LSA News Archive
The Linguistic Society of America has issued a statement expressing concerns with the Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (H.R.
The LSA Member Spotlight highlights the interests and accomplishments of a different LSA member each month. If you would like to recommend an LSA member for a future Member Spotlight, please contact Brice Russ, LSA Director of Communications.
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has opened their 2015-16 fellowship applications to graduate students and faculty pursuing work in the humanities.
Dr. Joan Bresnan, Sadie Dernham Patek Professor Emerita in Humanities at Stanford University, has been named a 2015 Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
The LSA Member Spotlight highlights the interests and accomplishments of a different LSA member each month. If you would like to recommend an LSA member (including yourself) for a future Member Spotlight, please contact LSA Executive Director Alyson Reed.
The LSA mourns the July 1, 2015 death of Paul Chapin, LSA member since 1965, Life Member of the Society, Fellow of the LSA (Class of 2008) and former Secretary-Treasurer (2003-2008). More information will be posted here as it becomes available.
Yen-ling Chen, a doctoral student in linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has received an Award for China Studies from the American Council of Learned Societies.
This morning, the Linguistic Society of America joined scores of leaders in education, science, engineering, and industry in an urgent call to action for stronger federal policies and investment to drive domestic research and development.
The LSA is pleased to announce our support for the preservation of tenure and academic freedom in the state of Wisconsin and our endorsement of a letter on this issue recently released by the American Histor
Our June 2015 issue of Language, Volume 91, Number 2, is now available online via Project MUSE.
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Lisi Oliver, Alumni Professor of English and Linguistics at Louisiana State University, died unexpectedly on Sunday June 7, 2015, just 63 years old. She is survived by her brothers Bim, Gus, and Peter as well as by her niece, Lily, and her nephew, Matthew.
The LSA Member Spotlight highlights the interests and accomplishments of a different LSA member each month.
The Linguistic Society of America is proud to announce that the 2017 Linguistic Institute will take place at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, KY.
LSA members who have made distinguished contributions to the discipline may be recognized as Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America. Please consider nominating a colleague for this honor.
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the LSA 2016 Annual Meeting!
UPDATE: The position below is no longer available. Stay tuned for further updates.
The LSA is pleased to announce the opening of a new postdoctoral scholar position in linguistics.
The LSA is pleased to announce the forthcoming opening of our new headquarters. Starting in mid-June, the LSA Secretariat will be located in the new Archibald A. Hill Suite at 522 21st Street NW #120, Washington, DC, 20006.
The Society reports with regret the passing of A. Richard Diebold Jr., on March 1, 2014. Dr. Diebold was an emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona renowned for his work in Indo-European studies, theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics and linguistic anthropology.
The LSA Member Spotlight highlights the interests and accomplishments of a different LSA member each month.