Stylistics in the world
PALA is an international network, and stylistics communities exist well beyond our own membership. This page lists associations and groups active at a national or regional level. If you know of one that should be included, please contact us.
France
The French Society of English Stylistics and Discourse Analysis (Société de Stylistique et d'Analyse des Discours Anglophones, SSADA)
The French Society of English Stylistics and Discourse Analysis (Société de Stylistique et d'Analyse des Discours Anglophones, SSADA)
- The SSADA is part of the international stylistic network within PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association).
- It aims at promoting stylistics as a discipline in English Studies.
- For more details, see PALA in France.
Italy
Argo Research Centre (Argo: Interuniversity Research Centre for the Study of Argumentation, Pragmatics and Stylistics)
Argo Research Centre (Argo: Interuniversity Research Centre for the Study of Argumentation, Pragmatics and Stylistics)
- Argo runs interdisciplinary research seminars and conferences on literary, theatrical, cinematographic and televisual texts, in Italian and other languages.
- Its methodologies combine the latest approaches from Argumentation, Pragmatics and Stylistics.
- Details can be found at their website: https://centroargo.unior.it/en
Lithuania
Vilnius University Stylistics Reading Group
Vilnius University Stylistics Reading Group
- The group was established in October 2023. Its members, including academic staff and students from Vilnius University and other institutions, meet monthly in hybrid mode to discuss published papers in stylistics and related disciplines and to apply their frameworks and methods to literary and non-literary texts.
- The group is run through a dedicated Teams page, where files are uploaded and internal communication is managed.
- Its overall aim is to promote stylistics in Lithuania and to nurture a new generation of researchers by making international research in stylistics accessible to them.
- From September 2026, the Reading Group will partly transition into a Working Group (on-site only) to facilitate research projects, grant applications, and conference participation and organisation.
- The group is listed on the website of LAUTE (Lithuanian Association of University Teachers of English), the national association officially representing English Studies in Lithuania.
- If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information please visit the group's official webpage or please contact Dr Davide Castiglione at [email protected].