The Western Conference on Linguistics, usually known as WECOL, is an annual conference held in the western part of the United States and Canada since 1988. Papers for presentation are chosen by a selection committee with the assistance of reports by referees. There is no restriction by topic, though the focus is theoretical and descriptive linguistics.
Papers presented at the conference are published by the Department of Linguistics at California State University, Fresno. The proceedings have been available on-line since 2004. WECOL is free and open to the public.
Previous WECOLs WECOL has been hosted at a number of locations since its establishment in 1988. However, since 2018, WECOL has been exclusively hosted by California State University in Fresno. Some years, such as 2009, no conference was held. WECOL has been hosted online using the platform Zoom since 2020. No. Year Host 1 1988 University of British Columbia 2 1989 Arizona State University 3 1990 University of Texas, El Paso 4 1991 Simon Fraser University 5 1992 University of Arizona 6 1993 University of Washington 7 1994 University of California, Los Angeles 8 1995 University of Northern British Columbia 9 1996 University of California, Santa Cruz 11 1998 Arizona State University 12 1999 University of Texas, El Paso 13 2000 California State University, Fresno 14 2001 University of Washington 15 2002 University of British Columbia 16 2003 University of Arizona 17 2004 University of Southern California 19 2006 California State University, Fresno 20 2007 University of California, San Diego 21 2008 University of California, Davis 23 2010 California State University, Fresno 24 2011 Simon Fraser University 25 2013 Arizona State University 26 2017 Boise State University 27- 2018- California State University, Fresno
External links Conference Website Conference Proceedings
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