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Objective in founding The ASG and associated bodies

The American Society of Geolinguistics (ASG) was founded in 1965 as an unincorporated academic society by Dr. Mario A. Pei, a noted linguist, polygot and Professor of Romance Philology at Columbia University, New York City, who had as his objective a desire to make linguistics intelligible to the educated non-specialist and to stress the practical importance of linguistics. It now consists of a family of related unincorporated geolinguistics organizations, which includes two affiliated organizations, The American Society of Geolinguistics in Tokyo and The American Society of Geolinguistics Publications. The American Society of Geolinguistics in Tokyo has a chapter in Kathmandu. In addition, there is a coordinator for geolinguistics in Moscow. The original academic association founded in 1965 continues to exist in New York City with its address being that of its secretary and chief executive officer, Professor Wayne Finke, at Baruch College. a branch of the City University of New York.

Definition of Geolinguistics

Geolinguistics was originally conceived of as an academic discipline involving the analysis and implications of the geographical location, distribution and structure of language varieties within a temporal framework, either in isolation or in contact and/or conflict with one another. Geolinguistics was described by Mario Pei as being a branch of linguistics which would be used to do objective-oriented research on real life language issues and where interdisciplinary approaches would be acceptable.

Recently, the term geolinguistics underwent a detailed discussion at the International Symposium on Language Education, Polyglottery and Geolinguistics (Moscow, August 27-28, 2018) and was included in the official memorandum of that event with the words:

The Symposium recognizes that [...] a geolinguistic perspective in studying and presenting language facts (i.e. considering them in dynamic connection with various social trends and with regard to a spacio-temporal framework) is up-to-date and can be of use in improving students’ motivation.

Geolinguistic Ethnography

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Mission of The ASG and associated bodies

The mission of The ASG and its associated bodies is to gather and disseminate up-to-date knowledge concerning the world`s present-day languages, dialects, and other language varieties in the context of their distribution and use, their relative practical importance, their perceived usefulness and actual availability from economic, political and cultural standpoints, their genetic, historical and geographical affiliations and relationships, and their identification and use in spoken and written form. The Society, as such, has varying degrees of interest in linguistic geography, languages in contact and conflict, language planning and policy, language education and the broader aspects of sociolinguistics.

Objective in founding The ASG and associated bodies

The American Society of Geolinguistics (ASG) was founded in 1965 as an unincorporated academic society by Dr. Mario A. Pei, a noted linguist, polygot and Professor of Romance Philology at Columbia University, New York City, who had as his objective a desire to make linguistics intelligible to the educated non-specialist and to stress the practical importance of linguistics. It now consists of a family of related unincorporated geolinguistics organizations, which includes two affiliated organizations, The American Society of Geolinguistics in Tokyo and The American Society of Geolinguistics Publications. The American Society of Geolinguistics in Tokyo has a chapter in Kathmandu. In addition, there is a coordinator for geolinguistics in Moscow. The original academic association founded in 1965 continues to exist in New York City with its address being that of its secretary and chief executive officer, Professor Wayne Finke, at Baruch College. a branch of the City University of New York.

Definition of Geolinguistics

Geolinguistics was originally conceived of as an academic discipline involving the analysis and implications of the geographical location, distribution and structure of language varieties within a temporal framework, either in isolation or in contact and/or conflict with one another. Geolinguistics was described by Mario Pei as being a branch of linguistics which would be used to do objective-oriented research on real life language issues and where interdisciplinary approaches would be acceptable.

Recently, the term geolinguistics underwent a detailed discussion at the International Symposium on Language Education, Polyglottery and Geolinguistics (Moscow, August 27-28, 2018) and was included in the official memorandum of that event with the words:

The Symposium recognizes that [...] a geolinguistic perspective in studying and presenting language facts (i.e. considering them in dynamic connection with various social trends and with regard to a spacio-temporal framework) is up-to-date and can be of use in improving students’ motivation.

Geolinguistic Ethnography

The ASG and its associated bodies also promote research in geolinguistic ethnography which may be thought of as the study of one or more aspects of the interaction of language with culture within a spatio-temporal framework.

Mission of The ASG and associated bodies

The mission of The ASG and its associated bodies is to gather and disseminate up-to-date knowledge concerning the world`s present-day languages, dialects, and other language varieties in the context of their distribution and use, their relative practical importance, their perceived usefulness and actual availability from economic, political and cultural standpoints, their genetic, historical and geographical affiliations and relationships, and their identification and use in spoken and written form. The Society, as such, has varying degrees of interest in linguistic geography, languages in contact and conflict, language planning and policy, language education and the broader aspects of sociolinguistics.