Rationale

Much of speakers’ knowledge of language, especially knowledge about meanings, involves frames, that is, schematized background knowledge that are cognitively grounded in speakers’ experiences regarding numerous events and situations. In this sense, frames are indispensable in describing and understanding human communication. Language resources such as FrameNets and Constructicons in different languages have been built based on this premise. Furthermore, it is recently claimed that for language-understanding AI systems to be truly trustworthy, it is essential to incorporate frame knowledge into the systems.

The International FrameNet Workshop 2025: Frames and Cognitively Grounded Language Resources in Linguistics and AI, in Yokohama, Japan, aims to:

  • Discuss the role of cognitively grounded language resources in linguistics and AI applications; and

  • Connect the Global FrameNet community, Construction Grammarians, and AI researchers across the globe including Japan.

This workshop will be held as a NINJAL International Symposium and co-hosted by NINJAL and Keio University.

IFNW 2025 follows from five previous editions, one in 2023, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, one in 2020, held online, one in 2018, held in Miyazaki, Japan, one in 2016, held in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, and one in 2013, held in Berkeley, USA.

Important dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: Nov. 1st, 2024 (GMT-12)

  • Author notification: Dec. 1st, 2024

  • Camera-ready abstracts: Jan. 1st, 2025

  • Workshop date: Mar. 7–8th, 2025

Invited Speakers

Benjamin Lyngfelt, University of Gothenburg

Tiago Torrent, Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Alexander Ziem, University of Düsseldorf

 

Venue

Keio University

Yokohama, Japan

Call for papers

In the 2025 edition of the International FrameNet Workshop, we aim to discuss the role of cognitively grounded language resources in linguistic and AI applications and connect the FrameNet community, Construction Grammarians, and AI researchers across the globe including Japan.

This workshop welcomes papers reporting on the following.

Cognitively grounded linguistic studies involving:

  • FrameNets and Global FrameNet

  • Constructions and Frames

Frame-based approach to areas/issues such as:

  • lexicography

  • constructicography

  • semantics-grammar interface

  • discourse/pragmatics

  • multilingual, contrastive and/or comparative language description

  • multimodal communication

  • digital resources and applications

  • translation and translation technology

Submission Guidelines

We especially encourage abstracts related to but not limited to the topics above. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Abstracts should be anonymous and written in English. They should not exceed 500 words on one page. The addition of one page including references, examples, and figures is allowed.

Abstracts are accepted for oral or poster sessions. One person can be involved in at most two abstracts (at most one as the sole author), regardless of the category (oral or poster).

Please submit your abstracts by November 1st, 2024, to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifnw2025).

Organizing Committee

Yo Matsumoto
Linguistic theory and typology
National Institute of Japanese Language and Linguistics, Japan

Kyoko Ohara
Japanese FrameNet
Keio University, Japan

Yiting Chen
Quantitative Cognitive Linguistics
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan