JWLLP 36
The 36th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing
Theme: Bridging Minds and Machines: Linguistics, Cognition and Large Language Models
About the Workshop
The 36th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing (JWLLP 36) will be co-located with the 40th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 2026) at National Taiwan University in Taipei (December 10–12, 2026).
We welcome submissions that bridge cognitive science, theoretical and computational linguistics, and large language model research.
Important Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Abstract submission deadline | August 30, 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance | September 25, 2026 |
| Workshop date | December 12, 2026 |
All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC −12h ('anywhere on Earth')
Topics of Interest
Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Neural models that incorporate insights from psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience
- Psychologically plausible models of language comprehension, production, and acquisition
- Computational models of lexical and semantic development, including phonology, morphology, and meaning composition
- Models of discourse, dialogue, and pragmatic inference grounded in human cognitive processes
- First and second language acquisition, bilingual language processing, and language disorders (e.g., aphasia, dyslexia, dysgraphia)
- Cognitively motivated evaluation frameworks for NLP systems
- Resources and datasets for modeling language processing in diverse languages
- Linguistically grounded evaluation and interpretability of large language models
- LLM-assisted corpus exploration, data annotation, and resource creation
- LLM-based approaches to syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse
- Metaphor processing (detection, interpretation, and generation) using LLMs and cognitive models
- Ethical, social, and methodological reflections on the use of LLMs in linguistic inquiry
Workshop Submissions
JWLLP 36 accepts direct submissions via Google Forms.
Submission Types
We invite submissions of extended abstracts (maximum 500 words) presenting research relevant to the workshop scope. Abstracts may report on completed work, work in progress, or novel methodological and theoretical proposals, or even work that has already been published in other NLP- or cognitive science-related venues (there are no archival proceedings).
Accepted abstracts will be presented as oral presentations or posters during the workshop. Authors will be notified of the presentation format upon acceptance. All submissions will undergo peer review by at least two members of the program committee. At least one author of each accepted abstract must register for and physically attend the workshop to present their work.