Linguistics and Modern Languages: Internet sites

LITASA is dedicated to promoting teaching and research in reading and writing at all levels in South African society. Literacy is about much more than reading and writing. It encompasses many different forms of literacy including visual literacy, information literacy and digital literacy amongst others.

The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa is broadly dedicated to promoting the discipline of Linguistics and to fostering research excellence concerning all the languages of Southern Africa.

The South African Translators’ Institute (SATI) is a professional association for language professionals in South Africa as well as the remainder of the African continent. Their mission is serving the language professional, protecting the quality of language services, and representing their members at all levels. Members include translators, interpreters, transcribers, South African Sign Language interpreters, language editors, proofreaders, terminologists, content writers, linguists, creative writers, journalists, indexers and teachers.

The aim of Afrilex is the promotion and co-ordination of the research, study and teaching of lexicography.

BAAL is a professional association based in the UK, which provides a forum for people interested in language and applied linguistics.

The Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI) is the UK’s only dedicated association for practising translation and interpreting professionals.

AILA is the acronym for Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics. AILA is the international federation of national or regional associations of Applied Linguistics.

The Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB) is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain, and welcomes new members. Its scope includes all branches of linguistics.

Advancing the scientific study of language.

The Southern African Applied Linguistics Association (SAALA) is a professional association of scholars who are interested in, and actively contributing to, the multidisciplinary field of applied linguistics.

The Modern Language Association promotes the study and teaching of languages and literatures through its programs, publications, annual convention, and advocacy work. The MLA exists to support the intellectual and professional lives of its members.

The Center for Applied Linguistics is dedicated to providing a comprehensive range of research-based information, tools, and resources related to language and culture.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages. Since 1951, the Ethnologue has been an active research project involving hundreds of linguists and other researchers around the world.

The Philological Society is the oldest learned society in Great Britain devoted to the scholarly study of language and languages.