Introduction
The Chinese Lexical Semantic Workshop (CLSW) is jointly initiated by Professor Chin-Chuan Cheng, Academician of Academia Sinica and Chair Professor of the University of Illinois, Professor Shiwen Yu of Peking University, and Professor Chu-ren Huang, Chair Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2000. Since then, it has been held in various cities, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, Xiamen, Hsinchu, Yantai, Suzhou, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Macau, Leshan, Chiayi, Nanjing, and Fuzhou.
CLSW is a significant academic conference in the field of Chinese lexical semantics and related disciplines, such as theoretical linguistics, applied linguistics, computational linguistics, computational lexicography, computational lexicology, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. Over the years, CLSW has gained widespread influence. In the current landscape, where large language models and semantic computation dominate research and social attention, Chinese lexical semantics research offers cross-disciplinary perspectives that enrich generative AI with linguistic knowledge and cultural connotations.
The 26th International Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics will be held on July 11-13, 2025, in Hohhot, China, hosted by Inner Mongolia University and organized by its College of Literature and Journalism and the Chinese Minority Language Terminology Application Research Base. The organizing committee warmly invites researchers to contribute their work to the conference.
Conference Topics
This year’s workshop focuses on the research theme of Chinese Lexical Semantics and welcomes submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Studies on Chinese Lexical Semantics Ontology (e.g., issues in modern Chinese lexicon and semantics)
- Applications of Chinese Lexical Semantics (e.g., Chinese language education, language planning, linguistic services, lexicography, terminology studies)
- Resource Development and Methodologies for Chinese Lexical Semantics (e.g., constructing various lexical-semantic corpora for Chinese, theories and practices of semantic annotation)
- Computational Approaches and Applications of Chinese Lexical Semantics
- Interdisciplinary Research and Applications of Chinese Lexical Semantics (e.g., artificial intelligence, digital humanities, psycholinguistics, cultural anthropology)
- Other Related Studies on Chinese Lexical Semantics
Paper Submission System
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CLSW2025
Submission Guidelines
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- Papers can be written in either Chinese or English. Length: 8-15 pages (including references). If selected for post-conference publication in a Springer proceedings or other English journals, Chinese papers must be translated into English.
- Submissions must be in PDF format. Detailed formatting requirements can be found in the Chinese and English templates. (Template files: English Template，Chinese Template)
- Submissions must be anonymous, with no identifiable author information.
- Each author may submit only one first-author (or single-author) paper.
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- The links to the previous CLSW papers:
CLSW 2015 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319271934
CLSW 2016 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319495071
CLSW 2017 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319735726
CLSW 2018 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030040147
CLSW 2019 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030381882
CLSW 2020 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783031065477
CLSW 2021 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030811976
CLSW 2022 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783031289538
CLSW 2023 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789819705832
- The links to the previous CLSW papers:
Publication and Best Paper
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. After the conference, selected papers will undergo further review, and authors will need to submit an English version for publication in Springer’s LNAI series proceedings, indexed by EI, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar Metrics. The committee may also recommend outstanding papers for publication in journals such as:
- Journal of Zhengzhou University (Science Edition)
- The International Journal of Knowledge and Language Processing (IJKLP)
- International Journal on Asian Language Processing (IJALP)
Best Paper Awards will be presented during the conference.
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline:
February 10, 2025February 24, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance:
April 1, 2025April 30, 2025 - Final Paper Submission Deadline:
May 1, 2025May 15, 2025 - Conference Dates: July 11-13, 2025