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Linguist(ician) 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Histor(y of linguistics|ical linguistics) @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Posts for: @hiphilangsci.bsky.social & @izeusberlin.bsky.social

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thrilled to have contributed to the new volume (@johnbenjamins.bsky.social) on Dutch and contact linguistics, edited by Christopher Joby and Nicoline van der Sijs 🤩

My chapter explores language contact online, specifically the case of Dutch "want X" constructions.

🔗 benjamins.com/catalog/impa...

Dutch and Contact Linguistics

This volume brings together scholars from across the globe to showcase the many varied outcomes of contact between Dutch and other languages in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

benjamins.com

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 2d

Ihr möchtet eine Tagung oder einen Workshop organisieren, wisst aber nicht wirklich, wie?

Dann müsst ihr die Texte von Annika Schiefner (@uva.nl) und Pauline Sander (@unistuttgart.bsky.social) auf dem StuBS-Blog (@jungesprawi.bsky.social) lesen 😉

🔗 blog.junge-sprachwissenschaft.de/2025/10/18/K...

Wie organisiert man eigentlich eine Konferenz? (Teil 1 von 7)

Konferenzen, Tagungen, Workshops… Egal wie ihr das Event nennt, Austausch ist wichtig, um in der Wissenschaft voranzukommen, und es macht doch irgendwie auch Spaß, sich mit Gleichgesinnten über die Fe...

blog.junge-sprachwissenschaft.de

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 2d

Gegentuul Baioud (Uppsala): Linguistic Hauntings at the Margins of China

30 October 2025, 16:00

Via Zoom (registration needed): unive.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Organised by Giulia Cabras (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) together with Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD 116 years ago, Zellig Harris (1909–1992) was born 🎉 A Semiticist who later turned to formal and mathematical approaches to language. His work on linguistic transformations made him a key precursor to Generative Grammar.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 3d

С днем рождения, dear Roman 🥳

"If we wanted to characterise briefly the kind of thinking currently governing science in its most varied manifestations, we could not find a more fitting expression than structuralism."

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/06/01/p...

#Histlx #LinguisticQuotes

A quote from Roman Jakobson in Czech. In English, it reads as follows: "If we wanted to characterise briefly the kind of thinking currently governing science in its most varied manifestations, we could not find a more fitting expression than structuralism."

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 4d

Friedemann Pulvermüller (1960-2025)

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

Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller

www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 4d

Pro aktuální číslo časopisu Heroine jsem se s filozofem jazyka Tomášem Koblížkem (@tomaskoblizek.bsky.social) bavil mimo jiné o hate speech, o rozdílech mezi ní a "pouze" drsným jazykem nebo o genderových rozdílech v nenávistném vyjadřování.

Člověk stojící před knihovnou, který si drží před tváří říjnové vydání časopisu Heroine na stránce s rozhovorem o hate speech s Tomášem Koblížkem

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD 225 years ago, Christian Lassen (1800–1876) was born 🎂 An orientalist who made major contributions to the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform, the Brahmi script, and the Kharoshthi inscriptions on Bactrian coins.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · 5d

Released a new ALILI episode yesterday, about the show's first sign language!

ASL is the beloved language of Aidan Elliott-McCrea (the linguist behind @wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social), and he gave me both a great intro to ASL and heartfelt social messages too. Listen here:
pod.link/1703401848/e...

Artwork for the podcast A Language I Love Is...

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD 193 years ago, Gustav Langenscheidt (1832–1895) was born 🎉 A language teacher, publisher, and founder of a publishing group. Together with Charles Toussaint, he developed an innovative method for self-learning languages. A bridge in Berlin is named in his honour.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 6d

Prague is now the capital of a normal country – alas!
My latest commentary…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When populists win in Prague, that’s nothing peculiarly ‘east European’. It’s the new normal of the western world | Timothy Garton Ash

The likely new Czech government will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal and migration and asylum pact, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

www.theguardian.com

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 10d

#OTD 106 years ago, Rudolf Macúch (1919–1993) was born 🥳 A scholar of Semitic languages, specializing in Neo-Syriac, and an expert on Mandaeism and Samaritanism. In 1998, a minor planet in the asteroid belt was named 24974 Macúch in his honor 🪐

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 11d

Wozu noch Grammatik in der Schule?

Am 6. November 2025 um 18:15 sprechen genau darüber Anke Haupt (BLiQ), Barbara Schlücker (@bschluecker.bsky.social) und Regina Ultze (@senbjf.bsky.social) 🤩

🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/pr...

