The website includes information on software, mailing lists and a freely available electronic newsletter. Their work concentrates on Irish, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The Institute has particular responsibility in the case of Irish, where research is done not only on school syllabi but on daily language use. The LAGB is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain covering all branches of linguistics. The organisation has a journal, The Journal of Linguistics , and an electronic mailing list which is open to members.
Further information including a series of language fact sheets is available on the web.
The LSA's remit is the advancement of the scientific study of language through scholarly meetings, publications, and special activities designed to advance the discipline. An interest in linguistics is the only requirement for membership. The website includes a useful directory of linguists in the region. The Philological Society Hon. The Society also commissions papers on problematic or controversial topics in the theory of language.