語言學在台灣的研究,自日本統治台灣始。日本戰敗後,國民政府及語言學與語言教學學者來台,開啟了台灣語言學的新幕。雖然日本學者在台灣的語言研究在戰後造成斷層,但在隨政府來台的這些學者引領之下,在台灣以及從台灣出身的語言學者都已經在國內外的語言學界占有一席之地。也因為這些學者的努力,近年來國內語言學研究日益蓬勃,成果日漸受到國際間的重視。同時,在國內的語言學者也感覺到組織一個學會的需要 。國內雖然已經有一個「台灣語文學會」,但該會的主要宗旨為推廣台灣語文,並不全然為語言學的研究,因此而有成立台灣語言學學會之議。此學會於1999年成立。
Linguistic research in Taiwan began during the Japanese colonial period. After the Japan's defeat in WWII, the continued development of Taiwan's linguistic research programs can be attributed to the group of researchers that came to Taiwan with the arrival of the Nationalist goverment. Thanks to the efforts of this group of scholars, the wealth of Taiwan's linguistic research grows steadily to this day. The Linguistics Association of Taiwan was founded in 1999 with the goal of creating an organization specifically dedicated to the continued expansion of local Taiwanese linguistic research.