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PhD funding for international students – Université Paris Cité

Université Paris Cité, the host institution for the Histoire des théories linguistiques (HTL; https://htl.cnrs.fr/en/home/) research group, has earmarked PhD funding for international students starting this year. Students will register at the Linguistics Department (https://u-paris.fr/linguistique/en/home/#pll_switcher), and be supervised by a member of

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – April 2023

James McElvenny, ed. 2023. The Limits of Structuralism. Forgotten Texts in the History of Modern Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 336 p. ISBN 9780192849045Publisher’s website Based around seven primary texts spanning 130 years, this volume explores the conceptual boundaries of

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – March 2023

Zanna Van Loon, John Steckley, Toon Van Hal, Andy Peetermans, eds. 2023. Anchored in ink: Pierre-Philippe Potier’s Elementa Grammaticae Huronicae (1745), a Jesuit grammar of Wendat. Potsdam: Universitätsverlag Potsdam. 446 p.ISBN 978-3-86956-516-3. DOI : https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-51306Book in open accessPublisher’s website This

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – February 2023

Lorenzo Cigana & Frans Gregersen, ed. 2023. Structuralism as one – structuralism as many – Studies in Structuralisms. Copenhagen: Gads Forlag. 560 p. ISBN 9788773044476Publisher’s website This book includes 14 contributions to the study of structuralism as a historical current

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – January 2023

Danielle Candel, Didier Samain & Dan Savatovsky, ed. 2023. Eugen Wüster et la terminologie de l’école de Vienne. Paris : SHESL (HEL Livres, 2). 338 p. ISBN 979-10-91587-18-1. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.7503185Book in open accessPublisher’s website La terminologie, avec ses analyses théoriques et

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – December 2022

Michaël Crevoisier & Aurélien Galateau, ed. 2022. Langage et Idéologie. Penser le devenir de la langue avec Klemperer. Nice : Éditions Unes. Unes Idée. 184 p. ISBN 978-2-87704-251-2,Publisher’s website Depuis une vingtaine d’années, on commence à mieux connaître en France

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Cfp: XXXII. International Colloquium of the “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS), 6-9 Sept 2023, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal

The XXXII International Colloquium of the Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) will be held at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal) from Wednesday, September 6 to Saturday September 9, 2023. The general theme of the

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – November 2022

Lorenzo Cigana. 2022. Hjelmslev e la teoria delle correlazioni linguistiche. Roma: Carocci. Biblioteca di testi e studi. 344 p. ISBN: 9788829017089Publisher’s website Il volume traccia la genesi e lo sviluppo della teoria delle correlazioni linguistiche di Louis Hjelmslev, uno dei più importanti

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences — October 2022

Janette Friedrich, ed. 2022. Karl Bühler und das Wiener Psychologische Institut. Dokumente und Fundstücke. Herausgegeben, zusammengestellt und kommentiert von Janette Friedrich. Lausanne: sdvig press. Bühleriana 1. 390 p. ISBN: 9782970082958Publisher’s website Mit dem Band Karl Bühler und das Wiener Psychologische

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Interview 3 : Le Moyen Âge est une société de langage, interview with Irène-Rosier-Catach

Inverview with Irène Rosier-Catach, prepared by Émilie Aussant, Chloé Laplantine and Rafaello Pisu.Recorded in Paris, on June 30, 2021 at Université Paris Cité by Thomas Zoritchak.Tranlation by Andrew Eastman and Amanda Murphy.Music extracted from Luciano Berio & Cathy Berberian. Recital

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