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The 10th Richard Allsopp Memorial Lecture

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The Richard and Jeannette Allsopp Centre for Caribbean Lexicography in conjunction with the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature held the 10th Richard Allsopp Memorial Lecture on March 14th, 2025, in the Cynthia Wilson Arts Lecture Theatre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Celebrated as a significant milestone honoring the legacy and contributions of Professor Richard Allsopp, this year’s guest lecture was delivered by Cristiano Furiassi, Associate Professor in English Linguistics at the University of Turin, Italy.

Under the topic Richard Allsopp’s ‘Amateur’ Sources: Reviving Barbadian Folklore, Professor Furiassi presented on the contribution of information from non-professional or ‘amateur’ lexicographers contained within Richard Allsopp’s publications – the Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (DCEU), the New Register of Caribbean English Usage (NRCEU) and A Book of Afric Caribbean Proverbs (BACP) – while focusing mainly on Barbadian English and Bajan.

Professor Furiassi further highlighted examples of Barbadian toponymic, i.e., placename-based, idioms extracted from the above-mentioned sources. He also expanded on how ‘amateur’ endeavors may continue to shed new light on territorial lexis and phraseology, thus attesting to their role in reviving local folklore by ensuring that Barbadian lore remains available to future generations.

The lecture was held as a hybrid event, bringing together members of the university community, Jeannette Allsopp, other members of the Allsopp family and specially invited guests, including the Acting President of Barbados, His Excellency the Very Reverend Dr Jeffrey Gibson, and his wife, who graced the occasion with their presence. An article by John Sealy, published in the national newspaper Weekend Nation on Friday, March 21st, 2025, testified to this by also including a picture by Lennox Devonish portraying Prof. Furiassi and the Very Reverend Dr Gibson in conversation.

Recording of EURALEX Talks about Corpora, AI and LLMs with Mark Davies Now Available 

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On Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 16.00 (CET), Mark Davies (https://www.mark-davies.org/) talked about his recent large-scale investigation (https://www.english-corpora.org/ai-llms/) of how the predictions on linguistic variation from two Large Language Models (GPT and Gemini) match actual corpus data from corpora like COCA, COHA, GloWbE, NOW, iWeb, the TV and Movies corpora (all from English-Corpora.org). Further details and a recording of the talk can be found in the EURALEX talks page.

EURALEX 2026 Agreement Signed

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On April 9, 2025, Iztok Kosem (the president of EURALEX) and the EURALEX 2026 conference organiser Philipp Stõckle (of the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage), signed the agreement to organize the XXII EURALEX International Congress in Vienna, Austria. The conference will be held from Tuesday, September 29 to Saturday, October 3, 2026. The contract was also signed by both Alexandra Lenz and Karlheinz Mörth (Director and Deputy director of the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage, respectively) who were absent on the day.

Reinhard R. K. Hartmann (1938-2024)

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We are deeply saddened to inform you that Reinhard R. K. Hartmann passed away on 12 September 2024. Many of us are familiar with the Dictionary of Lexicography (1998), which he co-authored. Some may have had the opportunity to work with him or visit the Dictionary Research Centre (in Exeter and later in Birmingham), where they were able to engage in interdisciplinary consultation on a range of topics related to lexicography.

Of special significance for EURALEX was Reinhard’s instrumental role in organising the LEXeter conference in 1983. This event proved pivotal in the formation of our Association, the International Journal of Lexicography and the book series Lexicographica. Series Maior. In addition to attending and presenting at numerous EURALEX conferences, Reinhard served as EURALEX secretary and fourth president. He made significant contributions to the field of lexicography and was a highly dedicated member of our organization. His presence will be deeply misse

Patrick Hanks (1940-2024)

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We are sorry to bring the sad news that Patrick Hanks died on Thursday 1st February. Patrick was a friend, colleague, and mentor to so many of us, and the lexicographic community has lost one of its most distinguished and most admired members. Patrick’s influence on our profession has been profound, indeed almost immeasurable, and he will be greatly missed.

EURALEX 2024 Agreement signed

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On March 6, 2023, Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus (the president of EURALEX), Željko Jozić (Director of the Institute for the Croatian Language and Linguistics), and the EURALEX 2024 conference organiser Kristina Štrkalj Despot, signed the agreement to organize the XXI. EURALEX International Congress in Cavtat, Croatia, on 8–12 October 2024.

A.S. Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (ASHDRA 2022)

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The A.S. Hornby Educational Trust is pleased to invite applications for the A.S. Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (ASHDRA 2022)

We support innovative research into areas of lexicography that reflect and extend the pioneering contributions of A.S. Hornby within the field of language education. Each year we fund original research that aims to produce clear practical benefits for learners of English.
Last year we were able to offer support to three projects, which shared the funding available for 2021:

  • Dr Man Lai Amy Chi, Center for Language Education, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Dictionary Literacy Training for EFL Teachers
  • Ngan Chinh Nguyen Lee, School of Education, University of Adelaide, Australia: Piloting SemiMed – a mini semantic visualisation dictionary of semi-technical medical vocabulary
  • Dr R. Vennela, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, India: Developing Pilot Materials for an English -Telugu bilingual pedagogic dictionary and teacher resource book for low resource ESL contexts

This year we look forward to receiving further interesting and innovative proposals which link lexical research activities with the needs of language learners.
ASHDRA can offer funds of up to £15,000 in 2022 for research that leads to clear practical benefits for learners of English. Grants can be awarded to either a single project, or to smaller initiatives.

Deadline for applications is 19 April 2022.

