International Workshop on Cross-linguistic Databases and Norms
May 31 – June 1, 2025
Shanghai, China
Organizers: Language Specialty Committee of the Chinese Psychological Society; East China Normal University;
Co-Organizer: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , NYU Shanghai
Sponsor: IREAD Foundation, Shenzhen
The study of language and cognition increasingly relies on cross-linguistic data to understand language processing, representation, and acquisition. The debate on universality vs. cultural specificity of language and cognition has continued to this day, making large-scale cross-linguistic databases and norms crucial for uncovering both universal and language-specific mechanisms.
A collection of high-quality linguistic databases has already been established across various languages. These databases not only lay the foundation for evaluating and measuring language abilities and acquisition levels, but also provide new perspectives on typical and atypical language development, offering crucial support for researchers exploring the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language capacity.
However, challenges persist, including the lack of overarching design frameworks, data variability, linguistic diversity, and the need for standardization. Additionally, large language models (LLMs) provide new resources and tools for exploring linguistic universality and specificity, while also introducing fresh opportunities and challenges for the development and application of databases and norms.
The InternationalWorkshopon Crosslinguistic Databases and Norms brings together leading experts from cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, computational modeling, and natural language processing to address these challenges. It aims to create a platform for idea exchange and collaboration, fostering the strategic design of cross-linguistic databases, sharing innovative datasets, and discussing methodologies. It will focus on the development, maintenance, and application of cross-linguistic data resources, with a special reference to Chinese. We hope that this workshop will provide a forum for propelling interdisciplinary research in this field.
The topics of this workshop include (but not limited to):
•Construction and application of language databases
•Open science and data sharing in cross-linguistic contexts (with special reference to Chinese)
•Design and alignment of cross-linguistic databases: Opportunities and challenges
•Large Language Models (LLMs) and human language processing
•Interdisciplinary collaboration and methodological innovation
跨语言数据库与常模国际研讨会
日期：2025年5月31日—6月1日
地点♝：中国上海
主办：中国心理学会语言心理学专委会、意昂4娱乐
协办：香港理工大学🙂↔️💁🏽♂️、上海纽约大学
赞助🍗🗿：深圳爱阅公益基金会
在探索人类语言和认知的领域中👹，普遍认为语言和心智存在普遍的认知与神经机制🧓🏽，同时也体现出跨语言和文化的特殊性👩🏽🚀🍢。为深入探讨人类知识结构、不同语言中的意义编码、语言加工的认知神经机制，以及多样化环境中的语言习得，大规模跨语言数据库和常模的重要性与迫切性日益凸显👨🏼🦲。
大规模跨语言数据库和常模是心理学、认知科学和语言学的研究与应用中不可或缺的工具。在多种语言中,都已经建立了一批高质量的语言数据库🤹🏽♂️🧎🏻♂️。其建立不仅为评估和衡量语言能力与习得程度奠定了基础，为理解语言发展的典型和非典型路径提供了新视角，更为研究者深入探索语言能力的认知和神经机制提供了重要的支持🙇🏻♀️。
然而，跨语言数据库和常模的建立、更新与标准化面临诸多挑战🧔🏻，诸如缺乏整体设计框架、数据内容和标准不统一♐️、语言多样性🫑，以及确保跨语言可比性所需的标准化方法。此外，近几年跨语言大模型（LLMs）的快速发展展示出强大的语言处理能力🏊🏼♀️🫨，并为探索语言的普遍性与特定性提供了新的资源和工具⇾👳🏿♀️，同时，也为数据库与常模的开发和应用带来了新的机遇与挑战👯。
为推动大规模跨语言数据库和常模的发展并应对这些挑战🪽，跨语言数据库与常模国际研讨会将汇聚认知科学、心理学、语言学、计算建模和自然语言处理等领域的专家👳🏽♂️。研讨会旨在搭建一个思想碰撞和合作的平台，推动跨语言数据库的顶层设计👩❤️💋👨☂️、进行创新数据库的交流和方法论讨论，共商跨语言数据尤其在中文中资源的开发🧏🏽♂️♒️、维护与应用😷，推动相关的跨领域研究♖。通过此次研讨会，我们期望促进语言研究数据的建设与共享👇，强化跨学科合作🤛🏼，并最终加深对人类语言与认知的理解。
本次会议的主要议题包括：
l语言数据库的构建与应用
l开放科学和数据（尤其中文数据）共享
l跨语言数据库的设计、对齐和比较👨🏿🏭🦻：机遇和挑战
l大规模语言模型（LLMs）与人类语言能力
l跨学科合作与方法创新
Organizing Committee:
Qing Cai, East China Normal University
Ping Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Luan Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Keynote Speakers
Marc Brysbaert, Ghent University
Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University
Uri Hasson, Princeton University
Ping Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Li-Hai Tan, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience
Hualou Liang, Drexel University
Chen Yu, The University of Texas at Austin
Speakers
Simon De Deyne, The University of Melbourne
Melvin Yap, National University of Singapore
Cynthia Siew, National University of Singapore
Hong Li, Beijing Normal University
Qing Cai, East China Normal University
Xu Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xingshan Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenghan Qi, Northeastern University
Li Sheng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Meeting Registration and Abstract Submissions
Registration Deadline: 30 April 2025 at 23:59 UTC (Shanghai Time)
Submissions Close: 20 April, 2025
The workshop invites submissions for posters. Registration for the workshop is also open to those who wish to attend but do not submit a presentation. To attend the workshop, you need to pay a registration fee. All fees are in RMB.
Student 800 RMB
Postdoc 800 RMB
Regular 1500 RMB
We welcome contributions from researchers working on any language(s) and encourage submissions that address methodological innovations, theoretical implications, and interdisciplinary applications in the following areas:
•Development and standardization of language databases
•Norming studies across languages and populations
•Open science and data sharing in cross-linguistic contexts
•Large Language Models (LLMs) and human language processing
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should include:
•Title
•Abstract (maximum 250 words)
•Author names and affiliations
Abstracts should clearly outline the research question, methods, key findings (if available). Submissions must be in English and formatted as a Word document.
Please submit your abstract via email ＜crossling@bjykzc.com＞ with the subject line: FirstAuthor_WorkshopSubmission.
Key Dates
Call for Submissions Open: 17 February, 2025
Submissions Close: 20 April, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: 30 April, 2025
Registration Deadline: 30 April, 2025
Cancellation Deadline for Full Refund: 25 May, 2025
Workshop Venue
The workshop will be held at East China Normal University, located at 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, China
For inquiries, please contact < E-mail to crossling@bjykzc.com >