The Fifth International Workshop on Resources and Tools for Derivational Morphology (DeriMo 2025) will be held at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, on September 4 and 5, 2025. The 2025 edition of the workshop will build upon the discussions initiated at DeriMo 2017 (Milan, Italy) on the development of language resources and tools in word-formation research, and subsequently continued at DeriMo 2019 (Prague, Czech Republic), DeriMo 2021 (Nancy, France), and DeriMo 2023 (Dubrovnik, Croatia).

DeriMo 2025 will provide an international platform for the presentation of advancements in existing word-formation resources and for the introduction of recently created ones. A debate is expected on all aspects of the creation of these resources, from technical solutions to linguistic decisions regarding the selection and representation of word-formation processes and complex words. DeriMo 2025 will also explore appropriate tools for resource development, empirical descriptions of derivational processes, and the potential use of word-formation data in Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Special attention will be given to how lexical resources can be exploited to investigate theoretical aspects of word formation, and conversely, how current linguistic accounts of word formation can inform the modeling of morphological processes in resources. Presentations of any type of linguistic research into word formation can contribute to the discussion on the use and usability of available resources and tools. Additionally, quantitative methods based on large datasets can help address key research questions on derivational morphology. Linguistic insights into the phenomena described in word-formation resources may indicate directions for future research, whether approached from language-specific, multilingual, cross-linguistic, or typological perspectives.

Topics

DeriMo 2025 aims to cover a wide range of topics. Submissions are invited for presentations featuring high-quality, previously unpublished research, both completed and ongoing, with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas and perspectives, whether descriptive, theoretical, quantitative or computational. In particular, the topics to be addressed in the workshop include (but are not limited to) the following:

• language resources for word formation in individual languages, or with a multilingual focus;
• representation of word-formation processes in lexical resources (using models based on base-derivative pairs, derivational paradigms, or other representations);
• multiple approaches to statistical and computational modelling of derivational data;
• variety of information (morphological, semantic, syntactic, etc.) encoded in lexical databases, and enrichment of morphological resources with additional features (e.g., semantic categories in affixation, classification of compounds);
• compiling and uniformizing existing resources, and linking morphological resources with other types of resources;
• data-based linguistic research in any aspect of word-formation (of individual languages, with contrastive or comparative focus, diachronic perspectives, etc.);
• theoretical accounts of word formation based on quantitative and computational methods.

Proceedings will be published, open-access, in time for the workshop.

Invited Speakers

We are honoured to announce that Prof. Sabine Arndt-Lappe (Universität Trier) and Prof. Magda Ševčíková (ÚFAL, Charles University, Prague) have accepted our invitation to give plenary talks at the DeriMo 2025 workshop in Fribourg. 

Important Dates

• Deadline for long abstract submission: January 31 2025 February 15, 2025
• Notification of acceptance: April 11, 2025
• Final papers due (camera-ready): June 30, 2025
• Registration open: July 1, 2025
• Workshop: September 4-5, 2025

Submission Guidelines

We invite the submission of long abstracts that present original, unpublished research relevant to the themes of the workshop. Abstracts must not exceed 5 pages, including references.

Abstracts should be submitted in English.

Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format only. Submissions should be made via the EasyChair platform at the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=derimo2025. If you do not have an EasyChair account, please register for one before submitting.

Style Guidelines:

• LaTeX users: Please use the provided template without modifying margins, indentations, or line spacing. Template available here: https://drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/efz3bnscSxuVW2p.
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To ensure a fair and anonymous review, please omit all author information from the abstract, including names, affiliations, and any other identifiable details (e.g., project names, personal websites). Avoid self-citations that reveal your identity. For example, instead of "We previously showed (Brown, 2001)…", use "Brown previously showed (Brown, 2001)…".

Each abstract will be reviewed by at least two members of the programme committee.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to submit a full paper. The full version can be up to 10 pages, including references.

Oral Presentations

The oral presentations at the workshop will be 30 minutes long (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for questions and discussion).

Committee

Programme Committee

• Alexandra Bagasheva, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria)
• Olivier Bonami, Université Paris Cité (France)
• Maria Copot, The Ohio State University (USA)
• Cristina Fernández-Alcaina, Charles University (Czech Republic)
• Jesús Fernández-Dominguez, University of Granada (Spain) 
• Livio Gaeta, University of Turin (Italy)
• Nabil Hathout, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (France)
• Martin Hilpert, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
• Gianina Iordăchioaia, University of Graz (Austria)
• Lívia Körtvélyessy, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (Slovakia)
• Eleonora Litta, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)
• Claudia Marzi, Institute for Computational Linguistics (Italy)
• Fabio Montermini, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (France)
• Akiko Nagano, University of Shizuoka (Japan)
• Fiammetta Namer, Université de Lorraine (France)
• Renáta Panocová, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (Slovakia)
• Marco Passarotti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)
• Ingo Plag, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Germany)
• Jan Radimský, University of South Bohemia (Czech Republic)
• Andrea Sims, The Ohio State University (USA)
• Pavol Štekauer, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (Slovakia)
• Pavel Štichauer, Charles University (Czech Republic)
• Marko Tadić, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
• Salvador Valera, University of Granada (Spain)
• Zdeněk Žabokrtský, Charles University (Czech Republic)

Organizing Committee

• Richard Huyghe, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
• Megan Prudent, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
• Justine Salvadori, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
• Matea Filko, FFZG, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
• Krešimir Šojat, FFZG, University of Zagreb (Croatia)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to richard.huyghe@unifr.ch, megan.prudent@unifr.ch or justine.salvadori@unifr.ch.