The 38th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-38)

May 8-10, 2026 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Call for Papers open now! Submit your abstract here.

About the conference

The North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics is the main academic platform for Chinese language and linguistics research in North America, attracting participants from other continents as well. The George Washington University is hosting NACCL-38 in Washington, D.C.

The theme for NACCL-38 is "Chinese Language and Linguistics in the Age of AI". Debates on modern linguistics and its relation to AI go back decades (e.g. Lakoff 1978). Recent breakthroughs in AI, however, have created new challenges and opportunities for linguistics (e.g. Piantadosi 2023, Chesi 2025). In the field of Chinese language and linguistics, AI tools have become increasingly important in research from corpus linguistics, phonetic analysis, to second language acquisition and pedagogy. Additionally, Chinese linguistics can contribute to more effective AI applications, and more rigorous research methods are needed.

In light of these challenges and opportunities in the age of AI, we are especially interested in new research related to AI from descriptive, theoretical, experimental, computational or applied perspectives. Presentations not related to the conference theme are equally invited and considered.

Invited Speakers

Keynote speakers:

Dr. Chu-Ren Huang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Hongyin Tao, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Rebecca Hwa, George Washington University

Special guest speaker:

Dr. Marjorie K. M. Chan, The Ohio State University

Workshop speakers:

There will be two workshops on research methods. More details will be available soon.

Conference Organizing

Conference co-chairs: Hongyuan Dong & Hang Zhang

Organizing committee:

Student organizers: [to be announced soon]

Contact:

naccl-38gwu [dot] edu

Sponsors:

We acknowledge the following sponsors from the George Washington University