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The purpose of the Language and Social Interaction (LSI) website is to promote the understanding and development of speech and language processes. LSI scholars in this division are concerned with the utilization of speech, language, or gesture in human communication including studies of discourse processes, face-to-face interaction, communication competence, speech act theory, cognitive processing, and conversation analytic, ethnographic, ethnomethodological, and sociolinguistic scholarship.

2009 NCA Annual Conference

Chicago, IL

This year's conference has many offerings to the LSI membership. On the Conference page you can find information on the following events:

this year's NCA LSI program in its short and long forms
the 2008 LSI Business Meeting (BM) Minutes (pending membership approval)
the 2009 LSI Business Meeting (BM) Agenda--COMING SOON

We're looking forward to a great conference, and the NCA LSI division wishes everyone a safe journey to and from Chicago!

WHAT's NEW?

Recent website updates include:

past LSI Business Meeting Minutes (BMM)

last year's Awards

updated Information officer job description

updated resource page for Ethnography of Communication

Important links

NCA NCA Homepage

ICA LSI ICA LSI Division

Work in progress!

As with many websites, the NCA LSI websites is the first upgrade in quite a long while. As such, it is a work in progress. This is a website for the LSI community. Our goal is to disseminate information about LSI for communication and related fields. If you have suggestions for organization, content, or whatever else, please contact the webmaster. All suggestions are welcome and invited!