2009 Annual Meeting
The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America will take place January 8-11, 2009 at the:
Hilton San Francisco
333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California, United States 94102
Tel: 1-415-771-1400 Fax: 1-415-771-6807
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 Languages, and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas will meet concurrently with the LSA.
Abstract Submission
Online abstract submission for the 2009 Annual Meeting has closed. Abstract notifications will be sent in late September 2008.
Preliminary Program
Plenary Speakers
T. Givón (University of Oregon, Emeritus)
From single word to verbal clause: Where do simple clauses come from?
Thursday, 8 January, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Angelika Kratzer (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Modality: Straddling the Border between Linguistics and Philosophy
Friday, 9 January, 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
John Rickford (Stanford University)
Girlz II Women: Age Grading, Language Change, and Stylistic Variation
Saturday, 10 January, 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
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Plenary Symposium: Computational Linguistics: Implementation of Analyses against Data
Friday, 9 January, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Reception in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Center for Applied Linguistics
Saturday, 10 January, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The Preliminary Program for the 2009 Annual Meeting will be posted in mid October 2008.
Hotel Accommodations, Airfare, Local Transportation, Parking
The Hilton San Francisco has reserved a block of rooms for those attending the 2009 meeting. All guest rooms offer a coffeemaker, cable television, a hair dryer, a minibar, iron, ironing board, in room safe and two dual-line telephones with speakerphone. High-speed internet access is available at no cost in the public areas of the hotel, and in guest rooms for a fee (currently $14.95/day). Click here for a photo tour of the hotel and its neighborhood, and here for a local map.
To qualify for LSA's special rate, reservations must be made by Tuesday 16 December 2008.
The special LSA room rates are:
Other special LSA room rates are:
Single/Double $99 Triple/Quad $129
Sight and Sound Room $124 Executive Floor $149 Junior Suite $199-$229
You may make room reservations by phone by calling 1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667) and requesting the LSA rate; online reservations should be made directly at the Hilton San Francisco's LSA Reservations website. This extraordinary room rate will also be honored, by advance reservation only and subject to availability, from January 4-7 and January 11-14, if you would like to take advantage of the rate and extend your trip to San Francisco by a few days in either direction.
Local Attractions
For more information on the San Francisco area, including local attractions, shopping, restaurants, and transportation, see the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau website.
More specific information on transportation from local airports to the hotel will be available at a later date.
Registration
Everyone attending the meeting is expected to register. Compliance is important for keeping our fees affordable. Only those who register will be allowed to present papers, use the Job Placement Service, or attend plenary presentations.
Members planning to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting may preregister on-line from 12:01 a.m. on 1 September 2008 through 11:59 p.m. on 12 December 2008 (all times are U.S. Eastern Time). Preregistration fees for the 2009 Annual Meeting are:
Regular Members $110.00 Emeritus Members $85.00 Student Members $45.00 Under/Unemployed Members $50.00 Nonmember - Regular $135.00 Nonmember - Student $55.00
Those who preregister may claim their badges and handbooks at the registration desk in the meeting area of the hotel beginning at 1:00 p.m. on 8 January. Requests for registration refunds cannot be honored. Registrants who are unable to attend the meeting will, however, be sent an Annual Meeting Handbook on request in late January. Registration will be open from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on 8 January, from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on 9 and 10 January, and from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on 11 January.
The onsite registration fees for the 2009 Annual Meeting are:
Regular Members $160.00 Emeritus Members $110.00 Student Members $65.00 Under/Unemployed Members $60.00 Nonmember - Regular $185.00 Nonmember - Student $75.00 Special 1-day rate $85.00
LSA Meeting Services
More information on Child Care, the Job Placement Center, the Publishers' Exhibit, and the Sign Language Interpreting Policy will be available at a later date.
Child Care: Members who notify the Secretariat that they plan to bring children to the meeting will receive the names and e-mail address of other members who expect to bring their children to San Francisco, so that they may arrange mutual babysitting services if convenient. In addition, members may arrange for babysitting services by contacting the Hilton's Concierge directly. At the recommendation of the Officers and Executive Committee, the Child Care Assistance Fund will provide a maximum $100 stipend to offset child-care costs. Those wishing to avail themselves of this service must (1) be presenters on the LSA program and (2) notify the Secretariat no later than 1 December 2008.
Job Placement: A Job Placement Area will be available. The fee for employers wishing to list one or more jobs and/or for scheduling interviews with job applicants is $125; there is no charge for job applicants to use this service. All interviewers and interviewees are required to register for the Meeting. Click here for more information.
Sign Language Interpreting Policy: Attendees at the San Francisco meeting who need an ASL interpreter must notify the LSA Secretariat and register for the Meeting by 1 December 2008. All requests should be sent to David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings, at drobinson@lsadc.org with the words "2009 Meeting ASL Interpreting" in the subject line. Please include a list of LSA sessions and/or papers you expect to attend, including the plenary addresses, the business meeting, and the Presidential Address. (A preliminary meeting schedule will be online in mid October 2008.) All requests will be forwarded to the Interpreter Coordinator for the San Francisco meeting, who will identify qualified local interpreters, assist with scheduling, and handle day-to-day logistics concerning interpreting. Finally, if a presenter wishes to present a paper in ASL, an interpreter will be provided if requested by 1 December 2008.
Advertisers, Exhibitors and Sponsors
Information for exhibitors at the LSA Annual Meeting and advertisers in the Meeting Handbook is available here.
The LSA is grateful to John Benjamins Publishing Company for its corporate sponsorships at the 2009 Annual Meeting.
