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…
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…
Otto Zwartjes presents his new book on Mandarin Chinese studies by Spanish Dominicans, the oldest known sources to date.
In 2024, the eleventh conference on the history of the humanities will be hosted by the Lund Center for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), Lund University between 9 and 11 October 2024.The call for papers and panels is now open: https://www.historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-meetings/the-making-of-the-humanities-xi-lund-2024/…
The deadline for abstract submission to ICHoLS 16 is March 1, 2024. The submission web page for ICHoLS 16 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ichols16 Here is information about the open thematic workshops (see below). Please see the attachments and send your abstract to the organizers…
Els Elffers 1. Introduction Phenomenology covers a large area, and the same is true of speech act theory. Here I will focus on one point of contact between them, namely intentionality. Intentionality is a key concept in phenomenology and it…
Online working group: History of the Language SciencesConveners: Judith Kaplan (CHSTM), Floris Solleveld (University of Bristol) Hosted by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Monthly meetings: Tuesday 12 Sep, 10 Oct, 14 Nov, 12 Dec, 9 Jan, 13…
The 2023 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held from Monday 4 September until Wednesday 6 September 2023 at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal). The…
Review ofRandy Allen Harris: The Linguistics Wars: Chomsky, Lakoff, and the Battle over Deep Structure. Second edition. Oxford University Press. 2021. John GoldmithUniversity of Chicago Randy Harris has written an extremely engaging account of the rise of generative syntax and…
John JosephUniversity of Edinburgh One hundred years ago, Raymond de Saussure (1894-1971), the second son of Ferdinand and Marie de Saussure, published a review of a collection of papers by his father’s most famous and devoted student, Antoine Meillet (1866-1936).…
