The Henry Sweet Society
for the History of Linguistic Ideas

President: Professor Mike MacMahon
Chair of Executive Committee: Professor Andrew Linn

Photograph of
Henry Sweet

The next conference of the Henry Sweet Society will take place at the University of Sheffield, 9-11 September 2010. The conference programme, further information, and the booking form are now available.


The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas was founded in February 1984. Its aims are to promote and encourage the study of the history of all branches of linguistic thought, theoretical and applied, and including non-European traditions.

Its fields of interest include the history both of the major subject areas of linguistics and also of more specialised topics, such as writing systems, literacy, rhetoric, and the application of linguistic ideas within professional and technical fields.


This website is maintained for the Henry Sweet Society by Dr Richard Steadman-Jones , University of Sheffield | updated 20 August 2010