LASSO 2025

54th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest

Oct. 9 - 11, 2025

Borderless Language

Join us for an inspiring three-day conference filled with insightful discussions across all areas of linguistic inquiry, from language attitudes and ideologies to phonetics, syntax, and beyond. Under the theme Borderless Language, we will explore multilingual and multicultural research that addresses crucial issues such as language and social justice, critical pedagogies, language in healthcare, language maintenance and revitalization, and sociolinguistics. Be part of thought-provoking conversations that promote community engagement and work towards creating a more inclusive, equitable world through the power of language. Don鈥檛 miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and engage with leading research!

Call for papers: LASSO 54th Annual Meeting, 2025

Conference Theme: Borderless Language
Conference Dates: October 9-11, 2025
Conference Location: 成人头条, 成人头条, Kansas

Speakers

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Keynote Speaker

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Penn State University

Rena Torres Cacoullos is Liberal Arts Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University. She is co-editor of Language Variation and Change and a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). She looks for quantitative patterns in everyday language use. Her classes are on grammatical variation across the Spanish-speaking world, cognitive and social factors in language change, and grammar from a usage-based perspective. Co-author of Bilingualism in the Community: Code-switching and Grammars in Contact, most recently she has tried to understand language variability and changeability across bilingual speakers. Applying the tools of linguistic variation theory pioneered by William Labov to bilingual speech communities, her studies show that bilinguals who regularly use both their languages are adept at keeping them connected, yet separate.

Presidential Address

Mark Waltermire, New Mexico State University

Mark Waltermire is a Professor of Linguistics at New Mexico State University. His main research areas are sociolinguistic variation and language contact, particularly regarding the linguistic results of Spanish in contact with Portuguese along the Uruguayan-Brazilian border and Spanish in contact with English in New Mexico. He has published original research findings in these areas in journals such as the International Journal of Bilingualism, Journal of Language Contact, Spanish in Context, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics,and Hispaniaas well as in multiple edited collections published by Routledge, John Benjamins, Mouton, and Edinburgh University Press. Most recently, he co-edited the book Mutual Influence in Situations of Spanish Language Contact in the Americas(Routledge).

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts may be written in English or Spanish. Presentations should be delivered in the same language as the abstract. Only one abstract as single author and a second as co-author will be accepted from any one individual. Presentation time for papers will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Proposals for complete panels with multiple speakers are also welcome but must fit within a 90-minute time frame.

Abstracts should be between 250 to 500 words, single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font. Use of special fonts should be kept to a minimum. In general, omit the bibliography. Abstracts must include the title of the paper and clearly show the importance of the study, previous research, the gap in existing literature, the objective of the study, and indicate key aspects of data and methodology.

To preserve anonymity during the review process, authors should not include their names, academic affiliation, email address or any other identifier or reveal their identity anywhere in the abstract. This information will be completed in a separate form prior to submission in Easy Abs. Include the title of the paper, area of research, author names, academic affiliations, and email addresses in the form within the abstract submission system. Submissions should be in pdf format.

Submissions by graduate students are especially welcome. By presenting at LASSO, graduate students are eligible for the Helmut Esau Prize, which includes a $400 award. Participation in LASSO is a privilege of membership. This means that an individual must be a current member in order to present a paper and be listed in the conference program. You may fill out a membership form at the same time as you register for the conference at .

Submissions open: February 3 to May 30, 2025

Deadline for single-paper submissions is May 30, 2025

Deadline for panel submissions is May 30, 2025

Abstract review period: July 1 to July 18, 2025

Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2025

Conference Registration

Welcome to the LASSO 2025 Conference Registration Page! We are delighted to have you join us. Please note that to attend the conference, you must be a LASSO member. You can pay the required here. Below are the details for registration and our special social events.

Presentation of papers at the annual LASSO conference is a privilege of membership, and only those who are current LASSO members may have their work presented. Members in good standing may vote and hold office.

Conference Details

Registration Rates

Early Bird: $175 (until August 15)
Regular Rate (Faculty): $200
Student & Community Member Presenters: $75
Non-Presenter Students & Community Members: Free
Banquet cost included in registration

Social Events

We highly recommend registering early to lock in the early bird fee and to ensure your participation in these delightful events. We look forward to welcoming you to 成人头条, KS and making this conference a memorable experience for all.

If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Accommodations

We are pleased to offer special conference rates for our attendees at the Hyatt Place 成人头条. The hotel is conveniently located on the Innovation Campus at 成人头条 main campus.

Special Conference Rate

Rate: $172.78 per night

Reservation Deadline: Sept. 8, 2025

To secure this special rate, reservations must be made using the provided link before Sept. 8. We recommend booking early to ensure availability.

Hotel Information

Hyatt Place 成人头条
4703 E 19th St N,
成人头条, KS 67208

Things To Do

成人头条 is home to many exciting attractions and museums including the seventh-largest zoo in the United States and the state鈥檚 most-visited outdoor attraction, the Sedgwick County Zoo. Find unending family-fun and educational experiences in every neighborhood of the city, jam-packed with cultural experiences, shopping and delicious local restaurants.