The International Society for the Linguistics of English

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The central aim of ISLE is to promote the study of English Language, that is, the study of the structure and history of standard and non-standard varieties of English, in terms of both form and function, at an international level.

We aim for the society to provide a geographically and theoretically neutral central contact point for all those who are academically active and who identify with this aim.

Although there are country-specific ‘Anglistik’, ‘English Language and Literature’ or ‘Linguistics’ associations (and we hope to be in contact with these, where appropriate) there is currently no international umbrella organisation fulfilling this role.

ISLE formally came into existence at the first ISLE conference, which took place from the 8th to the 11th of October 2008, in Freiburg, Germany. More...

News

Richard M. Hogg Prize 2011

The winner of this year’s competition is George Walkden with his paper on “The status of hwæt in Old English” – congratulations! Next year’s deadline for submissions for a paper on any research-related topic in English language or English linguistics will be 31 March 2012. More...

Derek Britton Access Bursary

Derek Britton, who died of cancer in March 2011, was a historian of English at Edinburgh University. He was a well-known and well-liked member of the international research community; his family have now founded an Access Bursary in his memory. Donations are still welcome, however small.

ISLE 2014

The next ISLE Conference will take place in Zurich. The proposed date for the conference is 3–6 September 2014.

ISLE 2011

The second ISLE Conference took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 17–21 June 2011. More...

Minutes of the ISLE 2 business meeting are available to members upon login.

ISLE election results

The election for ISLE committee members closed on Wednesday 20 October 2010. 105 votes were cast for the positions of President-Elect and VP (Teaching), and 100 votes cast for the position of Secretary. Olga Fischer, Sylviane Granger and Stefan Dollinger were elected to the positions of President-Elect, VP (Teaching) and Secretary, respectively. Terms of office began after the Business Meeting at the ISLE 2 conference, held in Boston in June 2011.

The English Project

The English Project is a project based in Winchester, England, to create a museum for the English language where “visitors – both physically and virtually – will be able to explore the English language in all its vigorous complexity across time and geography” (text taken from the project’s website).

The ISLE Vice-President for the Profession, Bas Aarts, is in discussion with the project’s founders and there are plans for ISLE to help guide the museum’s work. More information about the English Project can be found on their website.