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You have reached the website for the Language and Social Interaction Division of the National Communication Association. According to our bylaws, the basic purpose of the division is to promote the understanding and development of speech and language processes.

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 work.

On this site you will find links to our newsletter (including a new photo gallery), calls for papers, officer information, division bylaws, and LSI panel descriptions for the NCA convention(when applicable). Please visit us regularly. Contact the webmaster if you have trouble with the site or have suggestions for making the site more useful.