CALL FOR PAPERS

10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2025)

LxGr2025 will take place online on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July 2025

Deadline for abstract submission: 4 April 2025

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The focus of LxGr is the interaction of lexis and grammar. It is influenced by Halliday’s view of lexis and grammar as “complementary perspectives” (1991: 32), and his conception of the two as notional ends of a continuum (lexicogrammar), in that “if you interrogate the system grammatically you will get grammar-like answers and if you interrogate it lexically you get lexis-like answers” (1992: 64).

LxGr primarily welcomes papers reporting on corpus-based research on any aspect of the interaction of lexis and grammar — particularly studies that interrogate the system lexicogrammatically to get lexicogrammatical answers. However, position papers discussing theoretical or methodological issues, and descriptions/demonstrations of tools or resources  are also welcome, as long as they are relevant to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics.

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The theme of LxGr2025 is:
Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature?

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If you would like to present, send an abstract of 500 words (excluding references) to [email protected].

Abstracts will be double-blind reviewed by members of the Programme Committee.

Abstracts for research papers should specify the research focus (research questions or hypotheses), the corpus, the methodology (techniques, metrics), the theoretical orientation, and the main findings.

Abstracts for position papers should specify the theoretical orientation and the potential contribution to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics.

Abstracts for tools or resources should provide a clear description of the main functions, and specify the potential contribution to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics.

Studies can:

  • focus more on the lexis or grammar end of the continuum, or adopt an integrative approach.
  • discuss different interpretations of the nature of lexicogrammar.
  • operate within any theoretical approach that takes into account the interaction of lexis and grammar (e.g. Construction Grammar, Lexical Grammar, Pattern Grammar, Systemic Functional Grammar, Valency Grammar).
  • discuss empirical findings in need of theoretical interpretation.
  • adopt a synchronic or diachronic approach.
  • examine any language, or compare different languages.
  • examine L1 and/or L2 use.
  • discuss the implications of the findings of corpus-based lexicogrammatical research for applied linguistics (e.g. lexicography, language learning, language processing, language teaching, language testing and assessment, translation, sociolinguistics, discourse studies, forensic linguistics).
  • report on the development of relevant research resources, tools, or applications.

Full papers will be allocated 35 minutes (including time for discussion). 

Work-in-progress reports will be allocated 20 minutes (including time for discussion).

There will be no parallel sessions.

PARTICIPATION IS FREE

If you have any questions, contact the organiser, Costas Gabrielatos ([email protected]).