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The Department of Linguistics at the University of Washington is pleased to host the 4th Sound Systems of Latin America (SSLA 4) on November 8-9, 2024.
SSLA 4 brings together leading scholars in the study of the sound systems of the indigenous languages of Latin America. Latin American indigenous languages are both linguistically diverse and severely endangered and under-studied. SSLA 4 promotes the scholarly interaction and collaboration between indigenous and non-indigenous researchers. The conference’s topics will therefore encompass both the synchrony and diachrony of the phonetics and phonologies of particular dialects, languages, and families, and the contributions of these languages to phonetic and phonological typology, along with the documentation of languages whose phonologies remain undescribed or under-described. Many (or all) of the scholarly talks presented at the conference will discuss direct collaborations with indigenous communities for language documentation, thus promoting indigenous points of views in the development of the best practices within our field for carrying out this research.
Important dates
- Abstract deadline: July 23rd, 2024
- Notification of acceptance: August 1st, 2024
- Conference: November 8-9, 2024
Invited speakers
- Gabriela Caballero (UC San Diego)
- Gabriel A. Gallinate (UT Austin)
Sponsors
- Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies at UW
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW
- Department of Linguistics at UW
- Department of Spanish & Portuguese at UW
- Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences at UW
- Simpson Center for the Humanities at UW
Organizers
Land acknowledgement
We recognize that the University of Washington stands on the lands and shared waters of the Coast Salish Peoples; Duwamish, Puyallup, Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations.