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ASLA : Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée

Granfeldt, Jonas LU orcid and Gunnarsson, Britt Louise (2016) In European Journal of Applied Linguistics 4(1). p.165-171
Abstract

The Swedish Association for Applied Linguistics, ASLA (Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée) was formally founded as an autonomous Swedish affiliate of AILA in 1966. The constituting meeting was held at Lund University on April 12, 1966 during which the first chairperson, Professor Bertil Malmberg, was elected. This means that ASLA will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016. However, according to available documents from the time, the original initiative came from Max Gorosch, Professor of Spanish at Stockholm University, who had already started to prepare the way for the establishment of the new association in 1964. Professor Gorosch was appointed secretary on the first board and Dr. Alvar Nyqvist-Goës, became its first... (More)

The Swedish Association for Applied Linguistics, ASLA (Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée) was formally founded as an autonomous Swedish affiliate of AILA in 1966. The constituting meeting was held at Lund University on April 12, 1966 during which the first chairperson, Professor Bertil Malmberg, was elected. This means that ASLA will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016. However, according to available documents from the time, the original initiative came from Max Gorosch, Professor of Spanish at Stockholm University, who had already started to prepare the way for the establishment of the new association in 1964. Professor Gorosch was appointed secretary on the first board and Dr. Alvar Nyqvist-Goës, became its first treasurer.

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Applied linguistics, ASLA, History
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European Journal of Applied Linguistics
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4
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7 pages
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Mouton de Gruyter
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2192-9521
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10.1515/eujal-2015-0030
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  keywords     = {{Applied linguistics; ASLA; History}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{165--171}},
  publisher    = {{Mouton de Gruyter}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Applied Linguistics}},
  title        = {{ASLA : Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eujal-2015-0030}},
  doi          = {{10.1515/eujal-2015-0030}},
  volume       = {{4}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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