In addition to continuing to write, he convened and chaired the first International Meeting on Linguistic Research in Geneva in 1930, and acted as president of the Fourth International Congress of Linguists in Copenhagen in 1936.
Ademais de continuar escribindo, convocou e presidiu a primeira Xuntanza Internacional sobre Investigación Lingüística en Xenebra en 1930, e presidiu o Cuarto Congreso Internacional de Lingüística en Copenhague en 1936.