Registration

You can register for the conference online here or with cash or check at the door.

Registration fees:

• Non-UT Affiliates: $30
• UT Austin Affiliates: FREE (please pre-register!)

If you will require ASL interpretation, please contact us by Wednesday, February 5th to arrange that.

Keynote Speakers

TLS 2020 will feature keynotes from the follow speakers:

• Ann Bradlow, Northwestern University, "Talker-listener alignment across a language barrier: Perceptual adaptation to systematic variation in L2 speech production"
• Brandon Baird, Middlebury College, "The production and perception of ‘Mayan-accented’ Spanish in Guatemala"
• Pattie Epps, UT Austin, "Exploring convergence and divergence in language contact"

Schedule

The schedule for TLS2020 is available here. Abstracts are linked from the PDF.

Travel & Hospitality

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Venue

TLS will be held at the University of Texas at Austin in the Julius Glickman Conference Center in Robert Patton Hall (RLP). UT Austin is located just a few miles north of downtown Austin. It is accessible primarily via Guadalupe St. which runs along the entire west side of the main campus.

Travel

The main airport servicing Austin, TX and the surrounding area is the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). Shuttles and taxis are available from AUS, and the route 20 bus has multiple stops near campus.

Hotels

• AT&T Conference center (on campus)

Hostelling

• Hostelling International USA: $30+ / night
  
• Drifter Jack's Hostel: $30+
  

Other options

• CouchSurfing: Free, but a bit tricky to arrange sometimes
• Airbnb: $40 - $75 / night
• Homeaway: $80 - $120 / night