GWLN-7 – 7th Globalex Workshop on Lexicography and Neology – November 20, 2025
Call for papers
The seventh Globalex Workshop on Lexicography and Neology (GWLN-7) will be held in conjunction with eLex 2025 in Bled, Slovenia, on 20 November 2025.
The GWLN series aims to bring together research and methodological perspectives from across the world on the detection, evaluation, classification and description of neologisms with a particular focus on their processing and representation in lexicographic resources for diverse languages.
GWLN takes place annually, with the support of the Global Alliance for Lexicography (Globalex). The first six iterations were held in conjunction with the international conferences of different continental associations for lexicography. For this seventh edition, we are happy to co-locate with the eLex series of conferences on electronic lexicography in the 21st century.
We invite abstracts for oral presentations. Submissions must highlight the connection between lexicography and neology and will be peer-reviewed by two members of the Scientific Committee. The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for publication in the eLex 2025 proceedings (indexed by SCOPUS).
Anonymous abstracts of 500 to 800 words, including references, should be submitted through EasyChair.
Important Dates, 2025
April 7 Abstract submission
April 28 Acceptance notification
June 30 Full paper submission
August 18 Full paper acceptance notification
October 1 Submission of camera-ready copy
November 20, PM GWLN-7 in Bled
Format of the workshop
The workshop will be organized as a hybrid event, and while we plan to provide live streaming (and, hopefully, also recording) of the event for registered participants, authors are expected to present on-site, except for authors from Ukraine.
Organizers
Ilan Kernerman, Lexicala by K Dictionaries
Kris Heylen, Dutch Language Institute
Contact gwln7@easychair.org
Website https://globalex.link/gwln-7_2025/
Previous GWLN Workshops and Publications
- GWLN-1 was held in conjunction with DSNA 2019 (Bloomington, IN), onsite and online. Most of the papers were published as a special issue of Dictionaries. Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America (2020, 41.1).
- GWLN-2 was planned in conjunction with Euralex 2020 (Alexandropoulos), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was partially held partially online (November 2020) and partially as a special session at Euralex 2020 Online (2021). Selected papers were published as a special issue of International Journal of Lexicography (2021, 34.3).
- GWLN-3 was held online in conjunction with Australex 2021, with a focus on Coronavirus-related neologisms. Most of the papers were published in a volume of Lexicographica. Series Maior (2022, 163).
- GWLN-4 was held onsite in conjunction with Euralex 2022 (Mannheim). The papers were published online as part of the conference proceedings.
- GWLN-5 was held onsite in conjunction with Asialex 2023 (Seoul). The papers were published as a special issue of Lexicography. Journal of Asialex (2023, 10.2).
- GWLN-6 was held onsite in conjunction with Afrilex 2024 (Pretoria). Selected papers will be published in a special section of Lexikos (2025, 35).