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    "Linguistic Emancipation.” John Baugh. Volume 99.4 (2023)

  • New in Semantics & Pragmatics

    "Limitations of a modal analysis of before and after." Toshiyuki Ogihara, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld. Volume 17, 2024

  • New in Phonological Data & Analysis

    "A typological survey of the phonological behaviors of implosives: Implications for feature theories." Hannah Sande, Madeleine Oakley. Volume 5 No. 7, 2023

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LSA is a scholarly society for linguists and other interested individuals. LSA members include students, faculty, and linguists working in government, non-profit organizations, and industry. The mission of LSA is to advance the scientific study of language.  LSA plays a critical role in the development and dissemination of linguistic scholarship for the advancement of knowledge and betterment of society. 
 

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Member Spotlight

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Joy P. G. Peltier (University of South Carolina) is a Black scholar of African American and Caribbean descent whose interests center on high-contact and minoritized language varieties. Peltier’s research includes work on pragmatic markers and noun phrases in Kwéyòl Donmnik, attitudes towards Creole languages among Creole users and linguists, the equitable inclusion of Creoles in linguistics pedagogy, and the experiences of Black faculty in the language sciences. 

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The LSA Executive Committee has held a series of discussions regarding how the insights, tools, and empirical findings of linguistics could be highlighted, organized, and engaged so as to illuminate the ways language can be used as a tool to provoke conflict and drive polarization, or to build bridges for peace-making. All LSA members are invited to contribute to this effort.



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Job Board

  • Visiting Assistant Professor - Phonology 

    The Department of Linguistics at the University of Kansas invites applications for a non-tenure track, limited term appointment for two academic years for a Visiting Assistant Professor position to begin as early as August 18, 2024. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Linguistics or closely related field (expected by the start date of the appointment) with a specialization in Phonology. We especially welcome candidates who can collaborate in research and teaching with current faculty in other areas such as phonetics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and fieldwork. The successful candidate should demonstrate excellence in teaching and a strong record of research in phonology. The teaching load is three courses in the fall and three courses in the spring, including introductory courses in linguistics and more specialized courses in phonology at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

    Initial review of applications will begin April 15, 2024 and will continue until a pool of qualified applications has been obtained.

    Details URL: http://employment.ku.edu/academic/27423BR
    Position Type: Visiting Professor
    Linguistic Specialization: Phonology 

     

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at rank of Instructor 

    The Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher at the rank of Instructor in syntax. The selected candidate will pursue their research agenda under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will participate in the intellectual life of the department, including by delivering public presentations of their scholarship. The Instructor will also be expected to teach four courses per year at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including courses in syntax and other related areas, as well as Core courses in the Humanities, and to serve as an adviser and/or mentor to undergraduate and doctoral students in the department. The expected start date is September 1, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. The initial appointment will be made for a two-year term, renewable up to one additional year following successful review.

    Qualifications

    We seek scholars with a specialty in syntax with strong research abilities. Previous teaching experience at the university level is highly desired. The successful candidate must have completed the requirements for a Ph.D. in Linguistics or a related field by the start of the appointment.

  • Visiting Assistant/Associate Professor 

    The Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University (https://cogsci.jhu.edu/about/) invites applications for a three-year visiting faculty position in syntax and syntactic processing. The faculty member is expected to teach courses that will align with the department’s educational mission as well as mentor undergraduate Cognitive Science majors and Linguistics minors. Preference will be given to an individual who can teach advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Theoretical Syntax and (Experimental) Language Processing as well as additional Linguistics and Psycholinguistics courses (e.g., interfaces including Morphology-Syntax, Syntax-Prosody; Acquisition of (Morpho-)Syntax, Codeswitching, Heritage Language, Neurolinguistics, etc.) as part of their teaching portfolio. The annual full-time teaching load for this position is 4 courses.

    The start date for this position is July 1, 2024 or January 1, 2025, at the latest.

    A Ph.D. is required in Linguistics or Cognitive Science and teaching experience is essential.

    Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy and interests, diversity statement, teaching evaluations, up to three publications, and the names of at least three references via Interfolio. Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

    Details URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/138843
    Position Type: Visiting Professor
    Linguistic Specialization: Cognitive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Morphology, Neurolinguistics, Prosody, Psycholinguistics, Syntax

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SALT 2024

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CoLang 2024

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LBA Career Launch 2024

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