This archive contains dates, locations, and other important information about the LSA Annual Meetings going back to 1965. This archive holds the following type of information:

  • Annual Meeting Handbooks (1965-present)
  • Meeting Information (2007-present)
  • Business Meeting Minutes (2013-present)
  • Extended Abstracts (2010-2015, often included inside of the earlier Annual Meeting Handbooks)
  • Other information specific to individual meetings

The digital copies of the handbooks for the years 1965-1997 are courtesy of Brian Joseph and his OSU volunteers, Logan Fout and Khayla Slemp, supported by the OSU Department of Linguistics, and the department chair, Shari Speer. 

Year

Date

City

Program

2022

6–9 Jan

Washington, DC

& Virtual

Handbook [pdf]

Business Meeting Minutes

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Reports

Proceedings

Audiovisual Resources (Videos, Posters, etc.)

2021 7-10 Jan Virtual

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Reports *No Annual Meeting Handbook was produced for the 2021 Annual Meeting.

Proceedings

Audiovisual Resources (due to technical issues a minority of the content of the 2021 virtual meeting is not available)

2020 2-5 Jan New Orleans, LA

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook (PDF)

Proceedings 

Special Issue

Audiovisual Resources

 
2019 3-6 Jan New York, NY

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook (PDF)

Proceedings

Exec. Director's Annual Report - Alyson Reed

Invited Plenary Address - Diane Lillo-Martin 

LSA Award Ceremony 

5-Minute Linguist Contest

2018 4-7 Jan Salt Lake City UT

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook (PDF)

Proceedings

LSA Award Ceremony

5-Minute Linguist Contest

2017

5-8 Jan

Austin, TX

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook (PDF)

Proceedings

Invited Plenary Address - Colleen Fitzgerald

Building Capacity in Linguistics and Endangered Languages at Tribal Colleges and Universities Workshop

Dialectology in a Multilingual North America - Robert Bayley (University of California Davis) (PDF)

LSA Public Lectures

5-Minute Linguist Contest

2016

7-10 Jan

Washington, DC

 

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook (PDF)

Proceedings

Presidential Address: Language (and Linguistics) on Trial: Hearing Vernacular Speakers in Courtrooms and Beyond - John R. RickfordHandout (PDF),  

Storify Summary of Twitter Activity During Address

CELP Panel on Documenting Variation in Endangered Languages

Student Panel on presenting your research in different contexts: 

Presidential Address, Awards Ceremony, Induction of LSA Fellows, Paul Chapin Tribute Session, and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Photos)

Storify summary of Twitter activity (#LSA2016) During the Meeting

 

2015

8-11 Jan

Portland, OR

Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

Extended Abstracts

Meeting Photos

Panel on Careers for Linguists in Industry

Special Organized Session on the Publishing Process

2014

2-5 Jan

 Minneapolis, MN

Business Meeting Minutes

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

Extended Abstracts

2013

3-6 Jan

Boston, MA

Business Meeting Minutes

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

Extended Abstracts

2012

5-8 Jan

Portland, OR

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

Workshop on Sociolinguistic Archival Preparation

Workshop on Input and Syntactic Acquisition

Extended Abstracts

2011

6-9 Jan

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting HandbookExtended Abstracts

 

2010

7-10 Jan

Baltimore, MD

Meeting Information

Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting

Annual Meeting Handbook

Extended Abstracts

2009

8-11 Jan

San Francisco, CA

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

2008

3-6 Jan

Chicago, IL

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

Preliminary Program

2007

4-7 Jan

Anaheim, CA

Meeting Information

Annual Meeting Handbook

Brief Report

2006

5-8 Jan

Albuquerque, NM

Annual Meeting Handbook

2005

6-9 Jan

Oakland, CA

Annual Meeting Handbook

2004

8-11 Jan

Boston

Annual Meeting Handbook

2003

2-5 Jan

Atlanta

Annual Meeting Handbook

2002

3-6 Jan

San Francisco

Annual Meeting Handbook

2001

4-7 Jan

Washington, DC

Annual Meeting Handbook

2000

6-9 Jan

Chicago

Annual Meeting Handbook

1999

7-10 Jan

Los Angeles

Annual Meeting Handbook

1998

8-11 Jan

New York

Annual Meeting Handbook

1997

2-5 Jan

Chicago

Annual Meeting Handbook

1996

4-7 Jan

San Diego

Annual Meeting Handbook

1995

5-8 Jan

New Orleans

Annual Meeting Handbook

1994

6-9 Jan

Boston

Annual Meeting Handbook

1993

7-10 Jan

Los Angeles

Annual Meeting Handbook

1992

9-12 Jan

Philadelphia

Annual Meeting Handbook

1990-91

3-6 Jan

Chicago

Annual Meeting Handbook

1989

27-30 Dec

Washington, DC

Annual Meeting Handbook

1988

27-30 Dec

New Orleans

Annual Meeting Handbook

1987

27-30 Dec

San Francisco

Annual Meeting Handbook

1986

27-30 Dec

New York

Annual Meeting Handbook

1985

27-30 Dec

Seattle

Annual Meeting Handbook

1984

27-30 Dec

Baltimore

Annual Meeting Handbook

1983

27-30 Dec

Minneapolis

Annual Meeting Handbook

1982

27-30 Dec

San Diego

Annual Meeting Handbook

1981

27-30 Dec

New York

Annual Meeting Handbook

1980

28-30 Dec

San Antonio

Annual Meeting Handbook

1979

27-29 Dec

Los Angeles

Annual Meeting Handbook

1978

28-30 Dec

Boston

Annual Meeting Handbook

1977

28-30 Dec

Chicago

Annual Meeting Handbook

1976

28-30 Dec

Philadelphia

Annual Meeting Handbook

1975

27-30 Dec

San Francisco

Annual Meeting Handbook

1974

27-30 Dec

New York

Annual Meeting Handbook

1973

28-30 Dec

San Diego

Annual Meeting Handbook

1972

27-29 Dec

Atlanta

Annual Meeting Handbook

1971

28-30 Dec

St. Louis

Annual Meeting Handbook

1970

28-30 Dec Washington, DC Annual Meeting Handbook

1969

29-31 Dec San Francisco Annual Meeting Handbook

1968

28-30 Dec New York, NY Annual Meeting Handbook

1967

28-30 Dec Chicago Annual Meeting Handbook

1966

28-30 Dec New York, NY Annual Meeting Handbook

1965

28-30 Dec Chicago Annual Meeting Handbook

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