call field reports endangered lgs lsa 96 reposted message linguistic society america lsa committee endangered languages preservation please note deadline submission september 1 1995 tony woodbury call abstracts field reports endangered languages lsa annual meeting san diego january 4 7 1996 last year lsa meeting new orleans committee endangered languages preservation presented twopart organized session titled field reports endangered languages beginning year field reports endangered languages listed lsa abstract submittal form one primary area linguistics addressed regular submissions lsa annual meeting san diego enough abstracts designating category accepted field reports endangered languages may title one regular sessions meeting papers category expected report results recent field work especially necessarily languages endangered focus major themes work field linguists include scientific importance specific field results including new phenomena facts b nature language endangerment shift sociolinguistics endangered languages communities distribution speaker strength languages dialects given area attitudes toward language death c ways communities linguists responded conditions including language preservation revitalization efforts methodological issues dictionary making natural text representation survey methods e ethical issues abstracts designating category indicate briefly communities languages involved vitality language nature goals location field work major prior linguistic documentation society study indigenous languages americas ssila meet jointly lsa 1996 hoped field reports endangered languages session year complementary focus languages africa eurasia oceania well languages predominantly non native communities americas e g sign languages pidgins creoles varieties overseas languages accordingly reports native american languages encouraged submit ssila possible deadline receipt abstracts sept 1 1995 please note date week half earlier previous years like submissions abstracts reviewed lsa program committee consultation outside referees submission open lsa member details see _ lsa bulletin _ 146 december 1994 pp 6166 committee endangered languages preservation considers vitally important new category supported strong complement abstract submissions interested lsa members way field reports endangered languages become established part lsa programs years come please direct questions tony woodbury email acw mail utexas edu phone 512 4711701 512 4725305 end message