If you are considering making an application, you can find more information on the Hornby Trust website.

https://www.hornby-trust.org.uk/projects#ASHDRADictionaryResearchAwards

Sue Atkins (1931-2021)

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Sue Atkins (1931-2021)

With great sadness we announce that Sue Atkins died on Friday (3rd September), at the age of 90. She died peacefully at home, and her husband Peter and daughters Lucy and Jenny were with her at the end. Sue was a giant of our community — a founder member of Euralex, a member of the first Euralex Board, and later President of Euralex. She was also instrumental in training African lexicographers: her Afrilex-Salex workshops, which she ran in 1997 (Grahamstown) and 1998 (Pretoria) together with the equally untiring Michael Rundell, were such a great success that they later morphed into what we now know as the ‘Lexicom workshop in lexicography and lexical computing’ series. For many years at Lexicom, Sue and Michael were joined by that other visionary of our field, Adam Kilgarriff (1960-2015), hence the ‘lexical computing’ part. The other major outcome of Afrilex-Salex was the publication of ‘The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography’ (Atkins & Rundell 2008), which was based on the material used at the South African training courses.

I can think of no better way to remember Sue than by re-watching her last talk on lexicography, in conversation with Michael Rundell, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZck6jUP-Hw

All of us who work in the lexicographic field are very much in her debt, and she will be hugely missed.

Let us take a moment to remember her,

Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
outgoing President of Euralex (2018-2021)
past President of Afrilex (2009-2013)

EURALEX 2022 Agreement signed

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This afternoon, the president of EURALEX Gilles-Maurice de Schryver, Mannheim’s academic director Prof. Dr. Henning Lobin (on the upper left in the screenshot), Mannheim’s administrative director Dr. Torben Heinze (on the lower right), and the EURALEX 2022 conference organiser Annette Klosa, signed the agreement to organize the XX. EURALEX International Congress in Mannheim on 12–16 July 2022. Unfortunately, Gilles-Maurice couldn’t be invited to come to Mannheim due to covid-19, so the meeting was virtual. Here is a link to the Youtube channel where the video presenting EURALEX 2022 at Mannheim is to be found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNHAEE4zGCQ

A.S. Hornby dictionary research awards 2021

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Once again the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust (ASHET) is pleased to announce a call for proposals under the A.S. Hornby Dictionary Research Awards initiative (ASHDRA).

Through this annual award scheme we aim to support innovative research into areas of lexicography that will feed into practical benefits for learners of English. The deadline for applications is 19 April 2021.

Details of the award scheme and how to apply can be found on the Hornby Trust website:
https://www.hornby-trust.org.uk/projects#ASHDRADictionaryResearchAwards

Michael Rundell, on behalf of the ASHDRA Expert Panel

Tanneke Schoonheim (1965-2020)

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Our dear colleague Tanneke Schoonheim, Secretary-Treasurer of EURALEX, passed away unexpectedly on 25 August 2020. Beautiful obituaries were written by Frieda Steurs, Director of the Dutch Language Institute, and Anne Dykstra, Organiser together with Tanneke of EURALEX 2010. Our thoughts go to all of Tanneke’s family, friends and colleagues.

The EURALEX Board

Memorial Service video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjQzvHyLVqk

EURALEX 2020 moved to September 7-11 2021

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After much consideration, the Organising Committee of Euralex 2020, in consultation with the Euralex Board, decided to reschedule the congress to 7-11 September 2021. ‘Euralex 2020’ will thus take place exactly one year after the original date. Our goal is to avoid disruptions to the original programme and to ensure that as many people as possible can accommodate the new date into their schedules. For all new deadlines, please see the congress website at https://euralex2020.gr/.

EURALEX 2022 to be held in Mannheim

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The XXth EURALEX International Congress will take place on 12-16 July 2022 in Mannheim, Germany. Please have a look at the video presentation and PDF we prepared for you (which replaces the presentation of Mannheim as the 2022 EURALEX congress venue, which would have been given as part of the EURALEX General Meeting in Alexandroupolis this year): https://euralex.org/conferences/.

We look forward to meeting all of you in Mannheim in 2022!

The Organizing Committee: Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus, Christine Möhrs, Petra Storjohann, and Stefan Engelberg – Leibniz-Institute for the German Language
(IDS) at Mannheim, Germany

Future

EURALEX 2024 Agreement signed

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On March 6, 2023, Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus (the president of EURALEX), Željko Jozić (Director of the Institute for the Croatian Language and Linguistics), and the EURALEX 2024 conference organiser Kristina Štrkalj…

EURALEX 2022 Agreement signed

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This afternoon, the president of EURALEX Gilles-Maurice de Schryver, Mannheim’s academic director Prof. Dr. Henning Lobin (on the upper left in the screenshot), Mannheim’s administrative director Dr. Torben Heinze (on…

Past

eLex 2019

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The sixth eLex conference Electronic lexicography in the 21st century (Smart Lexicography) was held in Sintra, Portugal, from 1-3 October 2019. The conference was hosted by University of Coimbra. More information…

XVIII EURALEX International Congress Ljubljana

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The XVIII EURALEX International Congress was held 17-21 July 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Congress was organized by the Centre for Language Resources and Technologies at the University of Ljubljana and Trojina, Institute for Applied Slovene Studies. The EURALEX Congresses…

eLex 2017

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The fifth eLex conference Electronic lexicography in the 21st century (Lexicography from Scratch) was held in Holiday Inn Leiden, Netherlands, from 19-21 September 2017. The meeting was hosted by INT (Institute…

XVII EURALEX International Congress Tbilisi

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The XVII EURALEX International Congress was held 6 - 10 September 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Congress was organized by the Lexicographic Centre at Ivané Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.  The EURALEX Congresses bring together professional lexicographers, publishers, researchers, software…