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Meeting Handbook Linguistic Society of America American Dialect Society American Name Society North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas The Association for Linguistic Evidence 90th Annual Meeting Marriott Marquis Washington, DC 7-10 January, 2016 NATIVE AMERICAN ANALYZED ORAL TEXTS NOW AVAILABLE DOWNLOADABLE PDF e-BOOKS – $10 EACH Available titles: Mayan Texts I, II, and III; Louanna Furbee (1976, 1979, 1980) Otomi Parables, Folktales, and Jokes; H. Russell Bernard and Jesús Salinas Pedraza (1976) Yuman Texts ; Margaret Langdon (1976) Caddoan Texts ; Douglas R. Parks (1977) Northern California Texts ; Victor Golla and Shirley Silver (1977) Northwest Coast Texts ; Barry F. Carlson (1977) Coyote Stories; William Bright (1978) Crow Texts ; Dorothea V. Kaschube (1978) Northern Iroquoian Texts ; Marianne Mithun and Hanni Woodbury (1980) Coyote Stories II; Martha B. Kendall (1980) ORDER ONLINE AT WWW.PRESS.UCHICAGO.EDU INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS Editors: David Beck and Donna Gerdts IJAL is a world forum for the study of all languages native to North, Central, and South America. SSILA member rate now available at www.ssila.org SIGNS AND SOCIETY – OPEN ACCESS Editor: Richard J. Parmentier Signs and Society is a new multidisciplinary journal in the humanities and social sciences focusing on the study of sign process (or semiosis) in the realms of social action, cognition, and cultural form. www.journals.uchicago.edu Meeting Handbook Linguistic Society of America American Dialect Society American Name Society North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas The Association for Linguistic Evidence Marriott Marquis Washington, DC 7-10 January 2016 2016 Annual Meeting Major Sponsor Introductory Note The LSA Secretariat has prepared this Meeting Handbook to serve as the official program for the 90th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). In addition, the Handbook is the official program for the 2016 Annual Meetings of the American Dialect Society (ADS), the American Name Society (ANS), the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS), the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA), and The Association for Linguistic Evidence (TALE). We gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by the LSA Program Committee: Co-chairs Marlyse Baptista and Andries Coetzee and members Karlos Arregi, Misha Becker, Rajesh Bhatt, Kathryn Campbell-Kibler, Chad Howe, Michael Israel, Sun-Ah Jun, Line Mikkelsen, Jon Sprouse,, and Brent Woo. This year, the Program Committee received 21 preliminary proposals for organized sessions, 13 of which were accepted for presentation. The Committee received 657 individual abstracts, of which 186 were accepted for presentation as 20-minute papers and 150 were accepted for presentation as posters. All individual abstracts were reviewed anonymously. This year, each abstract was reviewed by the Program Committee and at least two additional reviewers drawn from a panel of 206 subfield experts. The LSA Secretariat and Program Committee extend sincere thanks to these external reviewers, who are listed below: Maya Abtahian Uriel Cohen Priva Dorothea Hoffmann Andrew Martin Bonny Sands Byron Ahn Ariel Cohen-Goldberg Bradley Hoot Marianne Mason Lynn Santelmann Patricia Amaral Adam Cooper Uri Horesh Kevin McGowan Carson Schütze Pascal Amsili Elizabeth Cowper Jonathan Howell Katherine McKinney- Kevin Schluter Scott AnderBois Jennifer Cramer Osamu Ishiyama Bock Patricia Schneider Zioga Philipp Angermeyer Deborah Dahl Carmen Jany Rocky Meade Katharina Schuhmann Anna Babel Amanda Dalola Cynthia Johnson Jason Merchant Yael Sharvit Molly Babel Alexandra D'Arcy Elsi Kaiser Kevin Moore Margaret Speas Melissa Baese-Berk Catherine Davies Laura Kalin Keir Moulton Patti Spinner Eric Bakovic Derek Denis Jungmin Kang Carol Myers-Scotton Rex Sprouse Sjef Barbiers Jeruen Dery Vsevolod Kapatsinski Hiroki Nomoto Lauren Squires Michael Barrie Sandra Deshors Aaron Kaplan Joanna Nykiel Dennis Storoshenko Michael Becker Emilie Destruel Abby Kaplan Anastasia Nylund Laurel Stvan Susan Behrens Stefan Diemer Joshua Katz Diane Ohala Kristen Syrett Archna Bhatia Molly Diesing Darya Kavitskaya Polly O'Rourke Sali Tagliamonte Anna Bosch Brenda Dominguez- Deborah Keller-Cohen Rafael Orozco Michal Temkin Martinez Solveig Bosse Rosado Michael Kenstowicz Robert Painter Chad Thompson Christopher Botero Hongyuan Dong Amel Khalfaoui Marjorie Pak Ida Toivonen David Bowie Bethany Dumas Sameer ud Dowla Khan Elizabeth Pearce Maziar Toosarvandani Evan Bradley Jonathan Dunn Jesse Kirchner Lisa Pearl Benjamin Tucker