The Linguistic Society of America (LSA), founded in 1924, is the leading U.S. professional organization dedicated to advancing the scientific study of language. We are teaching and research professors, data scientists, Natural Language Processing and Understanding experts, K-12 teachers, community language revitalization specialists, language documentarians, UX researchers, non-profit owners, translators, and software engineers.



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Ty Gill-Saucier
University of Washington

My work examines how language regard, sociophonetics, and neural processing intersect, with a focus on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I study how social experience shapes how people perceive and process speech, and how these patterns extend to automated speech recognition systems. Linguistics matters because it helps us understand and address systematic bias in both human cognition and speech technologies.
 

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The LSA Writes to Support the Alaskan Native Language Center

LSA President Alicia Beckford Wassink wrote to the Chancellor of the University of Alaska regarding ongoing threats to funding and operational support for the Alaskan Native Languages Center. The LSA is deeply committed to the vitality of Alaska's Indigenous languages and to the health of the Alaskan Native Language Center. In response, the Chancellor's office sent a letter that had been circulated previously.
 

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