Dahlem Center for Linguistics
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics
@dclberlin.bsky.social
Linguistische Forschung und Lehre an @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

http://dcl.fu-berlin.de

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Das Wintersemester 2025/26 ist da und das beudeutet auch eine neue Serie von acht Dahlem Lectures in Linguistics zu diversen hochspannenden Themen der Linguistik 🤩

Weitere Infos: dcl.fu-berlin.de

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics #DahlemCenterForLinguistics #Linguistics #Linguistik #Sprachwissenschaft
Happy World Linguistics Day from Berlin, Germany! 🥳

#WorldLinguisticsDay
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!

(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Zwischen dem Tief WOLFGANG und dem sich nach Mitteleuropa ausdehnenden Hoch ALRUN liegen Berlin und Brandenburg in einer nördlichen Strömung, wodurch sich die kühle Witterung bei tagsüber 4°C und nachts leichtem Frost fortsetzt. Dabei zeigt sich morgen häufiger die Sonne.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Happy World Linguistics Day 🎉

Not Saussure how to celebrate? Episodes 12 and 13 of our podcast will give your plans some structure...

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/02/01/p...

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/01/p...

#LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx #WorldLinguisticsDay
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#OTD 152 years ago, Osborn Bergin (1873–1950) was born 🎂 Bergin was an expert on (Old) Irish language and literature, a translator of early Irish texts, and a poet. He formulated the so-called Bergin’s Law pertaining to word order in Old Irish.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#OTD 168 years ago, Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) was born 🤩 One of the central figures in modern linguistics, he was an Indo-Europeanist, the author of the so-called Laryngeal Theory, and an influential semiotician and a founding figure of linguistic structuralism.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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A bit of snowy Regensburg at the beginning of the week to conduct the inaugural XE+ network meeting (sites.google.com/view/expandi...), meet a collaborator from Japan, and give a guest lecture on one of my favorite topics (English in Kora). Now back to the good old grind in Berlin
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Eine Tunneldecke am U-Bahnhof Nollendorfplatz muss saniert werden. Die U1 und U3 werden deswegen ab 12. Januar 2026 zwischen Spichernstraße bzw. Wittenbergplatz und Gleisdreieck unterbrochen. Die U4 wird völlig eingestellt. rbburl.de/u1u3u4nolliu...
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Heute ist es zumeist stark bewölkt mit gelegentlichen Auflockerungen, vereinzelt ist auch etwas Regen oder Schneeregen möglich. Dazu weht schwacher Ost- bis Nordostwind mit Spitzen der Stärke 4, die Höchsttemperatur beträgt +3°C.
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#OTD 175 years ago, Gustav Meyer (1850–1900) was born 🎉 A pioneer in the study of Albanian, he is famous for demonstrating that it belongs to the Indo-European family. A school in Tirana is named after him, and the Albanian Post has issued a stamp with his name.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#OTD 175 years ago, Eduard Sievers (1850–1935) was born 🎂 A historical linguist and one of the leading Neogrammarians, he is best known for his analysis of Old English metre and for formulating the so-called Sievers’ Law.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome Barış Kabak (@uni-wuerzburg.de) as our next speaker! He will discuss the importance of mismatches for our understanding of the structure and organisation of sound systems.

🔗 www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/dcl/veran...

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Liebe Wetterfreunde,
heute ziehen gegen Abend erneut Wolkenfelder mit Regen auf. Es gibt Glatteisgefahr und kommt eventuell zu Schneeregen.
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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November is nearly over so it's time for our next #BæFoLa session! 🍩 This Friday, Nov 28 (12:30-13:30 CET), Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza will talk on Zoom about "VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming". All welcome! #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics #VeggieWords 🥕🥬🥦
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
#OTD 152 years ago, Matteo Giulio Bartoli (1873–1946) was born 🎂 A historical linguist and dialectologist, he is best known for his descriptions of the now-extinct Dalmatian language. He is also known as the founder of the linguistic school known as Neolinguistics.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#OTD 238 years ago, Rasmus Rask (1787–1832) was born 🎉 A comparative historical linguist and author of a number of grammar books, he is today best known for showing the systematic links between the (North) Germanic languages and other Indo-European languages.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Das Wochenende wird kalt und trocken mit klaren Nächten durch das sich ausdehnende Hochdruckgebiet ZULEIKA. /MO
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Heute ist es zumeist stark bewölkt und zeitweise fällt leichter Regen oder Schneeregen, am Abend lockert die Bewölkung auf, dabei sind vereinzelt Schnee- oder Graupelschauer möglich. Der schwache Südwestwind erreicht in Spitzen Stärke 4 bis 5, die Höchsttemperatur beträgt 3°C.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Die Aufzeichnung unserer Podiumsdiskussion mit Anke Haupt (BLiQ), Regina Ultze (@senbjf.bsky.social) und Barbara Schlücker (@bschluecker.bsky.social) ist online!

📺 www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/vi...

@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Zur Erinnerung: Morgen, am 20, November findet der Thementag zur Lehre statt! Alle Infos: www.fu-berlin.de/campusleben/...
❓Wie lernen Studierende zu #forschen?

Am 20. November lädt das Dahlem Center for Academic Teaching zum Thementag #Lehre ein!
Im Fokus: Lehrformate, die Studierende aktiv in den Forschungsprozess einbeziehen.
👉 www.fu-berlin.de/campusleben/...
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We verwelkomen (synchrone en/of diachrone) studies naar (on)gelijkenissen tussen het Nederlands, Duits en Engels, evenals andere (West-)Germaanse talen zoals het Afrikaans en Fries.

blogs.fu-berlin.de/germanic-san...

🔗 neerlandistiek.nl/2025/11/opro...

Thx @neerlandistiek.bsky.social 🙏
Oproep tot bijdragen workshop a Germanic Sandwich 10
A Germanic Sandwich is een reeks workshops waarin het Nederlands wordt vergeleken met zijn naaste Germaanse buren, het Engels en het Duits.
neerlandistiek.nl
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#OTD 212 years ago, Franz von Miklosich (1813–1891) was born 🎂 He was a pioneering scholar of historical-comparative Slavic linguistics. He also studied Romani dialects as well as the areal convergence between Slavic and Romance varieties in the Balkans.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome Barış Kabak (@uni-wuerzburg.de) as our next speaker! He will discuss the importance of mismatches for our understanding of the structure and organisation of sound systems.

🔗 www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/dcl/veran...

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#OTD 89 years ago, Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015) was born 🎉 Best known for her work on verbal self-defence and for the conlang Láadan from her Native Tongue series. The Elgin Award for the best sci-fi poetry collection is named in her honour.

#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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World Linguistics Day is coming up on November 26th!

Have you made any plans yet to celebrate?
lingcomm.org/2025/10/26/w...
World Linguistics Day
World Linguistics Day is November 26th: what are you doing to celebrate?
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November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM