Full Title: SLE Workshop - Lexical Ambiguity in the Mind: Theoretical Challenges and Interdisciplinary Approaches

Date: 26-Aug-2025 - 29-Aug-2025
Location: Bordeaux, France
Contact Person: Barque Lucie
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics

Call Deadline: 14-Nov-2024

Meeting Description:

Convenors: Lucie Barque (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord & LLF) and Richard Huyghe (University of Fribourg)

The question of how words with multiple meanings are processed and represented in the mental lexicon has been a recurring topic of investigation over the past thirty years. Despite significant advances, certain aspects remain the subject of considerable debate, and current research highlights the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue in broadening our understanding of lexical ambiguity (Eddington & Tokowicz 2015, Falkum & Vicente 2015, Haber & Poesio 2024, a.o.). Linguists are increasingly interested in evaluating the psychological validity of linguistic theories on lexical ambiguity, while psycholinguists draw on theoretical models to explore various aspects of processing and mental representation of ambiguous words. More recently, computational linguists have begun investigating the extent to which representations learned by computational models encode lexical meaning knowledge, offering new methodological perspectives for both linguistic and psycholinguistic research. The aim of this workshop is to foster collaboration between researchers from different disciplines and address unresolved issues related to lexical ambiguity through a comprehensive approach.

Workshop description : https://societaslinguistica.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Call-SLE2025-LexicalAmbiguityInTheMInd.pdf

Call for Abstracts:

We invite submissions for 20-minute talks. Preliminary abstracts of 300 words (excluding references) should be sent to Lucie Barque ([email protected]) and Richard Huyghe ([email protected]) by 14 November 2024 to be included in the workshop proposal. If the workshop proposal is accepted, presenters will be asked to submit a 500-word abstract by 15 January 2025.