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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – April 2025

Velmezova, Ekaterina, ed. 2024. Tartu in the History of Slavic Philology, vol. 2 : Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929). Tartu: University of Tartu Press (Acta Slavica Estonica, 18). 160 p. ISBN 978-9916-27-795-9Publisher’s webpage Значение Тарту в истории филологии переоценить трудно. На протяжении…

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12th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics – Early Linguistic Encounters between Europe and Asia

Organized by National Science and Technology Council, R.O.C.; Institute of History, NTHU; Institute of Linguistics, NTHU; Institute of Taiwan Languages and Language Teaching, NTHU; Center for Sustainable Development of Linguistic Diversity in Taiwan (SDLD); Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, NTHU; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,…

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – March 2025

Joby, Christopher. 2025. Christian Mission in Seventeenth-Century Taiwan. A Reception History of Texts, Beliefs, and Practices. Leiden: Brill (Brill Series in Taiwan Studies, 3). ISBN 978-90-04-71635-3Publisher’s website This is the first book-length study of the reception of Christianity and the epistemic…

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – February 2025

Dubourg Glatigny, Pascal, ed. 2024. Esperantists in the Twentieth Century: Making Connections in an Age of Division. [Special issue] Cultural History 13(2). ISSN 2045-290XPublisher’s website Introduction: Esperantists in the Twentieth Century: Making Connections in an Age of DivisionPascal Dubourg Glatigny…

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Cfp – XV Congreso Internacional de la Sociedat Española de Historiografía Lingüística XV CISEHL2026

Date : 17-20 March 2026Place : Barcelona (Spain) Prescriptivism and descriptivism from the peripheries The Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, with the collaboration of the research group Infolex, is pleased to announce the celebration of…

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Cfp – (Hi)stories of meaning: The “Semantic Century” and Its Roots (CISPELS III)

Università della Calabria (Italy), 9–11 October 2025 “Meaning” is one of the most debated terms in linguistics, particularly in its historical dimension. On the one hand, the focus on meaning—and its public or objective nature—constituted a defining feature of twentieth-century…

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Funding for MA degrees in the language sciences available at Université Paris Cité

Funding for MA degrees in the language sciences is available at Université Paris Cité, through the Paris Graduate School of Linguistics. The Paris Graduate School of Linguistics (PGSL) is a Paris-area graduate program covering all areas of language science. It…

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – December 2024

Carey, Hilary M. 2024. The Colonial Bible in Australia. Scripture translations by Biraban and Lancelot Threlkeld, 1825-1859. Berlin: Language Science Press (History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences). 260 p. ISBN ISBN: 978-3-96110-486-4. DOI DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14007559Page de l’éditeurBook in open access…

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – November 2024

Stockigt, Clara. 2024. Australian Pama­-Nyungan languages: Lineages of early description. Berlin: Language Science Press (History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences). 520 p. ISBN 978-3-96110-488-8. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13880534Publisher’s websiteBook in open access A substantial proportion of what is discoverable about the…

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Cfp: Discussions on Legacy Materials (DiLegMa) – opportunities and challenges for descriptive linguistics

The numerous political and ecological crises of the last years have palpably demonstrated that access to field sites can quickly be severely restricted for linguists engaged in language description around the world. Furthermore, issues of environmental responsibility and sustainability are…

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