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| International Lexicography Association | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Lexicography Association |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | Geneva |
| Region served | International |
International Lexicography Association is an international professional association concerned with lexicography, lexicology, dictionary-making and related lexical resources. The association links scholars and practitioners from institutions such as University of Oxford, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and engages with organizations including United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, European Union, Council of Europe, World Intellectual Property Organization and International Organization for Standardization.
The association traces roots to post-World War II scholarly networks involving figures from University of Oxford, Sorbonne University, University of Vienna, University of Heidelberg and University of Bologna and convened early meetings comparable to gatherings at International Congress of Linguists, International Phonetic Association, International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies and International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Early contributors included scholars associated with Trinity College Dublin, University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Yale University, Princeton University, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Melbourne, Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of Auckland, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidade de São Paulo and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Milestones align with symposia at International Congress of Linguists meetings, collaborations with Modern Language Association, Association for Computational Linguistics, European Association for Lexicography and dialogues with projects at Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Merriam-Webster, Collins Dictionary, Le Robert, Duden Verlag, Langenscheidt, Zhonghua Book Company, Oxford English Dictionary editorial teams and national academies such as Académie française, Royal Spanish Academy, Prussian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.
The association's mission echoes principles championed by institutions like United Nations, UNESCO, European Commission, Council of Europe and African Union to promote lexical scholarship, standards and accessibility. Objectives include fostering research alongside European Research Council, supporting educational collaborations with UNESCO Institute for Statistics, coordinating with digital initiatives from Google, Microsoft Research, IBM Research, Amazon Web Services, Meta Platforms and academic centers at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Leibniz Institute for the German Language, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and National Science Foundation. The association advances interoperability with projects like WordNet, Wiktionary, DBpedia, Lexical Markup Framework and standardization efforts of ISO and industry partners such as Apple Inc..
Governance follows models seen in International Council on Archives, International Council of Museums, World Health Organization and International Labour Organization with elected boards, advisory committees and working groups drawing members from University of Leeds, King's College London, University College London, University of Birmingham, University of Glasgow, University of Sheffield, University of Nottingham, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, University of Southampton, University of York, University of Liverpool, University of Lancaster, Queen Mary University of London and national lexicographic bodies such as Oxford University Press, Dictionary Society of North America, Sociedad Mexicana de Lexicografía, Russian Lexicographic Society and Japan Society for Lexicography. Legal and financial stewardship involves collaborations with entities like International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for NGO practice and treasury models from World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Programs encompass research grants modeled after Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, exchange fellowships with Fulbright Program, summer schools similar to those at Saarland University and collaborative projects with European University Institute, Humboldt Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fonds de Recherche du Québec, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and National Endowment for the Humanities. Practical initiatives partner with publishers such as Routledge, Springer Nature, John Benjamins, Bloomsbury Publishing, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press and with digital platforms like Wikimedia Foundation, Internet Archive, Digital Public Library of America and Europeana. Training activities reference pedagogical work at Teachers College, Columbia University, Institute of Education, University College London, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Stanford Graduate School of Education.
The association curates journals and book series analogous to International Journal of Lexicography, monographs published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Brill Publishers, De Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter, John Benjamins Publishing Company and bibliographies maintained in collaboration with WorldCat, Library of Congress and British Library. Electronic resources integrate with Wiktionary, WordNet, Corpus of Contemporary American English, British National Corpus, Google Books Ngram Viewer, Project Gutenberg, Europeana Collections and institutional repositories at Harvard Dataverse and Zenodo. Reference projects echo landmark works such as Oxford English Dictionary, Trésor de la langue française, Duden, Diccionario de la lengua española, Klett-Cotta and national dictionaries produced by Real Academia Española and Académie Française.
The association organizes international congresses and satellite meetings in the spirit of International Congress of Linguists, European Association for Lexicography conferences, workshops at ACL Anthology venues, panels at meetings of Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of America, Association for Computational Linguistics, Societas Linguistica Europea and collaborations with International Association of Applied Linguistics. Host cities have included institutions in Geneva, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, London, Cambridge, Oxford, Zurich, Bern, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Istanbul, Athens, Beirut, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Bogotá.
Membership comprises individual scholars, institutional members from universities and national lexicographic centres, and affiliate links with organizations like Dictionary Society of North America, European Association for Lexicography, International Phonetic Association, Association for Computational Linguistics, Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of America, Societas Linguistica Europea, International Council of Onomastic Sciences, International Association of Applied Linguistics and funding partners including National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Canada Research Chairs and philanthropic supporters such as Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation.
Category:Lexicography