Institute for Linguistic Studies
The Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Институт лингвистических исследований РАН), commonly abbreviated ILS RAS, is a research institution in Saint Petersburg, Russia and one of the major centers in the field of linguistic research in the country.
 The institute building on Vasilyevsky Island | |
| Established | 1921[1] |
|---|---|
| Head | Evgeny Golovko |
| Staff | ca. 185 |
| Address | 9 Tuchkov Lane |
| Location | , |
| Website | iling |
It is composed of eight departments and two laboratories that conduct research in the subfields of comparative and historical linguistics, lexicography, functional theories of grammar, linguistic typology and linguistic anthropology.[2]
Publications and conferences
Two open access academic journals are published at the institute: the triannual Acta Linguistica Petropolitana and the yearly Indo-European Linguistics and Classical Philology.
Several yearly conferences are held at the institute, including the Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Scholars.[3]