The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) is a Europe-focused professional society for linguists. It was founded in 1966 to advance
linguistics
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, the scientific study of human language. The SLE has over 1,000 individual members and welcomes linguists of all kinds. Through its website, its annual meetings, and its
journals ''
Folia Linguistica'' and ''
Folia Linguistica Historica'', the SLE works to disseminate current research in linguistics and facilitate communication within the discipline.
The first president of the SLE was
André Martinet, elected in 1966. Particularly active members in the first decades were
Werner Winter (president in 1991) and
Jacek Fisiak
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(president in 1972 and 1982). In the years before 1990, the SLE was an important meeting place for linguists from western Europe and eastern Europe. Meetings and presidents alternated between western Europe and eastern Europe.
Publications
The SLE publishes two journals, ''Folia Linguistica'' (on all areas of general linguistics) and ''Folia Linguistica Historica'' (specifically on historical linguistics).
Meetings
The SLE organizes an annual four-day conference in the summer, with a program of talks, plenary speakers, symposia, and poster sessions for researchers to share their work. In 2020 and 2021, the Annual Meetings of the SLE took place digitally, due to the COVID-19 restrictions on traveling and gatherings. The 53rd Annual Meeting did not take place as originally planned, from 26 to 29 August 2020 at the University of Bucharest. As a result the 55th Annual Meeting is now expected to take place from 24 to 27 August 2022 at the University of Bucharest.
Presidents
The following persons have been president of the Societeas Linguistica Europaea:
References
External links
SLE website''Folia Linguistica'', a journal of the SLE''Folia Linguistica Historica'', a journal of the SLE
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Linguistic societies
1996 establishments in Europe