of typologically diverse languages in the
   low-resource setting;
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   Speech processing for under-resourced languages;
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   Machine-readable field linguistic datasets and computational analysis of
   field linguistics datasets;
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   Using technology to preserve culture via language;
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   Improving ways of interaction with Indigenous communities.

We accept three types of papers:

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   non-archival submissions: abstracts (2-page) or papers (up to 8-page)
   that can present already published work or work in progress (note that we
   accept non-archival submissions even after the main deadline);
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   short archival submissions: 4-page papers that present new work;
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   long archival submissions: 8-page papers that present new work.

The special track submissions can be either long or short and either
archival or non-archival.

We offer the following ways of presenting the papers:

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   the main section;
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   poster sections.

The way a paper will be presented will be determined during the review
process.

All submissions should be anonymized. We are subjected to the ACL Anonymity
Policy. ACL changed its policy for review and citation
<https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php/ACL_Policies_for_Review_and_Citation>,
and no anonymity period will be required. Dual submissions with the main
conference are allowed, but authors must declare dual submission by
entering the paper’s main conference submission id. The reviews for the
submission for the main conference will be automatically forwarded to the
workshop and taken into consideration when your paper is evaluated. Authors
of dual-submission papers accepted to the main conference should retract
them from the workshop by. Papers posted to preprint servers such as arxiv
can be submitted without any restrictions on when they were posted. The
workshop will take place at EACL 2026 <https://2026.eacl.org/>. Both papers
and abstracts must follow the ACL 2026 format
<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Please do not modify these
style files.
Important dates:

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   Direct Submission deadline: December 19, 2025
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   Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: January 2, 2026
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   Notification of acceptance: January 23, 2026
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   Workshop dates: March 24-29, 2026

Organizers

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   Oleg Serikov (KAUST, HSE University)
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   Tatiana Shavrina (Meta)
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   Elena Klyachko (HSE University)
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   Ekaterina Vylomova (University of Melbourne)
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   Éric Le Ferrand (University at Buffalo)
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   Ekaterina Voloshina (University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of
   Technology)
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   Shu Okabe (Technische Universität München)

Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
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