Australian Linguistic Society

The Australian Linguistic Society is the national organisation for linguists and linguistics in Australia. Its primary goal is to further interest in and support for linguistics research and teaching in Australia. The Australian Linguistic Society is one of the two main linguistics societies in Australia.

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The ALS Newsletter is issued three times per year, in March, July and October. Information for the Newsletter should be sent to the Editor, Joe Blythe (alsonline-at-als.asn.au) during the first week of March, July and October. There is a list of people who are automatically advised that it is time to contribute material; if you wish to be added to that list, send Joe an email.

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The Australian Linguistic Society is the national organisation for linguists and linguistics in Australia. Its primary goal is to further interest in and support for linguistics research and teaching in Australia. The Australian Linguistic Society is one of the two main linguistics societies in Australia.

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Australian Journal of Linguistics

The Australian Journal of Linguistics, the journal of the Australian Linguistic Society, is published four times per year. Members can access their electronic copy via the member portal online.
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Scholarships & Prizes

The Australian Linguistic Society offers four Prizes and Scholarships to support linguistics research students: the Michael Clyne Prize; the Gerhardt Laves Scholarship; the Jalwang Scholarship; and the Susan Kaldor Scholarship 
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Research Grants

The Australian Linguistic Society offers a research grant scheme of up to $5000 per grant for research in any area of linguistics.
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2026 Barb Kelly and Michael Clyne Prizes announced

In honour of the late Barb Kelly, the annual Barb Kelly Prize recognises the most outstanding postgraduate research thesis in any area of linguistics, complementing the more specific focus of the Michael Clyne Prize.

The winner of the 2025 Barb Kelly Prize is:
‘“our own familiar English”: A historical sociolinguistic study of the shaping of Australian English through the lens of Western Australia’ by Madeleine Clews (UWA). Supervisors: Assoc Prof Celeste Rodríguez-Louro, Dr Luisa Miceli & Prof Kate Burridge (Monash). 
Congratulations to Madeleine!

The Michael Clyne Prize, awarded jointly by the Australian Linguistic Society and the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, recognises the most outstanding graduate research thesis in immigrant bilingualism and language contact.

The winner of the 2025 Michael Clyne Prize is:
‘Communication using Digital Media among Bengali Transnational Families in Australia: Exploring Networked Family Language Policy and Understanding Language Practice’ by Priyanka Bose (UNSW). Supervisors: Prof Emeritus Sue Starfield, Prof Xuesong Gao & External supervisor: Dr Nirukshi (Niru) Perera. 
Congratulations to Priyanka!

Congratulations to both winners, and commiserations to the many other excellent applicants we had this year.

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