37.318, Calls: Journal of Open Humanities Data - "Special Issue: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics" (Jrnl)

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Subject: 37.318, Calls: Journal of Open Humanities Data - "Special Issue: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics" (Jrnl)

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Date: 21-Jan-2026
From: Zinaida Geylikman [zinaida.geylikman at gmail.com]
Subject: Journal of Open Humanities Data - "Special Issue: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics" (Jrnl)


Journal: Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD)
Issue: Open Data for Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics
Call Deadline: 10-Apr-2026

Full call for papers here:
https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/Quantitative-Diachronic
We are pleased to invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners to
contribute to a Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities
Data (JOHD) that focuses on open data for Quantitative Diachronic
Linguistics.
The primary focus of the collection is on Data Papers describing
openly available datasets relevant to diachronic linguistics,
regardless of language, language family, or historical period.
Submissions should provide detailed documentation of dataset creation,
structure, annotation, and potential reuse, in line with JOHD’s
commitment to transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse in the
humanities. We also welcome Discussion Papers, provided they
explicitly engage with a published dataset.
Submission Types:
 - Short data papers (1,000–1,500 words): Concise descriptions of
humanities research subjects with high reuse potential arising from
research in quantitative diachronic linguistics.
 - Discussion papers, commenting on a published dataset (3,000–5,000
words): Extended reflections on issues related to historical corpora,
annotation schemes, standards and formats, data quality,
representativeness, bias, or reproducibility in quantitative studies
of language change.
Key Dates:
Abstract (100 words) submission deadline: 28 February 2026
Full paper submission deadline (upon abstract acceptance): 10 April
2026
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
 - Diachronic corpora and corpus-derived datasets
 - Quantitative datasets for the study of language change over time
 - Annotated datasets for diachronic phonology, morphology, syntax,
semantics, or pragmatics
 - Lexical, grammatical, or constructional change across historical
stages
 - Cross-linguistic and comparative diachronic datasets
 - Datasets derived from historical texts, manuscripts, or
inscriptions
 - Computational and statistical methods for modelling diachronic
linguistic phenomena
 - Workflows, standards, and best practices for creating and
maintaining diachronic linguistic datasets
 - Interoperable datasets for diachronic linguistics
There are no restrictions on the language(s), language families, or
time periods covered.
We particularly encourage contributions from interdisciplinary teams
and from those working on underrepresented areas or communities.
JOHD is an open access journal under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Publication fees may be waived upon request for authors without
institutional funding.
Submit your abstract (max. 100 words) via the form:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/aMbdweuRuM
Editorial Team:
Eleni Bozia
Zinaida Geylikman
Teresa Paccosi
Marco Passarotti
Andrea Farina

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics




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