Call for paper: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics

Venue: Université Paris Cité, campus des Grands moulins, Paris, France
Date: July 11th, 2026
Event website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/

BriGap-3 is a venue for formal linguists, computational linguists and NLP scientists to meet: what fruitful interactions can we have? How do we build upon each other’s work?

* Description *
Due to the groundbreaking achievements in the LLM era, the ongoing discourse in NLP has shifted more to what can be achieved through language than studying language for its own sake, and traditional conferences are increasingly dominated by engineering-oriented work. It could thus appear that computational and formal linguistics are more than ever separate domains.
Yet, we are also witnessing a growing interest in linguistics in both explaining the successes of neural models and uncovering their limitations. Conversely, neural methods have proven their usefulness for linguistics time and again.
To what extent are these traditions truly divorced, and what fruitful bridges can be (re)built? To answer these questions, the third iteration of the workshop on Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (BriGap-3) intends to provide a space for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to exchange their perspectives on how their different domains of research can build upon one another.

* Event topics *
- investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning models,
- linguistic representations, vector space semantics, and their relations with theoretical concepts such as compositionality,
- use of computational and information-theoretical methods for linguistic inquiry,
- formal distributional semantics and neural-symbolic integration for NLP,
- formal grammars, symbolic structures and their applications for computational linguistics and NLP,
- trends in the history of computational linguistics and NLP,
- …

* Invited speakers *
- Raquel FERNÁNDEZ, Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Tal LINZEN, New York University (to be confirmed)

* Submission details *
The event is designed with a widely inclusive submission policy so as to foster as vibrant a discussion as possible.
In particular, we will accept:
- Archival submissions, corresponding to novel and unpublished research, to be included in the event proceedings,
- Non-archival submissions, corresponding to work in progress, early results, and articles presented in other venues that engage with the topics of the event.

The event accepts both archival (original and unpublished research) submissions in either short (up to 4 pages) or long (up to 8 pages) format, and non-archival (work-in-progress, dissemination of research published or accepted elsewhere, etc.) submissions in short (up to 4 pages) format. Camera-ready versions of papers will be given one additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account.
Each submission should mention whether it targets archival or non-archival status. Archival papers accepted at BriGap-3 will be indexed in the ACL Anthology.
Please use the ACL style templates available here: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files
Event website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/

* Important dates *
- Submission deadline: Monday, April 27th, 2026, (23:59 AoE)
- Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 11th 2026
- Event: Saturday, July 11th, 2026

* Contact *
For questions, please send an email to brigapworkshop@gmail.com or contact one of the event chairs:
- Timothée Bernard, Université Paris Cité
- Emmanuele Chersoni, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Giulia Rambelli, Università di Bologna