The North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS) was founded in San Francisco in December 1987 to promote the study of the history of the many disciplines concerned with language. These include linguistics and subfields within anthropology, cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, sociology, etc.

   The Association distributes a regular newsletter to members to keep them informed of ongoing research projects, publications in the field, and upcoming meetings of NAAHoLS and of other societies with similar aims.  Since its foundation in 1987, the Association has held  annual meetings in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the  Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas.

    The Association maintains close relations with other societies outside North America which promote the study of the history of the language sciences, such as ANPOLL, the Henry Sweet Society, the Sociedad Española de Historiografía Lingüística, the Société d'Histoire et d'Épistémologie des Sciences du Langage, the Studienkreis Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Società di Filosofia del Linguaggio, and the Werkverband Geschiedenis der Taalkunde.

     Membership is open to anybody interested in the history of the language sciences. The Association welcomes members from outside the academic world and from outside North America.

     For more information about the Association, please contact Talbot J. Taylor (Treasurer) at txtayl@wm.edu or David R. Boe (Secretary) at dboe@nmu.edu.