West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
The West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, or WCCFL is an annual linguistics conference, usually held in the spring, at a university in western North America. Research presented there can focus on any aspect of natural language analysis, including, but not limited to, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse structure. Along with NELS, it is one of two major U.S. regional conferences that focus on general linguistics, with an emphasis, in recent years, on syntactic topics.
History
WCCFL was first held in 1982. were published by the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford ; have appeared with Cascadilla Press.The years in which WCCFL has been held are listed below, together with the host institution and the invited speakers.
| WCCFL # | Year | Location | Invited Speaker |
| 1 | 1982 | Stanford | - |
| 2 | 1983 | University of Southern California | - |
| 3 | 1984 | UC Santa Cruz | - |
| 4 | 1985 | UC Los Angeles | - |
| 5 | 1986 | University of Washington | - |
| 6 | 1987 | University of Arizona | - |
| 7 | 1988 | UC Irvine | - |
| 8 | 1989 | University of British Columbia | - |
| 9 | 1990 | Stanford | - |
| 10 | 1991 | Arizona State University | - |
| 11 | 1992 | UC Los Angeles | - |
| 12 | 1993 | UC Santa Cruz | - |
| 13 | 1994 | UC San Diego | - |
| 14 | 1995 | University of Southern California | - |
| 15 | 1996 | UC Irvine | - |
| 16 | 1997 | University of Washington | - |
| 17 | 1998 | University of British Columbia | - |
| 18 | 1999 | University of Arizona | - |
| 19 | 2000 | UC Los Angeles | John McCarthy Richard S. Kayne |
| 20 | 2001 | University of Southern California | Alec Marantz Alan Prince |
| 21 | 2002 | Joe Pater Caroline Heycock Irene Heim | |
| 22 | 2003 | UC San Diego | Mary Beckman Tom Wasow Doug Pulleyblank |
| 23 | 2004 | UC Davis | Georgia Green Robert Kluender José Hualde |
| 24 | 2005 | Simon Fraser University | Bruce Hayes Mark Steedman Rose-Marie Déchaine |
| 25 | 2006 | James McCloskey Maria Polinsky Douglas Pulleyblank | |
| 26 | 2007 | Adam Albright Lyn Frazier Manfred Krifka | |
| 27 | 2008 | Hagit Borer Elliott Moreton Liina Pylkkänen | |
| 28 | 2010 | Richard S. Kayne Sun-Ah Jun David Beaver Duane Watson Adamantios Gafos. T | |
| 29 | 2011 | Susanne Gahl Norvin Richards Tom Bever | |
| 30 | 2012 | UC Santa Cruz | Jeffrey Lidz Christopher Potts Kie Zuraw |
| 31 | 2013 | Arizona State University | Diana Archangeli Hilda Koopman Lisa Matthewson |
| 32 | 2014 | University of Southern California | Sabine Iatridou Jon Sprouse Yael Sharvit Jaye Padgett |
| 33 | 2015 | Simon Fraser University | Kyle Johnson Heather Goad Matt Wagers |
| 34 | 2016 | University of Utah | Colin Phillips Sam Epstein Rachel Walker |
| 35 | 2017 | University of Calgary | Elan Dresher Heidi Harley Keir Moulton Neil Banerjee |
| 36 | 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles | Vincent Homer Jie Zhang Ivy Sichel Akira Omaki |
| 37 | 2019 | not held | |
| 38 | 2020 | Meg Grant Jessica Rett Gillian Gallagher Maziar Toosarvandani | |
| 39 | 2021 | Noam Chomsky Keren Rice Andrew McKenzie | |
| 40 | 2022 | Line Mikkelsen Juliet Stanton Guillaume Thomas | |
| 41 | 2023 | Luke Adamson Dorothy Ahn Eva Zimmerman | |
| 42 | 2024 | Maria Kouneli Will Oxford Sharon Rose Yimei Xiang | |
| 43 | 2025 | Kathryn Davidson Henry Davis Meghan Sumner | |
| 44 | 2026 | Wendy L. A. López Márquez Adela Covarrubias Jesse Harris Fidel Hernández | |
| 45 | 2027 | University of California, San Diego? | TBD |
| 46 | 2028 | ?? | TBD |