- Abstracts for the 2011 Annual Meeting are due by July 31 at 11:59 p.m. US Eastern Time. Technical support for abstract submission will be unavailable after 5:00 p.m. US Eastern Time on Friday, July 30. Read more ...
- Cast your vote by August 17 on the LSA's Resolution on the Teachers' English Fluency Initiative in Arizona.
- The LSA has updated its procedures for proposing and enacting resolutions. Read more ....
- Nominations for the 2011 Class of LSA Fellows must be received at the Secretariat by Friday 30 July. Read more ...
LSA Honors and Awards
Photo Gallery: 2010 Annual Meeting Awards & Honors
NominationsFor more information about the nomination procedure or eligibility criteria for a particular award, click on one of the links below. To nominate someone (including yourself) for any of these awards, please contact the LSA Secretariat. Nominations sent by postal mail should be sent to the Secretariat at the address found at the bottom of this page. E-mailed nominations may be sent to David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings, at drobinson@lsadc.org, with the words, "Nomination for [Name of award] Award" in the subject line. Only current members are eligible to nominate people for an LSA award; books for the Bloomfield Award may be nominated either by current members or by publishers. If you would like to join the LSA and aren't already a member, click here. The deadline for Bloomfield Award nominations is 1 May; the deadline for nominations for other awards is 1 July of the year prior to the meeting at which the award will be presented.
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Leonard Bloomfield Book Award Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award Kenneth L. Hale Award Victoria A. Fromkin Lifetime Service Award Linguistic Service Award |
Leonard Bloomfield Book Award
First presented in 1992, this award was established to recognize the volume which makes the most outstanding contribution to the development of our understanding of language and linguistics.
Frequency: The award was biennial in even-numbered years through 2008; starting in 2009 it will be annual.
Next Nomination Deadline: 1 May 2010
Nominations must be accompanied by four copies of the book prior to the deadline. Publishers as well as LSA members may nominate a book for the Bloomfield Award.
Eligibility
- All authors of nominated books should be current members of the LSA. Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the selection committee for books whose authors are not all LSA members, such as books with co-authors who are native speaker language consultants who collaborated in the preparation of the book, but who are not otherwise part of the Linguistics community. In all cases, at least one author must be a member of the LSA.
- Book must be published after 28 February 2009 and before 31 May 2010.
Criteria
- Novelty (says something that is not part of the published literature)
- Empirical Import (claims made are empirically falsifiable)
- Conceptual Significance (enriches overall understanding of the nature of human language)
- Clarity (points are clearly formulated; text is reader-friendly)
Current Holder
2010 Pamela Munro and Catherine Willmond, Let's Speak Chickasaw, Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli' Read more...
Previous Winners
2009 Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews, The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (Cambridge, 2007) Read more...
2008 William Labov, Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg, The Atlas of North American English (Mouton de Gruyter, 2006) Read more...
2006 R. M. W. Dixon, The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia (Oxford University Press) Read more...
2004 Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum et al., The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Cambridge University Press) Read more...
2002 Marianne Mithun, The Languages of Native North America (Cambridge University Press) Read more...
2000 Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America (Oxford University Press) Read more...
1998 Alice C. Harris and Lyle Campbell, Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Cambridge University Press) Read more...
1996 William Labov, Principles of Linguistic Change: Internal Factors (Blackwell Publishers) Read more...
1994 Johanna Nichols, Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time (University of Chicago Press) Read more...
1992 Keren Rice, A Grammar of Slave (Mouton de Gruyter) Read more...
Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award
First presented in 1997, this award is given for a body of work that has had a demonstrable impact on the public awareness of language and/or linguistics.
Frequency: As nominations warrant
Next Nomination Deadline: 1 July 2010Nominations must be accompanied by four copies of the work prior to the deadline.
Eligibility
- All authors of nominated works must be current members of the LSA.
- Works in any medium are eligible, e.g. books, documentary films, articles in popular magazines, software, or lecture series.
- Works must have been published, presented, or aired during the four years immediately prior to the nomination.
Criteria
- Works must have had a demonstrable impact on public awareness of language and/or linguistics.
Current Holder
2010 Walt Wolfram, whose North Carolina Language and Life Project models sociolinguistic engagement and public outreach about the value and beauty of linguistic diversity. Read more...
Previous Winners
2009 Language Log, a collaborative science blog devoted to linguistics and written by a team of more than a dozen prominent linguists. Read more...
