<div dir="ltr">Dear Linganthers, <div><br></div><div>We invite you to read this month's column in <i>Anthropology News</i>, SLA Section News: </div><div><br></div><div>(January 2016) Michael Silverstein's "<a href="http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/01/21/a-proposal-to-initiate-a-spring-sla-meeting/">A Proposal to Initiate a Spring SLA Meeting</a>" <br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>You can also read this column on our <a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2016/01/29/an-news-a-proposal-to-initiate-a-spring-sla-meeting-by-michael-silverstein-university-of-chicago/">SLA Website</a>, where we will archive it permanently. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Moreover, please note the following <b>SLA Business News items</b>: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2015/12/16/sla-interdisciplinary-public-engagement-conference-fund-cfp-application/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px">Call for Proposals: SLA Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px">(Deadline: October 1, 2016 for 2017 conferences)</span><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px"><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2016/01/07/sla-graduate-essay-contest-2016/" target="_blank">SLA Graduate Student Paper contest for 2016</a> (Deadline, March, 11, 2016)</p><div>Best Wishes,</div><div>Aaron Ansell and Anna Babel, Contributing Co-editors</div><div><i>Anthropology News</i>, SLA Section News</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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