LSA News Archive
Learn more about the advocacy efforts of Dr.
The LSA is seeking candidates for election as Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, for a five-year term beginning in January 2018. All LSA members are invited to submit nominations, including self-nominations.
The LSA has launched Phase II of its News Stories Initiative, designed to enhance the coverage of linguistics by the popular news media.
The LSA regrets to report the December 4, 2015 death of Dr. George Weaver (Bryn Mawr), an LSA Member since 1985. Read more...
The LSA is pleased to announce the recent publication of two new volumes of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting on Phonology, for the conferences held in 2014 and 2015.
Learn more about the scholary work of LSA Public Relations Committee member John McWhorter, who has built an impressive profile in the popular media landscape. Dr.
Our June 2016 issue of Language, Volume 92, Number 2, is now available online.
The LSA is pleased to announce that the University of California (UC) Davis will serve as the host for the 2019 Linguistic Institute.
Learn more about this early career linguist who is a former LSA committee leader and current activist on the practice of teaching linguistics, Michal Temkin Martinez.
The LSA regrets to report the February 18, 2016 death of Harold C. Conklin, a Life Member of the Society, and a member since 1951. Dr. Conklin held positions at Columbia University and Yale University. Read more ...
The LSA has learned with regret of the 2013 death of Raymond S. Weitzman. Dr.
The LSA hosted a free webinar about a range of linguistics-related careers, organized by the Special Intere
The LSA is pleased to announce the nomination of Andries Coetzee to serve a seven-year term as the next Editor of our flagship journal, Language.
Frederic Kris Lehman, Life Member and member since 1962, passed away on February 10, 2016 at the age of 92. Dr. Lehman had taught at the University of Illinois since 1959, and retired in 2009 as emeritus professor of anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive sciences.
The LSA participated in the 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival – the nation’s largest celebration of STEM – over the April 15-17 weekend in Washington, DC.
Learn more about the research interests of this recent Linguistic Institute Co-Director and former member of the LSA Program Committee, Alan Yu.
The LSA is pleased to offer a new webinar sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Linguistics Beyond Academia.
The LSA is pleased to announce the recipients of its fellowships to attend the 2016 CoLang: The Institute for Collaborative Research, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Nominating Committee of the LSA is soliciting nominations for the Vice President/President-Elect and members at-large of the Executive Committee (EC), including self-nominations. We ask nominators to provide a brief statement (ca.