Associations

AILA is the acronym for Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics. AILA (originally founded in 1964 in France) is an international federation of national and regional associations of Applied Linguistics. AILA has a membership of more than 8.000 individuals worldwide who as researchers, policy makers or practitioners are active in the field of Applied Linguistics.

In 1943, a group of linguists at colleges and universities in the New York area, including many members of the École Libre des Hautes Études in exile, came together to form the Linguistic Circle of New York. The model for the new organization was the Société de Linguistique de Paris. Among the first members were Henri F. Muller, Giuliano Bonfante, Roman Jakobson, Morris Swadesh, Robert Fowkes, Henry Lee Smith, Wolf Leslau, and Louis H. Gray. In the following fifteen years the Linguistic Circle of New York became one of the main sources of new ideas in American linguistics. The fruits of its scholarship were disseminated to a great extent through its journal WORD, which had been established in 1945. Its first editor was Pauline Taylor.

ATA was established to advance the translation and interpreting professions and foster the professional development of its members. Members include translators, interpreters, teachers, project managers, web and software developers, language company owners, hospitals, universities, and government agencies.

The Australian Linguistic Society is the national organisation for linguists and linguistics in Australia. Its primary goal is to further interest in and support for linguistics research and teaching in Australia. The Australian Linguistic Society is one of the two main linguistics societies in Australia

The Canadian Linguistic Association, which was founded in 1954, has as its aim the promotion of the study of languages and linguistics in Canada. Membership in the CLA , which is accepted for the calendar year only, includes a subscription to the Canadian Journal of Linguistics ( Revue canadienne de linguistics , ISSN 0008-4131). The journal contains articles, squibs, and book reviews on linguistics in both English and French and is published in March, June, September, and December of each year.