Australian Linguistic Society

Australian Linguistic Society
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
TypeLearned society
FocusLinguistics
Membership
~400
President
Bill Palmer
Websitewww.als.asn.au

The Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) is an academic association for linguists.[1] It was established in 1967 with the primary goal of furthering interest in and support for linguistics research and teaching in Australia.[2] The Australian Linguistic Society also publishes a peer-reviewed academic journal, the Australian Journal of Linguistics,[3] holds an annual conference, an occasional linguistics institute, and has developed and endorsed several policies and statements relating to language and linguistics.[4]

The current president of the ALS is Bill Palmer, the Secretary is James Bednall, and the Treasurer is Robert Mailhammer.[5]

The Society recognises Accredited Linguists (ALing) who have completed relevant linguistic qualifications.[6]

  1. ^ "Linguist List - Societies". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ "About ALS". Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Australian Journal of Linguistics: Aim & Scope". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ^ "ALS policies and related documents". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ^ "ALS Committee". als.asn.au. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. ^ "ALS". als.asn.au.