American Association of University Professors
International Linguistic Association
Linguistic Society American (chairman Golden Anniversary film committee 1974, emerita 1985?Co)
Linguistic Association Can. and the United States
International Association for Applied Linguistics (committee on discourse analyses, sessions chairman 1978)
Language Origins Society (executive committee 1985-97, chairman international congress, 1987)
1985 - 1997
International Sociological Association (research committee for sociolinguistics, session co-chairman international conference 1983, session chairman professional conference 1983)
International Council Psychologists
International Association for Intercultural Comms. Studies
International Association for Study of Child Language (vice president 1975-78, chairman international conference Tuscan Academy Scis., Florence, Italy 1972)
1975 - 1978
Institute for Nonverbal Communications Research (workshop leader 1981)
Southeastern Conference on Linguistics
1980?Co (honorary 1985?Co)
Semiotic Society American (organizing committee International Semiotics Institute 1981)
National Association Scholars
Tennessee Association Scholars (board directors 1998-99)
1998 - 1999
International Association for Intercultural Comms. Studies (panel organizer 1999)
United Europe Movement (section chairman 1944-45)
1944 - 1945
International Communications Association
International Pragmatics Association