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<span style="color:#212121">We are now six weeks away from the start of the 2025 Linguistic Society of America (LSA) summer Institute, which we are hosting in the beautiful Eugene, OR, from July 7 to August 8, under the general theme of Language in Use.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">There are two terms of exciting programming, with ~80 courses by faculty from around the world, including many on typology (<a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/program/search/" title="https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/program/search/"><span style="color:#96607D">https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/program/search/</span></a>),
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<span style="color:#212121">eight co-located conferences (<a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/co-located-conferences.php" title="https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/co-located-conferences.php"><span style="color:#96607D">https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/co-located-conferences.php</span></a>),
including<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/usage-based-phonology-2025/home" target="_blank">Usage-based Approaches to Phonology</a>,
<a href="https://www.snailconference.org/home" target="_blank">SNAIL: Symposium on Northwest American Indigenous Languages</a>, and the
<a href="https://himalayansymposium.org" target="_blank">28th Himalayan Languages Symposium</a><span style="color:#212121">. Conference registration is waived for Institute attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">There are also many exciting practical tutorials on various tools on Wednesdays:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/special_events.php" title="https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/special_events.php"><span style="color:#96607D">https://center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/special_events.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Please consider attending, and let your students know!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Volya Kapatsinski, Kaori Idemaru and Spike Gildea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Professor Vsevolod Kapatsinski</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Head of the Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Director of the Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute, Eugene, OR, 2025</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Area Editor,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Linguistics Vanguard</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(cog, exp, comp)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">blogs.uoregon.edu/ublab/</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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