FYI: 2003 LSA Institute, Michigan St. U, Lansing MI

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Dennis R. Preston

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WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT SUMMER! 2003 LSA Institute, June 30 - August 8, 2003 Sponsored by The Linguistic Society of America & The Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University Theme: Language, Mind & Culture Nearly 90 courses in all areas of linguistics, taught by nearly 100 of the word's best-known linguists, will be offered at the 2003 LSA Institute at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Seven introductory courses run the entire 6 weeks; the remainder are offered in 3-week blocks from June 30th to July 18th or from July 21s to August 8th. There are both introductory and advanced courses in the 3-week sessions, and all courses are open to graduate and undergraduate students and Institute Affiliates (nonstudents). A variety of concurrent events (workshops, conferences) will be held in conjunction with the regular coursework of the Institute, and the Sapir, Collitz, and Forum Lecture Series include Edward Sapir Professor: Ray Jackendoff Hermann & Klara Collitz Professor: John Rickford Forum lecturers: Janet Dean Fodor, Jane Hill, William Labov, and Michael Tanenhaus For complete, up-to-date information, including course, conference, and workshop schedules, visit the Institute website: http://lsa2003.lin.msu.edu Registration information and forms will be available on the website in late November, 2002. A brochure will be distributed to departments of linguistics around the first of December, 2002, and individual copies can be requested by e-mailing us a lsa2003@msu.edu or writing to us a LSA 2003 A-740 Wells Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA We look forward to welcoming you to East Lansing next summer. Dennis R. Preston Director, 2003 LSA Institute