*SEM2026 The 15th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics

*SEM 2026, the 15th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics, is a leading venue for research on meaning in natural language, spanning both formal linguistic semantics and data-driven computational approaches. Co-located with major NLP conferences, *SEM has established itself as the primary forum for work that takes the semantics of words, sentences, and discourse seriously from multiple methodological angles.

Researchers in distributional semantics, semantic role labeling, natural language inference, sentiment analysis, word sense disambiguation, and formal semantic parsing will all find the conference relevant. *SEM 2026 is particularly attentive to the interface between lexical knowledge and compositional meaning, and to the extent to which large language models capture or miss genuine semantic competence. It is essential for anyone whose NLP work is grounded in a principled account of linguistic meaning.