The Linguistics Society of Iran (LSI) (Persian: انجمن زبانشناسی ایران) was founded in 2001 in Tehran, Iran and recognized as an academic society by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2004. Its objectives and activities include promotion of linguistic and cultural researches, collaboration with science and research centers in projects related to linguistics and language studies, providing educational, research and technical services at national and international levels, organizing and hosting local, regional, and world conferences, and publication of books, journals and newsletters.
Departments LSI has fifteen specialized departments:
Dept. of Phonetics and Phonology Dept. of Translation Studies Dept. of Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics Dept. of Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Dept. of Computational Linguistics Dept. of Applied Linguistics Dept. of Morphology Dept. of Lexicography Dept. of Philosophy of Language and Formal Logics Dept. of Dialectology Dept. of Historical Studies of the Iranian Languages and Mythology Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Semantics Dept. of Syntax and Language Typology Dept. of Semiotics and Literary Studies Dept. of Terminology
References
External links The Official Site
