Institute for Linguistic Studies

{{Short description|Russian research institution}}

{{Distinguish|Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences}}

{{Infobox Institute

|name = Institute for Linguistic Studies

|image = File:ILI_RAS_front_from_left_2012.jpg

|image_size = 300px

|caption = The institute building on Vasilyevsky Island

|established = {{start date and age|1921}}[https://iling.spb.ru/history.html.ru History of the Institute]

|staff = ca. 185

|address = 9 Tuchkov Lane

|city = Saint Petersburg

|country = Russia

|head_label = Head

|head = Evgeny Golovko

|website = {{URL|https://iling.spb.ru/}}

}}

The Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences ({{langx|ru|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.

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.[https://iling.spb.ru/about.html.ru Structute of the Institute]