36.2927, Calls: Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure (Cyprus)

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Subject: 36.2927, Calls: Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure (Cyprus)

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Date: 30-Sep-2025
From: Mina Giannoula [seams2025 at ucy.ac.cy]
Subject: Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure


Full Title: Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure

Date: 21-Nov-2025 - 23-Nov-2025
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Meeting Email: seams2025 at ucy.ac.cy
Web Site: https://seams2025.wixsite.com/seams

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Neurolinguistics;
Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology

Call Deadline: 26-Oct-2025

2nd Call for Papers:
As part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ONISILOS COFUND project
‘Gradience in Polarity Morphology and Diglossia’ (GraPMoD, Agreement
No. 101034403), we are pleased to announce a two-day symposium. The
Symposium on Empirical Approaches to Meaning and Structure (SEAMS)
will take place on site at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia on
November 21–23, 2025.
SEAMS will be a hybrid event, allowing participation and attendance
from colleagues worldwide. It is designed as a forum for exchanging
ideas and advancing our understanding of how empirical research can
shed light on meaning and structure. We invite abstracts that address
any topic relevant to empirical methods of meaning and structure
across multiple language families.
Invited Speakers:
- Benjamin Spector (CNRS & École Normale Supérieure)
- Masaya Yoshida (ICREA & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- Spyros Armostis (University of Cyprus)
- Paolo Morosi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Description:
SEAMS brings together researchers who use empirical methods to
investigate structure and meaning in language, with an intended focus
on understudied or minority languages. The symposium aims to promote
the inclusion of diverse data sources that are often underrepresented
in theoretical debates. Such contributions are especially valuable for
testing the robustness of existing frameworks, uncovering new
empirical generalizations, and expanding our understanding of the
cognitive and social dimensions of language. By highlighting a broad
range of methodologies, from experimental techniques (e.g.,
eye-tracking, self-paced reading, neuroimaging, acceptability rating)
to corpus studies and computational modeling, SEAMS aims to foster
dialogue across theoretical and methodological traditions. We
encourage contributions that provide empirical insights as well as
explore how such evidence informs linguistic theory, supports
cross-linguistic comparison, and connects with related disciplines.
We welcome contributions from any linguistic subfield, including, but
not limited to, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics,
neurolinguistics, corpus linguistics, historical linguistics,
typology, and computational linguistics.
Symposium language: English
Call for Submissions:
We accept submissions for oral presentations in two categories:
 - Long talks (30 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion)
 - Short talks (20 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion)
Submission Guidelines:
 - Abstracts should be no longer than 1 A4 page of text, with an
optional second page for data, figures, and references.
 - Abstract text must be single-spaced, 11pt Arial, with 1-inch (2.54
cm) margins on each side.
 - The abstract title must be in 12pt Arial, bold.
 - Submissions must be in PDF and fully anonymous (no self-identifying
information in the abstract of the PDF file metadata).
 - Abstracts must be written in English.
 - Please send your abstract in PDF format to seams2025 at ucy.ac.cy .
 - In the body of the submission email, please include: author
name(s), affiliation(s), and presentation preference (in-person or
online, long or short).
Important Dates:
 - Submissions open: September 8, 2025
 - Abstract submission deadline: October 26, 2025
 - Notification of acceptance: November 3, 2025
 - Symposium dates: November 21-23, 2025
For any questions, please contact us at seams2025 at ucy.ac.cy .
The SEAMS organizing committee:
Mina Giannoula
Kleanthes K. Grohmann
Michalis Michaelides
Maria Kambanaros
Christos Christopoulos
Anna Naxaki



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