- Nominations are now open for many LSA Awards and for 2013 LSA Fellows.
- Read the Call for Abstracts for the 2013 Annual Meeting (Boston, January 3-6).
- View the Call for Workshop Proposals for the 2013 Linguistic Institute.
LSA Bulletin
No. 192 June 2006
2007 Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting
4-7 January 2007
Preliminary Meeting Information
Exhibit
The exhibit of linguistics publications will be in California A. The exhibit will be open the following hours:
| Friday, 5 January | 10:00 AM - 1 :00 PM | 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Saturday, 6 January | 10:00 AM - 1 :00 PM | 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Sunday, 7 January | 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
The display copies in the LSA Joint Book Exhibit will be sold beginning at 8:30 AM on 7 January. These display copies have been generously donated by the publishers exhibiting in the LSA Joint Book Exhibit, and the proceeds will be donated to fellowships for the Linguistic Institute. Advance orders for display copies, at a discount of 5% greater than that given by the publisher, will be taken prior to 7 January if accompanied by payment. All books must be picked up on 7 January between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM. Unclaimed books will be resold and the advance payment donated to the Linguistic Institute fellowships.
Job Placement Service
On Friday, 5 January, and Saturday, 6 January, the Job Placement Service will be set up in the Coronado Room. It will be open 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM. The Sunday hours will be 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Lists of openings will be available, and the staff will facilitate interviews between applicants and employers. Interviewers are asked to list openings and check in with the staff so that an interview schedule can be arranged. Applicants should bring an adequate supply of their CV's--enough to submit one copy to each interviewer. The Job Placement Service will have no duplication facilities.
Open Committee Meetings
- LSA Executive Committee. Thursday, 4 January, Executive Board Room, beginning at 8:00 AM.
- Committee on Endangered Language & Their Preservation (CELP). Saturday, 6 January, Salinas Room, 9:00 - 10:00 AM.
- Committee on Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics (CEDL). Friday, 5 January, Salinas Room, 8:00 - 9:30 AM.
- Language in the School Curriculum (LiSC). Saturday, 6 January, Redondo Room, 8:00 - 9:30 AM.
- Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics. Saturday, 6 January, Palisades Room, 8:00 - 9:30 AM.
- Technology Advisory Committee. Saturday, 6 January, Monterey Room, 8:30 - 9:30 AM.
Special Events
Thursday, 4 January
- ANS: Executive Council. Monterey Room, 1:00 - 3:30 PM.
- ADS: Executive Council. Redondo Room, 1:00 - 3:00 PM.
- ADS: Business Meeting. Palos Verdes Room, 3:00 - 4:30 PM.
- ADS: Word of the Year Nominations. Palos Verdes Room, 5:15 - 6:45 PM.
- LSA: Welcome. California C, 7:15 PM.
- LSA: Invited Plenary Panel. California C, 7:30 - 9:00 PM, 'Phonology: An appraisal of the field in 2007'; Larry Hyman (UC-Berkeley) and Ellen Kaisse (U WA), organizers.
- ANS/ADS: Cash Bar & Reception. Green Room, 9:00 - 10:30 PM.
Friday, 5 January
- LSA-National Science Foundation Open Meeting. Oceanside Room, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
- LSA: Invited Plenary Address. California C, 12:30 - 1:30 PM, Carol Padden (UC-San Diego), 'Person inflection in sign languages'.
- ADS: Word of the Year Voting. Palos Verdes Room, 5:30 - 6:30 PM.
- LSA: Business Meeting. California C, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, chaired by Sally McConnell-Ginet, LSA President.
- The Linguistics, Language & the Public Award will be presented at the LSA business meeting.
- ADS: Bring Your Own Book Exhibit/Reception. Redondo Room, 6:30 - 7:30 PM.
- LSA: Invited Plenary Address. California C, 7:00 - 8:00 PM, Edward Keenan (UCLA), 'Linguistic invariants and language variation: A unifying perspective'.
- LSA: Graduate Student Panel. Huntington Room, 8:00 - 9:30 PM.
- Student Mixer. Sheraton Park Territorial Saloon, 9:30 - 11:30 PM.
Saturday, 6 January
- ADS: Annual Luncheon. Palisades, 12:15 - 1:45 PM.
- LSA: Invited Plenary Address. California C, 12:30 - 1:30 PM, Mark Liberman (U Penn), 'The future of linguistics'.
- LSA: In Memory of William Bright. Manhattan Room, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
- LSA: Presidential Address. California C, 5:30 - 7:00 PM.
- The Class of 2007 LSA Fellows will be presented.
- Sally McConnell-Ginet, LSA President, 'Words in the world: How and why meanings can matter
- LSA: Reception. 7:00 - 8:00 PM.
Sunday, 7 January
Office Hours
• 2007 LSA Linguistic Institute Director. Oceanside Room.
Saturday, 6 January 2:30 - 3:30 PM• LinguistList. Oceanside Room.
Friday, 5 January 9:30 - 10:30 AM Saturday, 6 January 1:00 - 2:00 PM• Editor of Language. Oceanside Room.
Friday, 5 January 1:30 - 3:00 PM• Journal Editors. Monterey Room, Friday, 5 January:
Diachronica, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Germanic Linguistics, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
IJAL, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
