About Us


The LAGB is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain, and welcomes new members.

Scope

Its scope includes all branches of linguistics - formal or informal ; theoretical or descriptive; synchronic or diachronic; social or psychological (or neither); concerned with one language or many. Its members individually favour a wide range of different theories of language structure, and all theoretical persuasions are welcome.

Activities

Its main activities are:

  • Publication of the Journal of Linguistics, a highly respected international journal.
  • An Annual Conference, which include an invited overseas speaker of renown, a workshop, a language tutorial and various specialist sessions, as well as papers reflecting a wide range of views and approaches.
  • Representation of linguistics and linguists in matters such as research funding and quality assessment.
  • Bridging the gap between academic linguistics and language education through the activities of the LAGB Education Committee. The EC organizes specialist Linguistics at School sessions at LAGB meetings.
  • Maintenance of a web site for information about languages and linguistics.
  • Maintenance of a mailing list for discussion of general issues.

Membership

Membership is very cheap compared with most other academic organisations, and there are specially low membership rates for students. The standard membership includes the Journal of Linguistics, but is less than the normal price of the Journal without membership; but membership is also available (at an even lower rate) without the Journal. The benefits of membership include:

  • Very low subscription rates for the Journal of Linguistics.
  • 20% discount on OUP Linguistics titles
  • Attendance without surcharge at LAGB conferences.
  • Generous conference bursaries for student members.
  • The right to apply for a subsidy when organising specialised conferences.
  • The right to vote on important business matters.
  • Membership of the LAGB mailing list.

Oxford University Press is pleased to be able to offer members of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain a special promotional discount of 30% on all our Linguistics titles for three months only. This offer is available exclusively online until 15 July 2008. After 15 July 2008 the discount will revert to the usual 20%.

Information about membership can be found here.

The LAGB is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain, and welcomes new members.