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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 89th Annual Meeting UIF+/0 7/-+Fi0N i0N XgLP(+I'L 5/hL- 7/-+Fi0N` 96 ;_AA Ti0(i-e` @\A= ANNUAL REVIEWS It’s about time. Your time. It’s time well spent. VISIT US IN BOOTH #1 LEARN ABOUT OUR NEW JOURNAL AND ENTER OUR DRAWING! New from Annual Reviews: Annual Review of Linguistics linguistics.annualreviews.org • Volume 1 • January 2015 Co-Editors: Mark Liberman, University of Pennsylvania and Barbara H. Partee, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Annual Review of Linguistics covers significant developments in the field of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and their interfaces. 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ANNUAL REVIEWS: Connect With Our Experts Tel: 800.523.8635 (US/CAN) | Tel: 650.493.4400 | Fax: 650.424.0910 | Email: [email protected] 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 Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Portland, OR 8-11 January 2015 2015 Annual Meeting Sponsors MajOr Sponsor: Student Mixer SpOnsor: Introductory Note The LSA Secretariat has prepared this Meeting Handbook to serve as the official program for the 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). In addition, the Handbook is the official program for the 2015 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 Molly Diesing and Marlyse Baptista, and members Karlos Arregi, José Camacho, Andries Coetzee, Chad Howe, Michael Israel, Sun-Ah Jun, Line Mikkelsen, Jon Sprouse, Laura Wagner, and Brent Woo. This year, the Program Committee received 14 preliminary proposals for organized sessions, 12 of which were accepted for presentation. The Committee received 606 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 203 subfield experts. The LSA Secretariat and Program Committee extend sincere thanks to these external reviewers, who are listed below: Natasha Abner Thomas Ernst Jean Pierre Koenig Kyle Rawlins Christiana Ajewole-Orimogunje Charlene Eska George Kotzoglou Sravana Reddy Pascal Amsili Crawford Feagin Jelena Krivokapic Andrey Reznikov Scott AnderBois Hana Filip Yusuke Kubota Keren Rice Anna Babel Sara Finley Grace Kuo Celeste Rodriguez Louro Molly Babel Edwin Floyd Julia Kuznetsova Ruth Rouvier Melissa Baese-Berk Janet Dean Fodor Itziar Laka Catherine Rudin Eric Bakovic Catherine Fortin Tuan Lam Jeffrey Runner Carolina Barrera-Tobon Melinda Fricke Scott Lamanna Cinzia Russi Edwin Battistella Shin ukuda Sonja Lanehart Daniela Salcedo Salvador Bautista Hans Götzsche Linda Lanz William Salmon Michael Becker Alice Gaby Sonja Launspach Bonny Sands Jill Beckman Carrie Gillon Jenny Lederer Kathy Sands Archna Bhatia Zhanna Glushan Seunghun Lee Kevin Schluter Bronwyn Bjorkman Carolina Gonzalez Julie Legate Christina Schoux Casey Liudmila Bolsunovskaya Kyle Gorman Beth Levin Yael Sharvit Anna Bosch Christopher Green David Lightfoot Patricia A. Shaw Claire Bowern Daniel Hall Brook Lillehaugen Michael Shelton David Bowie Heidi Harley Anne Lobeck Michael Shepherd Evan Bradley Jesse Harris Terje Lohndal Margaret Speas Aaron Braver Jason Haugen Jonathan MacDonald Patti Spinner Ellen Broselow Kara Hawthorne Dalia Magaña Bernard J. Spolsky Lynn Burley Lilith M. Haynes Robert Malouf Lauren Squires Richard Cameron John Hellermann Miralynn Malupa-Kim John Evar Strid Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Peter Hendriks Michael Marlo Laurel Stvan Katy Carlson Masako Hirotani Daniel McCloy Kristen Syrett Matthew Carlson Hans Henrich Hock Theresa McGarry Lyn Tieu Vineeta Chand Dorothea Hoffmann David Medeiros Natasha Todorovich Rui Chaves Gary Holton Lise Menn Ida Toivonen Cheng-Fu Chen Bradley Hoot Utako Minai Naoko Tomita Jidong Chen Uri Horesh Keir Moulton Radoslava Trnavac Hyon Sook Choe Jonathan Howell Sarah Murray Benjamin Tucker Jinsun Choe I-Ta Hsieh Marie Nadolske Joseph Tyler Chao-Ting Chou Amanda Huensch Andrew Nevins Virginia Valian Eve Clark Monica-Alexandrina Irimia Hiroki Nomoto Elly van Gelderen Robert Cloutier Osamu Ishiyama Anastasia Nylund Irene Vo gel Richard Compton Scott Jackson Polly o'Rourke Matthew Wagers Adam Cooper Carmen Jany Robert Painter James Walker Edward Cormany Rodney Jubilado Bozena Pajak Keith Walters Elizabeth Cowper Edith Kaan Dan Parker Dieter Wanner Alexandra D'Arcy Elsi Kaiser Mark Patkowski Neal Whitman Jeruen Dery Aaron Kaplan Elizabeth Pearce Cecily Whitworth Sandra Deshors Abby Kaplan Lisa Pearl Jeffrey Witzel Anna Maria Di Sciullo Somdev Kar Thomas Perry Lynsey Wolter Cathal Doherty Joshua Katz David Pesetsky Malcah Yaeger-Dror Brenda Dominguez-Rosado Michael Kenstowicz Marc Pierce Jiwon Yun Hongyuan Dong Amel Khalfaoui Stephen Politzer-Ahles Laurie Zaring Laura Downing Sameer ud Dowla Khan Eric Potsdam Erin Zaroukian Matthew Dryer Cynthia Kilpatrick Dennis Preston Georgia Zellou Cristina Dye Jesse Kirchner Jeffrey Punske Leyla Zidani-Eroglu Alyson Eggleston Harriet Klein Maya Ravindranath 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 Interns James Heckathorn, who assisted with preparation of this Handbook, and Brent Woo, who designed the 2015 Annual Meeting logos. Thanks are also due to the staff of the LSA Secretariat—Executive Assistant Rita Lewis, Director of Communications Brice Russ, Director of Membership and Meetings David Robinson, and Executive Director Alyson Reed—for their work in organizing the 2015 Meeting. LSA Executive Committee January, 2015, Portland, Oregon Cover photograph used by permission of Travel Portland. Contents Overview of This Handbook........................................................................................................................4 Exhibit Hall Floor Plan ................................................................................................................................5 Poster Session Floor Plan.............................................................................................................................6 Meeting Room Floor Plans ..........................................................................................................................9 General Meeting Information ....................................................................................................................10 Special Events at the LSA Meeting ..........................................................................................................12 Especially for Students ..............................................................................................................................14