Annual Meeting Handbook - Linguistic Society of America
Annual Meeting Handbook - Linguistic Society of America
Annual Meeting Handbook - Linguistic Society of America
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General <strong>Meeting</strong> Information<br />
Exhibit<br />
The exhibit <strong>of</strong> linguistic publications will be in the Constitution Ballroom.<br />
hours:<br />
The exhibit is scheduled to be open the following<br />
Friday, 9 January 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM<br />
Saturday, 10 January 10: 00 AM – 1:00 PM 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM<br />
Sunday, 11 January 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM<br />
The display copies in the LSA Joint Book Exhibit will be sold begining at 8:30 AM on 9 January. These display copies have been<br />
generously donated by the publishers exhibiting in the LSA Joint Book Exhibit, and the proceeds will be donated to fellowships for<br />
the <strong>Linguistic</strong> Institute. Advance orders for display copies, at a discount <strong>of</strong> 5% greater than that given by the publisher, will be taken<br />
prior to 11 January if accompanied by payment. All books must be picked up on 11 January between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM.<br />
Unclaimed books will be resold and the advance payment donated to the <strong>Linguistic</strong> Institute fellowships.<br />
Job Placement Center<br />
A Job Placement Center will be be set up in Beacon D On 9 and 10 January, the center will be open 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM. It will<br />
also be open 9:00 – 11:00 AM on 11 January. Lists <strong>of</strong> openings will be available, and the staff will facilitate interviews between<br />
applicants and employers. Interviewers are asked to list openings and check in with the center staff so that an interview schedule can<br />
be arranged. Applicants should bring an adequate supply <strong>of</strong> their CV's—enough to submit one copy to each interviewer. The center<br />
will have no duplication facilities.<br />
Speakers' Preparation Room.<br />
The Kent Room will be open 8 January, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, and 9 and 10 January, 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM, for speakers who have<br />
brought their own equipment for Power Point presentations and wish to test their equipment before their session.<br />
Open Committee <strong>Meeting</strong>s<br />
• LSA Executive Committee . Thursday, 8 January, Exeter Room, beginning at 9:00 AM.<br />
• Endangered Languages and Their Preservation . Saturday, 10 January, Exeter Room, 8:00 - 9:00 AM.<br />
• Ethnic Diversity in <strong>Linguistic</strong>s . Friday, 9 January, Clarendon A Room, 8:00 - 9:00 AM.<br />
• Language in the School Curriculum . Saturday, 10 January, Dalton Room, 8:00 - 9:00 AM.<br />
• Status <strong>of</strong> Women in <strong>Linguistic</strong>s . Saturday, 10 January, Hamptons Room, 8:00 - 9:00 AM.<br />
• Undergraduate Program Advisory . Friday, 9 January, Dalton Room, 8:00 - 10:00 AM.<br />
• Web Video/Virtual Museum on Lan guage and <strong>Linguistic</strong>s . Saturday, 10 January, Conference Room, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM.<br />
Thursday, 8 January<br />
Special Events<br />
• National Science Foundation <strong>Linguistic</strong>s Program . Open meeting. Dalton Room, 1:00 - 2:15 PM.<br />
• Tutorial: Acoustic Analysis . Back Bay Ballroom D, 1:00 - 6:30 PM.<br />
• Town <strong>Meeting</strong>: An Opportunity for New NSF Funding for <strong>Linguistic</strong>s . Back Bay Ballroom B, 2:30 - 4:30 PM.<br />
• Panel: Linguists and the Press . Gardner Room, 4:30 - 6:00 PM.<br />
• Opening Welcome . Grand Ballroom, 7:15 PM.<br />
• Invited Plenary Addresses . Grand Ballroom.<br />
7:30 PM Laurence Horn (Yale U): 'Lexical pragmatics: H. Paul, Grice, and beyond'<br />
8:30 PM Lyn Frazier (U MA-Amherst): 'Syntactic parsing and the interfaces'<br />
Friday, 9 January<br />
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