2007 Earl Rick Rickerson, producer of the radio series, "Talkin' about Talk, Year of Languages in the U.S". Read more...
2005 Deborah Tannen, who through her writing and public speaking has promoted the visibility of language and linguistics as part of the national culture for over 20 years. Read more...
2003 John Rickford, co-author of Spoken Soul (John Wiley, 2000) and author of substantive contributions to discussions surrounding Ebonics and AAVE. Read more...
2001 Geoffrey Nunberg, commentator on the NPR program Fresh Air. Read more...
1999 Eugene Searchinger, producer of The Human Language, a public television series of three films distributed in 1995. Read more...
1997 Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct (William Morrow, 1994). Read more...
Kenneth L. Hale Award
First presented in 2002, the award recognizes outstanding linguistic scholarship undertaken by a junior or senior scholar that documents a particular endangered or no longer spoken language or language family.
Frequency: As nominations warrant
Next Nomination Deadline: 1 July 2010Nominations must be accompanied by a copy of the work and any other supporting material.
Eligibility
- All authors must be current members of the LSA.
- Works should normally be no more than 15-20 years old.
Current Holder
2006 Robert W. Young, The Navajo language (with Willie Morgan, 1980, 1987) and supplementary volume, The Analytic lexicon of Navajo (with Sally Midgette, 1992). Read more...
Previous Winners
2002 Ives Goddard and Kathleen Bragdon, Native Writings in Massachusett (APS, 1988). Read more...
Victoria A. Fromkin Lifetime Service Award
First presented in 2001 as the "Victoria A. Fromkin Prize for Distinguished Service", this award was established to recognize individuals who have performed extraordinary service to the Society and the discipline throughout their career.
Frequency: As nominations warrant
Next Nomination Deadline: 1 July 2010Nominations must be accompanied by an endorsement letter outlining why the individual should be recognized and a brief citation that can be read at the presentation of the award.
Eligibility
- All nominees must be current members of the LSA.
Current Holder
2010 Dr. D. Terence Langendoen, who has served the LSA in every elective office, on numerous committees, including the Program Committee and the Editorial Board of Language, and as Director of the 1986 Linguistic Institute. Read more...
Previous Winners
2007 N. Louanna Furbee is an outstanding recipient of the Victoria A. Fromkin award for service to the Linguistic Society of America and to the profession. Read more...
2006 Margaret W. Reynolds, Executive Director, Linguistic Society of America Read more...
2005 Ivan Sag, who for over 30 years has contributed to the organizational and financial success of the Society and especially to the development of Linguistic Institutes. Read more...
2004 Eugene Nida, who has not only been a member of the Society for over 60 years but who has served as Vice President (1960) and President (1968) and as financial/investment advisor for more than 30 years. Read more...
2003 Anthony Aristar and Helen Dry, for establishing LinguistList. Read more...
2002 Kathleen Fenton, for her professional contributions to the editing of the journal Language for the last 30 years. Read more...
2001 Paul Chapin, for his support of colleagues and the discipline in his role as Linguistics Program Director at NSF for over 30 years. Read more...
Linguistic Service Award
The Linguistic Service Award honors members who have performed distinguished service to the Society and the discipline. This might take one of many forms, for example:
- Extended time devoted to tasks in the service of the Society.
- Extraordinary uncompensated service to the Society.
- Brief service resulting in substantial cost savings for the Society.
- Development of materials for publicizing the field or the activities of the Society.
Frequency: As nominations warrant
Next Nomination Deadline: 1 July 2010Nominations must be accompanied by an endorsement letter outlining why the individual should be recognized and a brief citation that can be read at the presentation of the award.
Eligibility:
- All nominees must be current LSA members.
Current Holder
2010 Ethan Poole, for donating many hours of his time as the volunteer webmaster for the LSA's website. Read more...
Previous Winner
2009 Deborah Anderson for her services to the Society and the discipline as LSA liaison to the Unicode Consortium and director of the Script Encoding Initiative.
2009 Katha Kissman for her services to the Society, first as consultant and later as Interim Executive Director.
2008 Mary Catherine O'Connor, for exemplary service to the Society in her capacity as Co-Chair of the Program Committee. Read more...
2007 Kristen Syrett In recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the Society as the Bloch Fellow and as a member of the Information Technology Advisory Group (ITAG) Read more...
