Editing Modern Language Association (section)

{{Short description|US professional association for language and literature scholars}}
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| formation           = {{Start date and age|1883}}
| founder             = [[Aaron Marshall Elliott]]
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| headquarters        = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
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| leader_title        = President
| leader_name         = Christopher John Newfield
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| leader_name2        = [[Paula M. Krebs]]
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The '''Modern Language Association of America''', often referred to as the '''Modern Language Association''' ('''MLA'''), is widely considered the principal [[professional association]] in the United States for scholars of [[language studies|language]] and [[literary studies|literature]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Working in academia means living in crisis — and experiencing the sublime |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/03/14/modern-language-association-convention/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> The MLA aims to "strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature".<ref name=About>[http://www.mla.org/about/ About the MLA"], ''mla.org'', Modern Language Association, 9 July 2008, Web, 25 April 2009.</ref> The organization includes over 20,000 members in 100 countries, primarily [[academia|academic scholars]], [[professor]]s, and [[graduate student]]s who study or teach language and literature, including English, other modern languages, and [[comparative literature]].<ref name=About /><ref name=ACLS>[http://www.acls.org/societies/societies.aspx?sid=81024862-C9A2-DB11-A735-000C2903E717 "Modern Language Association of America"], in "ACLS Member Learned Societies" (Directory), [[American Council of Learned Societies]] (ACLS), 2011, Web, 31 January 2011.</ref> Although founded in the United States, with offices in New York City, the MLA's membership, concerns, reputation, and influence are international in scope.<ref name=About />