Society for Linguistic Anthropology

Joshua Babcock and Jay Ke-Schutte In two recent special issues in Signs and Society and the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, we outlined how we see intersectionality contributing to a raciolin...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2024/04/22/the-both-and-non-binary-semiotics-of-intersectionality/

Among the four primary subfields of American anthropology, linguistic anthropology is arguably the least widely recognized and practiced globally (even as it overlaps in significant ways with fie...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2024/03/20/linguistic-anthropology-in-collaboration-across-the-global-north-and-south/

SLA is in an exciting moment!  Recent changes at AAA are prompting important conversations that give us opportunities to imagine how our collective future might develop.  Please join us at SLA...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2023/09/30/save-the-date-sla-futures/

The Executive Board of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. The editorship is a three-year t...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2023/09/29/journal-of-linguistic-anthropology-seeking-editor-in-chief-2/

Nominations are now open. The submission deadline is October 15, 2023. This award honors an SLA member or members for work that effectively impacts public awareness of social issues involving ...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2023/09/29/sla-award-for-public-outreach-and-community-service-call-for-nominations-4/

Congratulations to our 2023 Winners! New Voices Book Prize Piers Kelly for The Last Language on Earth: Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines Scott MacLochlainn for The Copy Generic: How the No...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2023/09/29/sla-new-voices-book-prize/

Submissions for the Annual Student Essay Prizes are now open. The deadline is January 15, 2024. The Society for Linguistic Anthropology holds an annual student essay competition at both underg...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2023/09/29/reminder-annual-student-essay-prizes/

Hi SLA folks, Attached is the SLA 2022 program for AAA in Seattle. In it are panels and events sponsored by SLA, as well as panels featuring our members but sponsored by other sections and socie...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2022/11/04/sla-2022-program-for-aaa-in-seattle/

The Society for Linguistic Anthropology holds an annual student essay competition at both undergraduate and graduate levels. In order to be eligible for one of these awards, the applicant must ha...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2022/11/02/reminder-annual-student-essay-prizes-undergrad-grad/

Dear all, We hope you have had a good holiday time. We would like to share with you the poster for the event “Reclaiming New Speakers, Revising Old Authenticities: Basque, Catalan, and Gali...

https://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2022/09/27/october-6-event-12-2pm-est-reclaiming-new-speakers-revising-old-authenticities-basque-catalan-and-galician-in-2022/