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Has the LSA Been a Generativist-Dominated Organisation?

Frederick J. Newmeyer University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and University of Washington There are two stories about how the field of linguistics (at least in the United States) reacted sociologically to the advent of generative grammar. I call

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics – January 2020

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics – December 2019

Henri MESCHONNIC. 2019. The Henri Meschonnic Reader. A Poetics of Society. Edited by Marko Pajević. Translated by Pier-Pascale Boulanger, Andrew Eastman, John E. Joseph, David Nowell Smith, Marko Pajević, Chantal WrightMarko The Henri Meschonnic Reader. A Poetics of Society. Edinburgh:

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Cfp: XXXI. International Colloquium of the “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) on Language and Language Awareness in the History of Linguistics (Flensburg, 18.-20.06.2020)

From June 18th-20th, 2020, the XXXI. International Colloquium of the “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) on Language and Language Awareness in the History of Linguistics will take place at the Europa-Universität Flensburg. The choice of topics may range from antiquity

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Une bonne langue pour chanter ? Réflexions sur les caractéristiques phonétiques des langues et sur le chant baroque

Claudia Schweitzer Histoire des Théories Linguistiques, CNRS, Université de Paris Dans sa Lettre sur la musique française (1753 : 91), Rousseau déclare « qu’il n’y a ni mesure ni mélodie dans la Musique Française, parce que la langue n’en est pas

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics – November 2019

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, October 2019

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, September 2019

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Cfp : First International Conference on Linguistic Terminology, Glossing and Phonemicization (Yamagata University, Japan, Feb. 22–23, 2020)

Hosted by the Japanese Linguistics Internationalization Committee Held at Yamagata University, Yonezawa Campus, Japan, Feb. 22–23, 2020 Call for Papers As linguistic research expands to cover an ever increasing number of languages and subfields, various collaborations have been carried out

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Cfp : Open workshops, ICHoLS 15, Milan, August 24-28, 2020

From ICHoLS XV website : Proposals for the following open workshops must be sent to the address of the workshop organiser. They must be submitted no later than December 1 2019.

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21-22 May 2026
Prague (Czech Republic)
Some Less Well-Known Relations of the Prague School: Networks and Dynamics of Cultural Transfer


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Nottingham (UK)
Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026
(Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas


10-11 September 2026
Fribourg (Switzerland)
The Prague Linguistic Circle in Geneva and Paris: Circulations and Decenterings


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Studienkreis Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft
Universality and Universals in the History of Linguistics


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La linguistique ‘fonctionnelle’ cent ans après la fondation du Cercle linguistique de Prague


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Paris (France)
Language, Norm, and Society: The Prague Linguistic Circle (1926-2026) in the Face of Contemporary Challenges


28-29 January 2027
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History of terminology – Diachronic terminology The emergence of a terminological conscienceness


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13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics


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Flensburg (Germany)
Language abuse and language criticism in the history of linguistics


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Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
ICHoLS XVII