LSA News Archive
The LSA is delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Student Abstract Award, in conjunction with our upcoming 2020 Annual Meeting in New Orleans! This award recognizes the three best abstracts submitted b
The LSA is currently accepting applications for a part-time (20 hours per week) Administrative Assistant.
The LSA is pleased to announce the selection of Thomas Curwen, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, as the recipie
It has been an honor, and a real treat, to host more than 400 faculty, students and affiliates at the 2019 Linguistics Institute. Having so many colleagues around UC Davis (and I include the students in this category too) has been exciting and exhausting.
The Program Committee of the LSA is pleased to announce the line-up of organized sessions for the 2020 Annual Meeting, which will take place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside from January 2-5. Organized sessions will be scheduled, along with accepted paper and poster presentation
The LSA reports with regret the August 11, 2019 death of Michael E.
The LSA is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant totaling almost $200,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as
The LSA regrets to announce the recent passing of LSA Member Michael Montgomery. Michael Bryant Montgomery, age 69, of Lexington, SC, formerly of Knoxville, TN, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.
We are delighted to announce that the LSA Executive Committee has approved revisions to the LSA's Ethics Statement, incorporating comments from LSA members and other interested parties.
The LSA is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from the NSF focused on the the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Linguistics. The NSF-sponsored project involves the formation of a Faculty Learning Community on SoTL for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Mark your calendars now for the next in the LSA's series of The LSA is pleased to announce the publication of the third edition of The Five-Minute Linguist, sales of which benefit the Society. Edited by LSA members Walt Wolfram and Caroline Myrick, The Five-Minute Linguist aims to provide a fun, reader-friendly intro
The LSA is now soliciting nominations for the C. L. Baker Award. This is a new award, intended to honor the legacy of the late C. L. Baker (1939-1997) and funded by a generous gift from his family.
The LSA's Long-Range Strategic Plan for 2019-2023 includes as one of its goals and objectives to "support linguistics undergraduates in exploring the full range of professional and research opportunities a
The LSA is delighted to announce that our newest platinum open-access publication, Phonological Data and Analysis
The LSA is delighted to announce an addition to its roster of Honors and Awards: the LSA Mentoring Award. Instituted in 2019, this award recognizes the work of individuals who, or organizations that, have exhib
The LSA is delighted to share the news that LSA member and former Sag Fellow at the LSA's 2017 Linguistic Institute Jamaal Muwwakkil (University of California, Santa Barbara)
The LSA reports with regret the recent deaths of three longtime members: Michael Clark Lambert McOmber, Nils Hasselmo, and Petr Sgall.
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