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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 18h

#OTD 327 years ago, Johanna Corleva (1698–1752) was born 🥳 Translator, grammarian, and likely the first female lexicographer from the Netherlands. She translated grammatical treatises into Dutch, including the Port-Royal Grammar.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 7d

#OTD 99 years ago, Els Oksaar (1926–2015) was born 🎉 She was an expert on early language acquisition, language contact, and multilingualism in children. She also contributed to the development of the theory of culturemes.

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 49 of our podcast is out 🤩

James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer

In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 8d

Jobs (PhD & postdoc) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social 🤩

"The Cluster of Excellence Cross-Cultural Philology has just been launched. It takes a cross-cultural approach to the study of philological practices and cultural dynamics over a 5,000-year period."

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Jobs: LMU docs and postdocs in philology

The Cluster of Excellence Cross-Cultural Philology has just been launched at the LMU in Munich. The research cluster takes a cross-cultural approach to the study of philological practices and cultu…

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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 9d

John R. Searle glaubte an die Macht der Sprache und wurde zu einem Star der Sprachwissenschaft. Sein Denken strahlte in viele Richtungen, nun ist der Philosoph gestorben.

John R. Searle: Sie nannten ihn Cowboy

John R. Searle glaubte an die Macht der Sprache und wurde zu einem Star der Sprachwissenschaft. Sein Denken strahlte in viele Richtungen, nun ist der Philosoph gestorben.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 9d

#OTD 143 years ago, Lilias E. Armstrong (1882–1937) was born 🎂 A phonetician, she specialised in English intonation, French phonetics, and the tone systems of Somali and Kikuyu, and also studied intonation in the context of TEFL.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 9d

#OTD 342 years ago, Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756) was born 🥳 A translator and a pioneer of Old English studies, she authored "The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue", the first Old English grammar written in English.

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 10d

Philosopher John Searle has died.

John Searle (1932-2025) - Daily Nous

Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

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Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 15d

💥Viven Law Essay Prize reminder💥
Deadline: 30 September 2025‼️
We welcome essays on any topic related to the history of linguistic ideas by PhD students and recent graduates. The prize includes £200 and more.
See details and don't forget to send in your essay!👇

The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society

The Vivien Law Prize

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Tanguy Solliec @kiminell.bsky.social · 18d

Some of her works are publicly available online on @gallicabnf.bsky.social

L'aspect verbal et les formations à affixe nasal en celtique

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Description d'un parler irlandais de Kerry

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L'aspect verbal et les formations à affixe nasal en celtique / par Marie-Louise Sjoestedt

L'aspect verbal et les formations à affixe nasal en celtique / par Marie-Louise Sjoestedt -- 1926 -- livre

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 18d

#OTD 125 years ago, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval (1900–1940) was born 🤩 Expert on Celtic studies, particularly on Irish language and mythology. One of the few female scholars, she attended the First International Congress of Linguists in 1928.

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 23d

A new podcast episode 🤩

Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

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Podcast episode 48: A History of Modern Linguistics

In this interview, Randy Harris interviews James McElvenny about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 24d

Episode 2 of our podcast is a great place to learn more about the work of Franz Bopp and the emergence of comparative-historical grammar!

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 24d

#OTD 268 years ago, Franz Joseph Stalder (1757–1833) was born 🥳 A Catholic priest, a pioneering scholar of Swiss dialectology and the author of a Swiss German lexicon and grammar. The current Schweizerisches Idiotikon (@ch-idiotikon.bsky.social) continues his work.

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Darin Flynn @phono-logical.bsky.social · 25d

Pullum on LLMs in the latest episode of @jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social’s History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences Podcast @hiphilangsci.bsky.social hiphilangsci.net

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Darin Flynn @phono-logical.bsky.social · 26d

Good listen! History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences Podcast Ep. 14 (March ’21): James McElvenny interviews Michael Ashby about the emergence and development of phonetics in the 19th and early 20th century hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/31/p...

HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 26d

If you’re interested in the history of phonetics, have a listen to episode 14 of our podcast where James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks with Michael Ashby!

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/31/p...

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 26d

If you’re interested in the history of phonetics, have a listen to episode 14 of our podcast where James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks with Michael Ashby!

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/31/p...

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 26d

#OTD 87 years ago, Renate Carstens (1938–2019) was born 🤩 She was a leading expert in Indonesian studies in the GDR and continued her career in reunited Germany. Her work focused on Bahasa Indonesia and other Austronesian languages.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 27d

#OTD 133 years ago, Anna Zollinger-Escher (1892–1986) was born 🥳 She documented and analysed various forms of greetings in Swiss German and worked at the Schweizerisches Idiotikon (@ch-idiotikon.bsky.social).

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 27d

#OTD 226 years ago, Adolphe Pictet (1799–1875) was born 🎉 An early proponent of historical-comparative linguistics, he pioneered combining palaeontology and linguistic reconstruction in order to explore the world of the Indo-Europeans.

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Betsy Sneller @betsysneller.bsky.social · 28d

I am so grateful to the editors of Diachronica for letting me write this piece in memoriam of Bill Labov.

And so grateful that they let me write what I most wanted to - a piece about Bill's *goodness*, his love for humanity, and how those things *resulted in* what we think of as his genius

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Diachronica journal @diachronica.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... is now out, @betsysneller.bsky.social 's beautiful tribute to Bill Labov

Falling in love with humanity | John Benjamins

Abstract William (Bill) Labov, pioneering scholar of language change, died on December 17, 2024. His MA and PhD theses in the mid 1960s revolutionized the field of language variation and change, and h...

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Aug 31

Review: Typology: Otto Jespersen; Brett Reynolds, Peter Evans; Olli O. Silvennoinen (2025)

SUMMARY This book, “Negation in English and Other Languages” (henceforth “Negation”), written by Otto Jespersen and edited by Brett Reynolds and Peter Evans with an introduction by Olli O. Silvennoinen, is a newly second edition of Jespersen’s 1917 classic. This edition makes this work more accessible, preserving its historical significance and enhancing its usability and applicability for contemporary readers. The editors’ contributions are significant. The new edition is supplemented wit

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 28d

A great opportunity to (re-)listen to episode 38 of our podcast, in which James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) speaks with Dan Everett about the life and work of Charles Sanders Peirce.

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Uwe Edelheid feat. mariazielenbach @mariazielenbach.bsky.social · Sep 7

In finally finished reading The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall by @andrewgarrett.bsky.social cover to cover and wooow, it's so good!
Big recommendation for all linguists, anthropologists, ethnologists, Ursula K. LeGuin fans and everyone else!
So many things 100% relevant to my work to reflect on

Cover of the book The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California. Shows hands in blue latex gloves scratching off letters from a white wall

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

#OTD 136 years ago, Johannes Saß (1889–1971) was born. A dialectologist, lexicographer, specialist in Low German, and the author of a standardized Low German orthography. A research prize in his name honors work on Low German. Saß was also an active member of the NSDAP.

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