@berlinscienceweek.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 11d

#OTD 134 years ago, Louise Kaiser (1891–1973) was born 🎉 A pioneering experimental phonetician, as well as an anthropologist and artist. In 1926, she became the first female lecturer at the University of Amsterdam (@uva.nl).

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 11d

New episode (no. 50) 🤩

James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social Universität Siegen) talks with Gerda Haßler (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) about her career in Romance linguistics and the history of linguistics in the GDR and re-united Germany.

In German!

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/15/p...

#Histlx

Podcast episode 50: Gerda Haßler

In this interview, Gerda Haßler discusses her career in Romanistik and the history of linguistics in the DDR and re-united Germany.

hiphilangsci.net

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 12d

Quechua, Guaraní und Nheengatu im Kontakt mit Spanisch und Portugiesisch am Rio Negro. Uli Reich und André Amorim (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) stellen ihr Projekt zu Informationsstruktur und Modalität in diesen Sprachen vor.

Mehr Infos: dcl.fu-berlin.de

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics

Einladung zum ersten Vortrag der Dahlem Lectures in Linguistics des Semesters am 21. Oktober 2025. Uli Reich und André Amorim stellen ihr Projekt vor mit dem Titel: Sprachen im Fluss. Modalität und Informationsstruktur am Rio Negro

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 13d

Confs: Small Languages, Big Ideas

The Virtual Institute for Afrikaans (VivA), in collaboration with local and international partners, is pleased to host the fourth edition of the Small Languages, Big Ideas (SLBI) conference — this time with a fresh southern perspective. Join us in Gauteng, one of the linguistically and culturally vibrant provinces of South Africa, as we bring the focus to Germanic dialects, microvariation, and linguistic diversity across continents. This edition of SLBI highlights dialects as windows into lan

dlvr.it

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 13d

#OTD 218 years ago, Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807–1874) was born 🎂 A linguist and Prime Minister of Saxe-Altenburg, he studied a diverse range of languages, including Cherokee, Khasi, Komi, Manchu, Mongolian, Mordvin, Mari, and Gothic.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 16d

Těším se, až se na ni podívám a určitě pak dám vědět. Opticky a dotykově ale každopádně vypadá poveděně!

Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 17d

Hele, @katquita.bsky.social, co jsem včera našel v poště 🤩

Kniha Kateřiny Chkádkové a Miroslava Pešty s názvem Učte se jazyky jako děti. V pozadí jde vidět knihovna.

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Tomáš Koblížek @tomaskoblizek.bsky.social · 17d

Díky časopisu Heroine za pozvánku k většímu rozhovoru o výzkumu hate speech, a to včetně misogynních projevů. Rozhovor je bohužel aktuálnější, než jsem čekal, že bude - tažení proti mladým političkám je nyní v plném proudu. O mysogynii u nás je třeba víc mluvit, není jen nějakým okrajovým jevem.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 17d

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

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 18d

Šva v italštině je super!

Nějaké komparativní studie nebinárních strategií, resp. inkluzivního jazyka existují...pro češtinu mě napadá Vít Kolek a jeho srovnání s němčinou, nebo loňská dizertace od Tobiase-Alexandra Herrmanna o ruštině a češtině. Určitě toho ale bude víc...

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 18d

Jo...já to taky při čtení jenom tiše přecházím a vyslovovat nahlas jsem to ještě nikdy nemusel...

Zajímavé mi btw přijde, jak je ta diskuze podobná té anglické kolem (ne)výslovnosti Latinx

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 18d

Že se to nemusí všem líbit, podle mě není nějak zvlášť "unpopular opinion" ;)

Jinak ale když to člověk čte pro sebe, nemusí vyslovovat nic. A vlastně ani nahlas to není potřeba číst a místo toho <x> nemusí být nic. Ale asi nejtypičtěji to jde číst jako /ks/, tj. /mɲɛlks/ místo /mɲɛlɪ/ 🤷

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 24d

#BæFoLa is back!
We're ready for Season 9 featuring delicious talks on:
🍆 food porn (Jonatan Leer)
🥕 veggie words (Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza)
🧁 baking videos (Carolin Schneider-Ward)
🍳 cooking videos (Stefan Hauser)

More info at tinyurl.com/baefola

#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

BaeFoLa Poster with a donut for each talk

October 31, 12:30-13:30 CET: Jonatan Leer (Örebro University)

Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age

November 28, 12:30-13:30 CET: Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza (University of Alicante)

VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming

December 19, 12:30-13:30 CET: Carolin Schneider Ward (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Bake, Tic, Repeat: Multimodal Self-Reactions in the Digital Kitchen

January 30, 12:30-13:30 CET: Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug)

Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok: A Media Linguistic Approach

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