Take Note!
- Meeting registration and hotel reservations for the 2011 Annual Meeting are available online through December 20.
- Nominations for the LSA's new Early Career Award are due at the Secretariat by September 15th.
- Did you know that Classic Monographs of the LSA are available through the Society for a fraction of their cost elsewhere? Read more …
LSA Resolutions, Statements, Endorsements and Related Actions
From time to time, the LSA is called upon to state its position on a matter of public importance to the profession and/or field of linguistics. Read more about Resolutions, Statements, Endorsements, and related actions and how to propose them.
Resolutions
- The Arizona Teachers' English Fluency Initiative [18 August 2010]
- Recognizing the Scholarly Merit of Language Documentation [8 January 2010]
- Cyberinfrastructure [8 January 2010]
- Guidelines for the Use of Language Analysis in Relation to Questions of National Origin in Refugee Cases [9 January 2009]
- Labor Issues and Meeting Site Selection [6 January 2006]
- Opposition to the U.S. military's policy of dismissing linguists, translators, interpreters, or other members of the armed forces on the basis of their sexual orientation [1 July 2003]
- Opposition to all discrimination and political sanctions against scholars on the basis of religion or ethnicity [1 July 2003]
- Sign Languages [1 July 2001]
- Ebonics [1 July 1997]
- Opposition to Unz/Tuchman Initiative [1 July 1998]
- English Only [1 July 1987]
Statements
- Ethics Statement
- Statement and Recommendations on Visa Problems Harming America's Scientific, Economic, and Security Interests
- The Need for the Documentation of Linguistic Diversity
- Language Rights
- Research with Human Subjects
- Sexual Harassment
- The Employment of Part-Time and Temporary Teaching Staff
Endorsements
- Coalition for the Academic Workforce (PDF)
- Ideological Exclusion Letter to Secretary Clinton (PDF)
- Linguistics in STEM Education (PDF)
- America COMPETES Legislation (PDF)
- Response to a Framework for Science Education Preliminary Public Draft (PDF)
- Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act Support Letter (PDF)
