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Dear authors, we are already accepting texts for the 2026 edition of Domínios de Lingu@gem. We remind you that since 2023 the journal only has one annual volume (and is no longer available by issues). We have 2 thematic sections in each volume.

The texts for the thematic sections will be received until June/2026. Texts for these sections must be submitted directly for each section (instead of submission as an article).

 

Lexicography and Artificial Intelligence

Organizers: Claudia Zavaglia (UNESP), Renato Podrigues-Pereita (UFMS), Fábio Henrique de Carvalho Bertonha (UNESP).

Lexicography has been studied practically and theoretically for many years, and it has increasingly established itself as a consistent and critical Science, with its own object of study, theoretical, and methodological principles, conferring upon it a degree of scientific autonomy. Like other sciences of the lexicon, such as Lexicology, Terminology, and Onomastics, it has an interdisciplinary character, as the researcher needs to seek epistemologies from other areas of knowledge, depending on the objectives established for the research or the type of dictionary intended. In this context, motivated by a scenario where Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to somehow dominate all areas of knowledge, Lexicography appears to be under discussion. The question is raised, for example, whether dictionaries will continue to be idealized, elaborated, and present in our lives, since the “meaning” of a word is easily detected in any Internet search engine. Since advent of Corpus Linguistics, lexicographers have undertaken important theoretical and methodological reflections on how technology can assist them in their perpetually herculean task of inventorying words, defining them, contextualizing them, and storing them in printed or digital media. They still wonder if their role will be replaced by a machine, as it seems to have been happening for years about some professions, such as translators, copyeditors, and teachers. Indeed, as it can be seen in various contexts, AI has directly influenced the lexicographical process, from the moment lexicographers have been confronted with the possibility of using AI at various stages in the elaboration of lexicographical works. As a result, dictionaries appear to be starting to have more refined editorial projects as they can utilize technological resources from AI, with more audacious and modern proposals. In this scenario, however, lexicographers may have their roles redefined and redirected toward more technical and structural activities, which has led to many thoughts. Considering, therefore, the impact that AI has generated in various societal contexts, the search for epistemologies from this area and its contributions to Lexicography can be of immense value in various technical and scientific activities of society. Prompted by this reality, we propose to review, analyse, and debate the new roles of lexicography and lexicographers in the age of AI. In this sense, we seek studies included in the most diverse theoretical-methodological perspectives, including interdisciplinary approaches. Therefore, we welcome texts that address the following topics:

1. Theoretical and practical issues of Lexicography in the age of AI;
2. Theoretical and practical issues of Terminography in the age of AI; 
3. Theoretical and practical issues of Phraseography in the age of AI; 
4. Theoretical and practical issues in the lexicographical treatment of onomastic data in the age of AI; 
5. Lexicographical treatment of Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) in the age of AI; 
6. Lexical Pedagogy, dictionaries, and AI;
7. Lexicographer and AI.

 

Paths, Trails, and Routes in Brazilian Linguistic Research: A Tribute to Ataliba T. de Castilho

Organizers: Marcelo Módolo (USP), Renata Ferreira Costa (UFS), Hélcius Batista Pereira (UEM).

This thematic dossier aims to pay tribute, in life, to one of the most influential figures in Brazilian linguistic research: Professor Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho. Throughout an intellectual career marked by academic generosity and theoretical innovation, Professor Castilho has directly or indirectly shaped generations of teachers and researchers, while conceiving and leading projects that have redefined the course of linguistic description of Portuguese in Brazil. Among the paths he helped to open and consolidate, the Norma Urbana Culta Project (NURC) stands out. He participated in this initiative from its very inception in 1969, being responsible for the São Paulo branch, initially alongside Isaac Nicolau Salum and later with Dino Pretti (Castilho, 2006, p. 186). Focused on cultivated spoken language in use, the project produced a valuable corpus of transcriptions and analyses that laid the foundation for an impressive number of studies on spoken Brazilian Portuguese, culminating, from 1988 onwards, in the Gramática do Português Falado Project (PGPF). These studies transformed linguistic research practices in Brazil by establishing rigorous and adequate methodological procedures for the study of language in use, while also influencing research on the teaching and learning of the oral modality, as discussed in Castilho (2004). Professor Castilho’s contribution is equally remarkable in the field of functional studies. Works such as Castilho (2001), dedicated to predication from a functional perspective, consolidated his role at the interface between grammar and usage. His interest in the phenomenon of grammaticalization (Castilho, 1997) led him to reformulate his understanding of linguistic dynamics, eventually leading to the proposal of a multisystemic approach to language. In this theoretical model, developed in Castilho (2010), language is conceived as a complex system structured by a sociocognitive device that organizes the lexical, grammatical, semantic, and discursive subsystems, articulating processes of lexicalization, grammaticalization, semanticization, and discursivization. Another decisive achievement in his trajectory was the creation—together with scholars such as Rosa Virgínia Mattos e Silva and Dinah Callou—of the Para a História do Português Brasileiro Project (PHPB). Conceived in 1997, the PHPB brings together researchers from different theoretical orientations, organized into regional teams, to investigate the history of Brazilian Portuguese from the perspectives of historical linguistics and the social history of language. This initiative, largely led by Castilho, plays a fundamental role in the constitution and treatment of corpora suitable for historical linguistic research, promoting dialogue between theory and empiricism. In coherence with these paths, trails, and routes that Professor Ataliba T. de Castilho has explored and opened to the scientific community, this dossier invites submissions in the following thematic areas, all strongly influenced by the honoree’s work:

1. Studies on cultivated spoken Portuguese in Brazil;
2. Studies based on the multisystemic approach;
3. Other functionalist studies on the linguistic description of Portuguese;
4. Studies on the history of Brazilian Portuguese.

Thus, more than celebrating an individual career, this dossier seeks to stimulate dialogue with a living legacy, inviting researchers to revisit, expand, and renew the theoretical and methodological paths opened by Ataliba T. de Castilho—paths, trails, and routes that continue to guide contemporary Brazilian linguistics.

• DL in 2026

  2022-01-03

  Dear authors, we are already accepting texts for the 2026 edition of Domínios de Lingu@gem. We remind you that since 2023 the journal only has one annual volume (and is no longer available by issue). Each volume has 2 thematic sections.

  Texts for the open section are being received continuously. Texts for the 2026 thematic sections must be submitted by June 30, 2026.

   

  Thematic section 1: Lexicography and Artificial Intelligence.

  Thematic section 2: Paths, Trails, and Routes in Brazilian Linguistic Research: A Tribute to Ataliba T. de Castilho.

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