<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">The Linguistic
Society of America has provided the following information on accommodations and preregistration for the Annual Meeting, January 8-11, 2015. Information on SSILA membership follows.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Hotel Accommodations</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">The Hilton Portland &
Executive Tower has reserved a block of rooms for those attending the 2015
Annual Meeting.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/why-should-attendees-book-lsa-room-block-2015-annual-meeting"><span style="color:rgb(167,35,35);text-decoration:none">Why attendees
should book with the LSA Room Block for the 2015 Annual Meeting</span></a><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">Hotel reservations at the LSA
Annual Meeting rate are available online and by telephone, and must be made by
Saturday, December 6 at the latest. Early reservations are encouraged.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">The special LSA room rates for
the 2015 Annual Meeting are:</span></p>

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Single/Double/Triple/Quad: $119/night</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">Reserve your hotel room
online </span><a href="https://aws.passkey.com/event/11252516/owner/4173/home" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(167,35,35);text-decoration:none">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">: <a href="https://aws.passkey.com/event/11252516/owner/4173/home">https://aws.passkey.com/event/11252516/owner/4173/home</a>. 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">To reserve a room or rooms by
telephone, call 1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667) and mention the Linguistic
Society of America (LSA) room rate.  </span></p>

<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:normal">Meeting Registration</span></h2>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">Preregistration for the 2015
Annual Meeting will be available from October 1 through December 19,
2014.  Preregistration instructions, including the code allowing SSILA
members to register at the LSA-member rate, will be made available at that
time.  </span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(68,93,123)">Membership in SSILA</span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,93,123)">Membership renewal reminders will be sent out in October.  Included with the reminder will be information on our collaboration with the University of Chicago Press to
offer SSILA members the <i>International
Journal of American Linguistics</i> at a very attractive rate beginning in 2015.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div dir="ltr">Ivy Doak, SSILA Executive Secretary<div><a href="mailto:ssila2@gmail.com" target="_blank">ssila2@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.ssila.org" target="_blank">www.ssila.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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