Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States LACUS on July 05, 2023 in Toledo, United States

The 2023 annual conference of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States, our 49th annual conference, will be held July 5-7, 2023, at The University of Toledo, in Toledo, Ohio, USA, and will be hosted by the Department of World Languages and Cultures.

Our plenary speaker this year will be Linda Rouillard of the University of Toledo. Papers by colleagues from around the world will be presented over the three days of the conference, and the dates of various other events will be announced soon.

The conference theme is Linguistic Journeys: Linguistics and Communication: Research and Teaching / Learning

All presentations will be available to both onsite and remote participants. All onsite presentations will also be Zoomed. All virtual (Zoomed) presentations will be available in the same rooms as the face-to-face one.

Abstracts. While abstracts presenting empirically grounded investigations in any theoretical framework into aspects of the conference theme are especially welcome, LACUS invites abstracts representing a broad range of approaches to language, including interdisciplinary topics and innovative ideas. The following list of topics is intended as suggestive rather than comprehensive or restrictive.

· Environmental linguistics

· Sociolinguistics

· Ethnolinguistics

· Context and meaning

· International communication

· Group interactions in different settings

  · Online communication

· Political discourse

· Discourse and social distancing

· Speaking and hearing under stress

· Personal / media bias in communication

· Anything else in general / historical linguistics

Abstracts must be submitted online. The abstract submission page, with guidelines, including a detailed schedule for abstract submissions, can be found here:

http://www.lacussquare.org/proposal-form.html

Proposal Form - LACUS (lacussquare.org)

The Ruth Brend Fund provides financial support to help defray costs of attending LACUS meetings for members from countries with weak currencies. The Presidents' Prize Fund helps pay for prizes awarded to the best student and post-doctoral papers presented at each annual LACUS conference.

Important Dates: The following is the planned timeline for LACUS 2023.

· 1 JAN 2023: Abstract submission opens (on-line)

· 26 FEB 2023: Final abstract submission deadline

· 4 APR 2023: Notification of acceptance / rejection

· 8 APR 2023: Deadline for receipt of confirmation of attendance from presenters

· 17 APR 2023: Deadline for receipt of presenter registration and membership fees

· 15 May 2023: First release of preliminary program

· 5-7 July 2023: LACUS Conference

· 5 July 2023: Board meeting, registration, reception, opening plenary.

Presenters are required to be members of LACUS and to be registered for the conference. Because of uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the LACUS Board of Directors have decided to hold the conference in a hybrid format. We expect there to be on-site presentations at the planned venue (The University of Toledo) AND virtual (live-streamed) presentations. ALL presentations (on-site and livestreamed) will be available to ALL attendees, those who are on-site AND those who are participating in LACUS via Zoom. (This means your presentation will be Zoomed even if you are presenting in person on-site.)

Proposal submission for LACUS 2023 began 1st JAN.

Contacts:

Housing arrangements will be announced soon.

Questions about housing, venue, travel:

- Gaby Semaan &/or Kasumi Yamazaki,

Local Arrangements Chairs [email protected]; [email protected]

Questions about proposal submission / schedule / program:

- Gaby Semaan, LACUS Program Chair [email protected]

Questions about registration / membership:

- Rennie Gonsalves, LACUS Treasurer [email protected]