The 76th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Hotel, 3-6 January 2002. The American Dialect Society, the American Name Society, the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences, the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas will meet concurrently with the LSA.
Program
Plenary Presentations
The meeting will feature four invited plenary 'state of the art' presentations:
| Thursday, 3 January | 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Johanna Nichols (UC-Berkeley) |
| 8:00 - 9:00 PM | James McCloskey (UC-Santa Cruz) | |
| Friday, 4 January | 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Paul Kiparsky (Stanford U) |
| 8:00 - 9:00 PM | Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins U) |
The titles of all papers and presentations will appear in the October 2001 LSA Bulletin. The Bulletin will be published in late October and will be available at the LSA website at about the same time.
Other events planned
| Thursday, 3 January | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | The Officers and Executive Committee will meet. |
| Friday, 4 January | 5:00 - 6:30 PM | Annual Business Meeting. The 6th Bienniel Leonard Bloomfield Book Award will be presented. |
| Saturday, 5 January | 5:00 - 6:00 PM | The Presidential Address will be given by Walt Wolfram, the 2001 LSA President. |
Hotel Accommodations
The Hyatt Regency San Francisco has reserved a block of rooms for those attending the 2002 meeting. Conveniently located at Embarcadero Center (home to 125 shops and restaurants), the hotel offers several restaurants of its own, a 24-hour on-site fitness room, and guests have access to Club One Health Club, adjacent to the hotel. The special LSA rates for the meeting are:
| Single/Double: |
$109.00 |
| Triple: |
$139.00 |
| Quadruple: |
$159.00 |
Reservations may be made by completing the form found in the center insert and sending it to:
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
The telephone number is: (415) 788-1234. The fax number is: (415) 398-2567. Reservations are subject to availability if received after 2 December 2001. The guest check-in time is 3:00 PM, and check-out time is 12:00 noon.
Transportation
Airlines
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are the official carriers for the LSA Annual Meeting. For travel 31 December 2001 - 9 January 2002, American offers 5%-10% off the lowest applicable fares (additional 5% off all applicable fares with 60-day advance purchase). Southwest offers 10% discounts off lowest applicable fares. To make reservations directly, call American at (800) 433-1790 and ask for File #26D1AC or Southwest at (800) 433-5368 and ask for File #R5261.
Stellar Access Inc. (SAI), the official travel agency for the LSA Annual Meeting, offers the lowest available fare on any carrier for travel 31 December 2001 - 9 January 2002. Call (800) 929-4242 (outside the U.S. and Canada, 619-232-4298); fax (619) 232-6497 (a $10.00 transaction fee will be applied to all tickets purchased via phone services); or use their website (http://www.stellaraccess.com) and pay no transaction fee; in all cases, refer to Group #407.
NOTE: As an added convenience, members may book their travel to the 76th Annual Meeting on-line directly from the LSA website: http://www.lsadc.org/.
Cars
Avis Rent a Car is the official car rental service for the LSA Annual Meeting. Rates start as low as $34/day for economy models or $145/week with unlimited free mileage. Call (800) 331-1600 and refer to AWD #J949023.
Registration
Members are reminded that registration fees can be kept low only if everyone who attends the meeting is registered. All those presenting papers are required to register.
Advance Registration:
Only members may register in advance. Members planning to attend may preregister when they renew their membership for 2002 or by sending the preregistration tearout (see center insert) or a photocopy with a check for registration by 3 December 2001. The Secretariat strongly urges you to preregister by 3 December but will, in any case, stop accepting preregistrations on 21 December. This step has been necessitated by the enormous flow of preregistrations received the last few days before the meeting. Preregistration fees for the 2002 Annual Meeting are:
Regular Members: $60.00
Student Members: $25.00
Unemployed Members: $25.00
All preregistrations received after 21 December will be returned following the meeting, and individuals will have to register at the meeting. Preregistrants may claim badges and handbooks at the registration desk in the meeting area of the hotel beginning late in the afternoon of 3 January.
Requests for refunds of preregistration fees will not be honored. Registrants who are unable to attend the meeting will, however, be sent a Meeting Handbook in late January.
On-Site Registration:
Registration will open at noon on 3 January and will be open all day 4 and 5 January. The registration fees for the 2002 Annual Meeting are:
Regular: $70.00
Students: $30.00
Unemployed Members: $30.00
Note: Fees may be paid with cash, check, or traveller's cheque. Credit card payments will NOT be accepted for on-site registration under any circumstances.
LSA Meeting Services
Child Care:
As in the past, members who notify the Secretariat that they plan to bring children to the meeting will receive a list of sitters recommended by the hotel and convention bureau as well as the names and addresses of the other members who expect to bring their children to Washington. In addition, at the recommendation of the Officers and Executive Committee, the Child Care Assistance Fund will provide a maximum $100.00 stipend to offset child care costs. Parents must meet the following requirements: (1) They are presenters on the LSA program. (2) The caregiver they secure is a graduate student or unemployed linguist. [This person will also receive a complimentary Annual Meeting registration.] (3) The caregiver has agreed to provide child care for no more than two children for 8-12 hours. (4) The parents notify the Secretariat of their plans no later than 1 November 2001.
Job Placement:
A Job Placement Center will be available as in the past. The fee for listing one or more jobs in the Job Openings List and/or for scheduling interviews is $125. Instructions for remitting the fee will be sent to department and program chairs in mid October. As in the past, interviewers and candidates are required to register for the meeting.
Publishers' Exhibit:
Details will appear in the October LSA Bulletin.
Sign Interpreting Policy:
Hearing impaired members who plan to attend the San Francisco meeting and need sign interpreting service must notify the Secretariat AND register for the meeting by 1 November 2001. The request for sign interpreting should include a list of the LSA sessions and/or papers they plan to attend. The Secretariat will then, with the assistance of the Local Arrangements Committee and the Registry of Interpreters, secure the services of appropriate interpreters. We have budgeted up to $1,200 per LSA member requesting sign interpreting. In addition, upon request, the LSA will arrange for sign interpreting services at the business meeting and presidential address. Finally, signed presentations will be interpreted if requested by 1 November 2001.