The International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) Publications Initiatives
ISLS has established three publications initiatives as part of its effort to support and strengthen the field of language studies:
- Readings in Language Studies Volume Series
- Course and Practice-Based Series
- Emergent Scholars Volume Series
The International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) is a 501c(6) non-profit, organized in 2002 by scholars united in their goal to have a forum encouraging and disseminating post-positivistic research in languages matters, broadly conceived. Prior to the founding of ISLS such research was presented in venues primarily designed for applied linguistics, educational studies, language-specific concerns, literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, history, or similar disciplines. ISLS seeks to bring together scholars from research disciplines whose research has been on issues of language studies. The mission of ISLS is to sustain:
…an interdisciplinary association of scholars who explore critical perspectives on language. Within these perspectives, language is understood as both shaping and being shaped by historical, political, social, and cultural contexts. Research on language from such perspectives has historically been marginalized as well as compartmentalized within artificially constructed academic disciplines. The primary purpose of ISLS is to bridge these arbitrary disciplinary territories and provide a forum for both theoretical and empirical research, from existing and emergent research methodologies, for exploring the relationships among language, power, discourses, and social practices.
Informed by our mission, we hope you will explore ISLS publications and consider contributing to one its series.
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