Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Languages of the Americas

The Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) is an annual linguistics conference that started in 1995. The main objective of WSCLA is to bring together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of the indigenous languages of the Americas.

Purpose

WSCLA exists in order to exchange ideas across theories, language families, and scholars. It also aims to bridge the gap between the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in language maintenance and revitalization.[1][2]

Indigenous linguist and McGill professor James Crippen, primary organizer of WSCLA 26, said about the conference:[3]

WSCLA is a synthesis of two distinct fields of research of linguistics, one of which is research on the theory of human language… the universal human phenomenon of language and the fundamental organizing principles of human language, and the other field is specifically the research on indigenous languages of the Americas in general.

Papers and posters presented at WSCLA meetings are published by the University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics (UBCWPL).[4] The conference has been highlighted for its work on supporting indigenous reserach topics.[5]

Past conferences

WSCLA Conferences
Conference Location
WSCLA 1 University of Manitoba
WSCLA 2 Brandon University
WSCLA 3 Saskatchewan Indian Federated College/University of Regina
WSCLA 4 University of British Columbia
WSCLA 5 University of Toronto
WSCLA 6 Memorial University of Newfoundland
WSCLA 7 University of Alberta
WSCLA 8 Brandon University
WSCLA 9 University of Victoria
WSCLA 10 University of Toronto
WSCLA 11 University of British Columbia
WSCLA 12 University of Lethbridge
WSCLA 13 Queen's University
WSCLA 14 Purdue University
WSCLA 15 University of Ottawa
WSCLA 16 University of Massachusetts Amherst
WSCLA 17 University of Chicago
WSCLA 18 University of California, Berkeley[6]
WSCLA 19 Memorial University of Newfoundland
WSCLA 20 University of Arizona
WSCLA 21 Université du Québec à Montréal
WSCLA 22 University of British Columbia
WSCLA 23 University of Ottawa
WSCLA 24 University of Maryland, College Park
WSCLA 25 Sogang University
WSCLA 26 McGill University[3]
WSCLA 27 University of Toronto[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WSCLA 2024". WSCLA 2024. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto. 2024. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  2. ^ "CFP". easychair.org. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  3. ^ a b "An Interview with Professor James Crippen on the Importance of Indigenous Language Revitalization". Faculty of Arts. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  4. ^ "UBC". lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  5. ^ "Spotlight on Indigenous Research in the Faculty of Arts". Faculty of Arts. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  6. ^ "WSCLA". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  7. ^ "Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) 27". Department of Linguistics. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
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