LSA Annual Meeting

The LSA Annual Meeting is a premier gathering of linguists and linguistics students from throughout the profession and around the world.  It offers an unparalleled opportunity to share research and learn about developments across the full range of disciplinary subfields, including the scholarship of teaching and learning in linguistics. It is also the perfect place to engage in professional development, network, and socialize with your colleagues from academia, industry, government, and the non-profit world.

*The dates for the 2027 LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco are shifted by one day. The Meeting will take place Wednesday January 6 to Saturday, January 9, 2027. This means that instead of the usual Thursday-Sunday schedule, in 2027 the Meeting will run on a Wednesday-Saturday schedule. 

Why Attend the LSA Annual Meeting?

The Annual Meeting includes activities geared to professional development for linguists at all stages of their careers and contains many programs and events of interest to students, who make up one-third of attendees.

The Five-minute Linguist and the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year events are bright spots in the Annual Meeting schedule. These fun-filled evening sessions bring hundreds of linguists into the same space to vote on the best 5-minute presentation of research findings for a general audience, and to select the Word of the Year, as well as the emoji of the year, the euphemism of the year, and more. And for linguists in practice settings (and linguists who think they might want to), LEXING provides a place of community, connection, and professional development for linguists working in industry, non-profits, and government. You don't want to miss it! 
 

Why Exhibit or Become a Sponsor of the LSA Annual Meeting? 

Reach a Highly Engaged, Specialized Audience

The Linguistic Society of America is the world's largest scholarly society dedicated to the scientific study of language, and our Annual Meeting is where the field comes together. With approximately 900 attendees - including academic researchers, faculty, graduate students, and linguists working across industry, nonprofits, and government - you'll have unparalleled access to a concentrated, intellectually engaged community that is actively shaping the future of linguistics. 

More than one-third of attendees are graduate students: the next generation of researchers, educators, and industry professionals who are forming their professional networks right now. 

Questions?

Feel free to reach out to us with any questions at lsa@lsadc.org.