The Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) is an annual linguistics conference, which started in 1995. The central objective of WSCLA is to bring together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of aboriginal languages of the Americas in order to exchange ideas across theories, language families, generations of scholars, and across the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in language maintenance and revitalization. WSCLA 17 will be held in the West Lounge (2nd floor) of Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago on March 9-11, 2012. The invited speakers are:
In addition there will be a round table discussion with invited speakers on the role of youths in language revitalization efforts. |