The Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA;
French: Association canadienne de linguistique, ACL) is the principal professional organization of
linguist
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Lingui ...
s in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...
. Yearly meetings are held, usually at the end of May, in which members present scholarly research on any area of Linguistics. Every year since 2011, a new exhibit of the
Canadian Language Museum has also opened at the annual meeting. The CLA also publishes the ''
Canadian Journal of Linguistics'', which is published quarterly. The association was founded in 1954.
The Canadian Linguistic Association also awards an annual National Achievement Award,
which has been presented to
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J. K. Chambers (2010)
* Yves Charles-Morin and
Shana Poplack (2011)
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Keren Rice
Keren Rice (born 1949) is a Canadian linguist. She is a professor of linguistics and serves as the Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives at the University of Toronto.
Education and career
Rice earned her PhD in 1976 from the Univ ...
(2013)
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Jila Ghomeshi (2014)
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Yves Roberge (2015)
* Marguerite MacKenzie (2016)
* Gary Libben and
France Martineau (2017)
* Alana Johns and Lorna Wanosts’a7 Wilson (2018)
* Elaine Gold (2019)
Since 2014, the year's recipient(s) of the National Achievement Award has been invited to give a plenary talk at the annual meeting of the CLA.
References
External links
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Professional associations based in Canada
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