Brigitte NerlichUniversity of Nottingham My old book Change in Language: Whitney, Bréal, and Wegener has just come out as an ebook. It was first published in 1990 and has now been reissued in Routledge’s History of Linguistic Thought Series. That…
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Manfred Bierwisch: Linguistics in Germany
Carla Umbach (University of Cologne) I would like to draw attention to an article by Manfred Bierwisch, who was a very prominent German linguist and did most of his scientific work in GDR. The article appeared recently in Annual Review…
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cfp: 13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics
13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics Contributions to the Safeguarding of the World’s Linguistic and Cultural Heritage University of Vigo, Spain (March 31 – April 1, 2027) University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal (April 2–3, 2027) Web:…
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CHSTM History of Language Sciences spring program 2026
CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online. The meetings of the CHSTM working group on the history of the language sciences continue in spring 2026. We have an exciting program lined up over the next few months:…
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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 cultural dynamics over a 5,000-year period. They are now advertising a…
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CHSTM History of Language Sciences autumn program 2025
CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online, September 2025–May 2026 The CHSTM working group on the history of the language sciences holds online seminars every month on topics related to the history of linguistics and neighbouring fields.…
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Call: CHSTM History of Language Sciences 2025–26
CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online, September 2025–May 2026 Archives scaffold research in both history and the sciences. Far from passive repositories, they assert order and give shape to the world. In the midst of what…
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The Neogrammarians as a Scientific School?
Beijia ChenFreie Universität Berlin My dissertation, titled Die Junggrammatiker als wissenschaftliche Schule? – eine wissenschaftssoziologische Untersuchung anhand linguistischer Zeitschriftenzitationen aus einer Netzwerkperspektive (submitted in February 2025, Freie Universität Berlin), was recently discussed in episode 45 of the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences podcast. However, the…
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CHSTM History of the Language Sciences upcoming online meetings
The CHSTM working group History of the Language Sciences has two upcoming meetings, in April and May. All meeting are held online. For further information and meeting link, see the working group website. The working group will resume in September…
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