The Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) is a professional society for linguists interested in linguistic typology (general comparative linguistics, as opposed to historical-comparative linguistics). It was founded in 1995.[1] The ALT has several hundred members; and through its website, its annual meetings, and its journal Linguistic Typology it works to disseminate and highlight current research in comparative grammar.

The founding of ALT was initiated by Frans Plank in 1994, after the European Science Foundation's EUROTYP programme (1990–1994) had for the first time brought together dozens of typologists from Europe and beyond.

Publications

Since 1997, the ALT has published the journal Linguistic Typology in association with De Gruyter Mouton. It was first edited by Frans Plank, followed by the current editor, Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm.

Meetings

Since 1997, the ALT has organized biennial conferences on different continents.

Meetingplacedate
15 Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China[2] 2024
14 University of Texas, Austin, USA[3] 2022
13 University of Pavia, Italy[4] 2019
12 Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2017
11 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA 2015
10 Leipzig University, Germany[5] 2013
9 Hong Kong, China 2011
8 University of California at Berkeley, USA[6] 2009
7 Paris, France 2007
6 Padang, Indonesia 2005
5 University of Cagliari, Italy 2003
4 University of California at Santa Barbara, USA 2001
3 University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1999
2 University of Oregon, Eugene, USA 1997
1 University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 1995

Presidents

The following persons have been president of the Association for Linguistic Typology:[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Conferences". Association for Linguistic Typology. 1997-09-14. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  2. ↑ "ALT 2024". 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ↑ "ALT 2022". 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. ↑ "ALT2019". Università di Pavia. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  5. ↑ ALT10 (2013).
  6. ↑ "ALT8 Home". LSA 2009. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Officers". Association for Linguistic Typology. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
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