Canadian Linguistic Association

Canadian Linguistic Association
AbbreviationCLA
Formation1954
Typeprofessional organization of linguists
Legal statusactive
Purposeadvocate and public voice, educator and network
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served
Canada
Official language
English, French

The Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA; French: Association canadienne de linguistique, ACL) is the principal professional organization of linguists in Canada. Yearly meetings are held, usually at the end of May, in which members present scholarly research on any area of Linguistics. Every year since 2011, a new exhibit of the Canadian Language Museum has also opened at the annual meeting. The CLA also publishes the Canadian Journal of Linguistics, which is published quarterly. The association was founded in 1954.[1]

The Canadian Linguistic Association also awards an annual National Achievement Award,[2] which has been presented to

Since 2014, the year's recipient(s) of the National Achievement Award has been invited to give a plenary talk at the annual meeting of the CLA.

  1. ^ "Canadian Linguistics Association home page". Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  2. ^ "Prix national d'excellence | National Achievement Awards – Association canadienne de linguistique | Canadian Linguistic Association". cla-acl.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-01-17.