Institute for Linguistic Studies

The Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Институт лингвистических исследований РАН), commonly abbreviated ILS RAS, is a research institution in Saint Petersburg, Russia and one of the major centers in the field of linguistic research in the country.

Not to be confused with Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Institute for Linguistic Studies
The institute building on Vasilyevsky Island
Established1921 (1921)[1]
HeadEvgeny Golovko
Staffca. 185
Address9 Tuchkov Lane
Location
Saint Petersburg
,
Russia
Websiteiling.spb.ru

It is composed of eight departments and two laboratories that conduct research in the subfields of comparative and historical linguistics, lexicography, functional theories of grammar, linguistic typology and linguistic anthropology.[2]

Publications and conferences

Two open access academic journals are published at the institute: the triannual Acta Linguistica Petropolitana and the yearly Indo-European Linguistics and Classical Philology.

Several yearly conferences are held at the institute, including the Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Scholars.[3]

See also

References
  1. History of the Institute
  2. Structute of the Institute
  3. Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Scholars

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