We are writing to advertise Sound Systems of Latin America 4 (SSLA4), a conference to be hosted by the UW Linguistics Department on Nov. 8-9, 2024. You can access the conference’s official program here.

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.

If you intend to participate in the event, please fill in this registration form by Monday, October 22, 2024. The SSLA4 organizing committee looks forward to welcoming you!

All the best,

Myriam Lapierre, Yuan Chai, and Ella De Falco

The SSLA4 Organizing Committee