Australian Linguistic Society

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.

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Newsletter

The ALS Newsletter is issued three times per year, in March, July and October. Information for the Newsletter should be sent to the Editor, Joe Blythe (alsonline-at-als.asn.au) during the first week of March, July and October. There is a list of people who are automatically advised that it is time to contribute material; if you wish to be added to that list, send Joe an email.

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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.

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Australian Journal of Linguistics

The Australian Journal of Linguistics, the journal of the Australian Linguistic Society, is published four times per year. Members can access their electronic copy via the member portal online.
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Scholarships & Prizes

The Australian Linguistic Society offers four Prizes and Scholarships to support linguistics research students: the Michael Clyne Prize; the Gerhardt Laves Scholarship; the Jalwang Scholarship; and the Susan Kaldor Scholarship 
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Research Grants

The Australian Linguistic Society offers a research grant scheme of up to $5000 per grant for research in any area of linguistics.
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What's new?

The 2023 Talkley Award has been announced. The winner is:

Language Lab: A weekly linguistics segment on RTR FM 92.1 community radio offered by Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro and colleagues (UWA Linguistics / Language Lab).

Previous shows can be accessed here: https://rtrfm.com.au/tags/the-language-lab/

The Talkley Award celebrates the best piece or collection of linguistics communication produced in the previous year by current ALS members. The Award acknowledges that the discipline of linguistics needs champions to promote linguistics in the public sphere and explain how linguistic evidence can be used to solve real-life language problems. The winner is announced yearly at the ALS Annual General Meeting.

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