LINGUIST List 22.3241 Mon Aug 15 2011 Confs: Sociolinguistics, General Linguistics/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Regina Morin , 40th Linguistic Association of the Southwest Message 1: 40th Linguistic Association of the Southwest Date: 11-Aug-2011 From: Regina Morin <rmorintcnj.edu> Subject: 40th Linguistic Association of the Southwest E-mail this message to a friend 40th Linguistic Association of the Southwest Short Title: LASSO Date: 30-Sep-2011 - 02-Oct-2011 Location: South Padre Island, TX, USA Contact: John Foreman Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.utb.edu/vpaa/cla/eng/lasso/Documents/LASSOXLprogram.pdf Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: Conference Theme: English and Spanish in Contact LASSO Membership: Participation in LASSO is a privilege of membership; this means that an individual must be a current member in order to present a paper and be listed in the conference program. The 2011 membership application can be found at http://clas.ucdenver.edu/lasso/LASSO_renewal.pdf or you may fill out a membership form at the same time you register for the conference online. Membership includes a subscription to the Southwest Journal of Linguistics. Program: The detailed program may be found here: http://www.utb.edu/vpaa/cla/eng/lasso/Documents/LASSOXLprogram.pdf A summary is as follows: Summary OF LASSO XL Program Thursday, Sept 29 5-6 pm Registration/check-in 6-9 pm Dinner & LASSO Executive Committee meeting Friday Morning, SEPT. 30 Parallel Sessions on: Language Attitudes, Language Rights, Attitudes & Policies, Subject & Object Pronoun Expression, Second Person Pronouns In Spanish, Language Contact, Heritage Spanish Lexicon, Heritage Spanish Speakers’ Attitudes Special Session: Editorship Of The Southwest Journal Of Linguistics, Joint Editors Pamela Anderson-Mejías & Hugo A. Mejías Friday Afternoon, Sept. 30 Parallel Sessions on: Borrowing, Language Ideologies, Historical Perspectives & Language Change, Migration, Revitalization & Demographic Factors, Variation in Spanish Morphosyntax, Structures & Strategies of Spanish in Literature, Selected Topics,Pedagogy & Language Learning 6-7 pm Plenary Speaker: Carmen Fought 7-9 pm Dinner & LASSO Business Meeting Saturday Morning, October 1 Special Panels on: Spanish in Houston, El español en Tejas—Más allá del ‘Tex-Mex’, SWJL: How To Get Published 101 (Joint Editors Pamela Anderson-Mejías & Hugo A. Mejías) Parallel Sessions on: Variation in Spanish Honetics/Phonology I, Variation In Spanish Phonetics/Phonology II, Mesoamerican I, Mesoamerican II, Semantics Saturday Afternoon, October 1 Special Panel on: Bilingual Youth in Texas: Examining Emergent Social Identities and Linguistic Practices Parallel Sessions on: Discourse Analysis & Popular Culture, Heritage Spanish Morphosyntax & Discourse, Linguistic Politeness, Mesoamerican III, Language Maintenance & Shift, Syntax, Transivity & Ergativity Sunday Morning, October 2 Special Panel on: El español en Massachusetts: Historia, vigencia y actualidad Parallel Sessions on: Bilingual Proficiency & Assessment, Structure of Conversation & Performance, Discourse Analysis Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 15-Aug-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.