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- The Executive Committee of the LSA will be holding its Spring meeting on 9-10 May, 2008, in Washington, DC. For further information, contact Katha Kissman.
- Nominations for the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are due 1 June, 2008.
- Nominations for the LSA's "Linguistics, Language and the Public" Award will be accepted until 1 June, 2008.
LSA News
2008 Annual Meeting
The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society was held 3-6 January 2008 at the Hilton Chicago. The LSA was joined by the American Dialect Society, the American Name Society, the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences, and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas. Approximately 1050 linguists attended 46 sessions, the Presidential Address (by Stephen Anderson), 3 plenary addresses (by John Goldsmith, Sandra Chung, and Mary Beckman), a plenary symposium on Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Theories (organized by Dennis Preston), 7 organized sessions, 6 poster sessions, and a grad student panel.eLanguage
The Executive Committee of the Linguistic Society of America (EC) has established a new, independent, on-line electronic journal (eLanguage) as a complement to its print journal, Language. Dieter Stein has been named Editor-in-Chief of eLanguage.LSA Fellows
Members of the Society who have made distinguished contributions to the discipline may be recognized as Fellows of the LSA. Nominated by LSA members, Fellows will be selected via secret ballot by the six elected at-large members of the Executive Committee. The third class of LSA Fellows was inducted at the 2008 Annual Meeting. Nominations from members in good standing for 2009 are welcome by 1 June, 2008. Please click here for nomination form and instructions.On-line Membership Renewal
You can now renew your LSA membership on-line! Click here and follow the simple instructions. Members will also be able to make contributions to LSA funds when renewing.2008 Membership Dues
U.S. Addresses:Regular Members: $75Non-U.S. Addresses:
Student Members: $30
Regular Members: $85
Student Members: $40
LSA News Archives
Click here to see the LSA News Archives.In Memoriam
It is with regret that we announce the death of the following members and former members. (Contact David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings, to contribute short obituaries about LSA members to supplement the information below.)Steven Gross, a member of the LSA since 1997, died 8 March 2008.
Blair Rudes died 16 March 2008. An internationally known linguist and expert in American Indian languages, Dr. Rudes served on the faculty of UNC Charlotte since 1999, and joined the LSA in 2002. Read more...
Eloise Jelinek died 21 December 2007. She served on the faculty of the University of Arizona from 1981 until 1992, and she was an active LSA member from 1983 to 2003. Read more...
Robert "RB" Jones, Emeritus Member, joined LSA in 1965, died 23 November 2007.
J.L. Dillard, joined LSA in 1978, died 17 August 2007.
Winfred Lehmann died 1 August 2007. His affiliation was the University of Texas at Austin and he was a Life Member; he joined the LSA in 1938 and was President of the Society in 1973. Read more...
Carol Justus died 1 August 2007. Her affiliation was the University of Texas at Austin and she was a Life Member; she joined the LSA in 1975. Read more...
Click here to see In Memoriam Archives.
