Rebeca FernĂĄndez RodrĂguez Centro de Estudos em Letras (CEL) Universidade de TrĂĄs-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) Missionary lexicography in the Philippines is extensive and exhaustive. Dozens of grammars and vocabularies have been written since the Spanish arrival in the Philippines…
Yearly Archives: 2013
New dating of the Iloko manuscript lexicography
Tagged with: Ilocano, lexicography, Philippine
Posted in 17th century, 18th century, Article, Europe, Field linguistics, Lexicography, Linguistics, Philippines
Posted in 17th century, 18th century, Article, Europe, Field linguistics, Lexicography, Linguistics, Philippines
Bloomfield : Du mentalisme au behaviorisme
Jean-Michel Fortis Laboratoire dâhistoire des thĂ©ories linguistiques, UniversitĂ© Paris-Diderot On peut sâinterroger sur lâĂ©volution qui voit Bloomfield passer de la psychologie Ă dominante wundtienne, qui imprĂšgne son Introduction de 1914, au behaviorisme, et dâune linguistique âmentalisteâ Ă une linguistique psycho-abstinente…
Tagged with: behaviourism, history of structuralism, Leonard Bloomfield, linguistics, mentalism, psychology, Wilhelm Wundt
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, Article, History, Linguistics, Structuralism
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, Article, History, Linguistics, Structuralism
El Sermonario de fray Bernardino de SahagĂșn y los fondos en lenguas indĂgenas de la Biblioteca Nacional de MĂ©xico
Pilar MĂĄynez Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma de MĂ©xico Sobre el repositorio que resguarda la versiĂłn tardĂa del Sermonario de los Sanctos del año en lengua mexicana La Biblioteca Nacional de MĂ©xico fue oficialmente inaugurada el 2 de abril de 1884 en…
Tagged with: 15th-century, history, Mexico, NĂĄhuatl, Spain
Posted in 15th century, 16th century, America, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics
Posted in 15th century, 16th century, America, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics
Toponymy and ecolinguistics
Joshua Nash University of Adelaide Ecolinguistics can be divided into two strands. The first deals with environmental discourse analysis, often termed eco-critical discourse analysis, critical ecolinguistics, or the language of ecology and environmentalism, while the second, language ecology, which deals…
Teaching language to a boy born deaf in the seventeenth century: the Holder-Wallis debate
Jaap Maat University of Amsterdam 1. The Popham notebook In the summer of 2008, a leather-bound booklet attracted the attention of a member of staff of Warner Leisure Hotels in Littlecote House, near Hungerford, Wiltshire, UK. It looked old, and…
Tagged with: 17th century, Alexander Popham, deaf education, Holder, Wallis
Posted in 17th century, Article, Europe, History
Posted in 17th century, Article, Europe, History
Hendrik Pos and the epistemological foundations of structuralism
Patrick Flack Charles University, Prague The name of Dutch linguist and philosopher Hendrik Josephus Pos (1898-1955) is not one that rings many bells today, except perhaps in the Netherlands and the (growing) circles of Merleau-Ponty specialists. But to the keen…
A uniform orthography and early linguistic research in Australia
David Moore University of Western Australia Introduction A Uniform orthography can be defined as one which is segmental and phonographic. Each graphic segment is pronounced and has a distinct value. Internal consistency in transcription is achieved by defining each segment…
Tagged with: Australian languages, field linguistics, uniform orthography
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, Australia, Field linguistics, History, Linguistics, Phonology
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, Australia, Field linguistics, History, Linguistics, Phonology
Program October-December 2013
[Program updated 27 October 2013] 16October A uniform orthography and early linguistic research in AustraliaDavid MooreUniversity of Western Australia 23October Break 30October Hendrik Pos and the epistemological foundations of structuralismPatrick FlackCharles University, Prague 6November Teaching language to a boy born…
Emile Benveniste et les langues amérindiennes.
ChloĂ© Laplantine Laboratoire dâHistoire des ThĂ©ories Linguistiques CNRS-UniversitĂ© Paris Diderot Les langues amĂ©rindiennes ont une place critique dans la linguistique d’Emile Benveniste (1902-1976). A deux reprises dans les ProblĂšmes de linguistique gĂ©nĂ©rale, il explique lâimportance pour lâhistoire de la linguistique…
The social cognition of linguists
Andrea C. Schalley Griffith University It is social cognition which enables us to construct functioning societies sharing knowledge, values and goals, and to undertake collaborative action. It is also crucial to empathising and communicating with others, to enriching imprecise signs…
Tagged with: linguistics, psycholinguistics, social cognition, sociolinguistics, sociology of linguistics
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 