Earl Brown Charlene Eska Harriet Klein David Pesetsky Apiluck Tumtavitikul Helen Buckler Christina Esposito Sharon M Klein Betty Phillips Edward F Tuttle Eugene Buckley Ivie Esteban Peter Kosta Marc Pierce Joseph Tyler Ann Bunger Crawford Feagin Hadas Kotek Stephen Politzer-Ahles Leah van Ameyden Michael Cahill Sara Finley Rina Kreitman Eric Potsdam van Duym Jose Camacho Nicholas Fleisher Yusuke Kubota Dennis Preston Elly van Gelderen Richard Cameron Edward Flemming Sonja Lanehart Jeffrey Punske Jozina Vander Klok Rebeka Campos Amy Fountain Linda Lanz Lisa Reed Ljuba Veselinova Astorkiza Melinda Fricke Sonja Launspach Jeffrey Renaud Irene Vogel Elizabeth Canon Shin Fukuda Nala Huiying Lee Andrey Reznikov Wolfgang Wölck Katy Carlson Hans Götzsche Adrian Leemann Keren Rice Abby Walker Matthew Carlson Carrie Gillon Vera Lee-Schoenfeld Peter Richtsmeier Keith Walters Damir Cavar Kyle Gorman Julie Legate Lilia Rissman Chuan Chih Wang Vineeta Chand Daniel Hall Beth Levin Joseph Roy Natasha Warner Jane Chandlee Randy Harris Roger Levy Jelena Runic Neal Whitman Charles Chang Kara Hawthorne Brook Lillehaugen Jeffrey Runner Krista Williams Tridha Chatterjee Kirk Hazen Olga Lovick Cinzia Russi Martina Wiltschko Rui Chaves Daphna Heller Anya Lunden Kevin Ryan Eva Wittenberg Jidong Chen Peter Hendriks Silvia Luraghi William Salmon Malcah Yaeger-Dror Hyon Sook Choe Mie Hiramoto Frédéric Mailhot Joseph Salmons Suwon Yoon Ian Clayton Masako Hirotani Miralynn Malupa-Kim Liliana Sanchez Erin Zaroukian Robert Cloutier Hans Henrich Hock Michael Marlo Nathan Sanders Georgia Zellou We are also grateful to David Boe (NAAHoLS), Carole Chaski (TALE), Ivy Doak (SSILA), Allan Metcalf (ADS), Iman Nick, (ANS), and Eric Russell (SPCL). We appreciate the help given by LSA Intern Liz Shar, who assisted with preparation of this Handbook. Thanks are also due to the staff of the LSA Secretariat—Executive Assistant Rita Lewis, former Director of Communications Brice Russ, Director of Membership and Meetings David Robinson, and Executive Director Alyson Reed—for their work in organizing the 2016 Meeting. LSA Executive Committee January, 2016 Washington, DC Cover and frontispiece photographs used by permission of Destination DC. Contents Overview of This Handbook............................................................................................................................. 4 Exhibit Hall Floor Plan ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Meeting Room Floor Plans ................................................................................................................................9 General Meeting Information ..........................................................................................................................11 Office Hours ..................................................................................................................................................11 Special Events at the LSA Meeting ................................................................................................................13 Especially for Students ....................................................................................................................................15 Extraordinary Sessions at the Annual Meeting …………………………………………………………..….16 Linguistics Beyond Academia ……………………………………………………………………………....17 Meetings at a Glance Thursday…….. ................................................................................................................................................18 Friday………………………….. .....................................................................................................................20 Saturday……… ...............................................................................................................................................22 Sunday………..................................................................................................................................................24 Programs Thursday Afternoon .........................................................................................................................................31 Evening .............................................................................................................................................35 Friday Morning ............................................................................................................................................36 Afternoon .........................................................................................................................................44
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