WSCLA 2024

Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) 27

University of Toronto, 26-28 April 2024

WSCLA is an annual conference devoted to the formal and theoretically-informed linguistic study of the Indigenous languages of North, Central, and South America. The 27th iteration will be held at the University of Toronto on April 26-28, 2024.

Invited speakers:

  • Anja Arnhold, University of Alberta
  • Ryan DeCaire, University of Toronto
  • Karin Michelson, SUNY Buffalo
  • Jaime Perez, UCSB
  • Rodrigo Ranero, UCLA
  • Mskwaankwad Rice, University of Minnesota
  • Naja Trondhjem, University of Copenhagen & Ilisimatusarfik

Invited panelists for the Sunday Special Session on the Revitalization of Kanien’kéha:

  • Tahohtharátye Joe Brant, Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na and UofT
  • Rohahiyo Jordan Brant, Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa
  • Tehota’kerá:ton Jeremy Green, Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na and York University
  • Konwanonhsiyóhstha’ Callie Hill, Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na
  • Owennatekha Brian Maracle, Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa
  • Karonhiióhstha’ Shea Sky, Ionkwahronkha’onhátie and Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa

We are grateful to the following funding sources for their support:

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Office of Indigenous Initiatives at the University of Toronto
  • Centre for Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto
  • Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
  • New College at the University of Toronto
  • Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto
  • Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough
  • Canadian Linguistic Association
  • Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto
  • Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga