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John Goldsmith – Battle in the Mind Fields

Posted on 10 May 2021 by The Editor — Leave a comment

John Goldsmith (University of Chicago) has made a series of 10 videos – one for each chapter – about the book Battle in the Mind Fields, which he wrote with Bernard Laks (University of Paris) and published in 2019. A…

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, History, Linguistics

Workshop: Language in the Global History of Knowledge, 29–30 April 2021

Posted on 10 April 2021 by The Editor — Leave a comment

KU Leuven (online), 29–30 April 2021https://relicta.org/lghk/index.html This workshop discusses various ways in which language and the study of language figured in the global history of knowledge, from the 16th to the early 20th century. In the expanding network of mercantile,…

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History of Linguistics in East and South-East Asia

Posted on 5 April 2021 by The Editor — 3 Comments

Below are two talks originally presented at the meeting of the Society for the History of Linguistics in the Pacific, December 2020, on the history of the grammatical description of Vietnamese and Chinese. Quang Anh Le, Time-marking particles and the…

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, China, Grammars, History

History of Linguistics in Australia

Posted on 8 March 2021 by The Editor — Leave a comment

The following are a selection of three talks on the history of linguistics in Australia originally delivered at the meeting of the Society for the History of Linguistics in the Pacific, December 2020. Jane Simpson, Grammars for analysis, grammars for…

Posted in Australia, History, Linguistics

The Facts of Whorf’s Hopi Research

Posted on 7 February 2021 by The Editor — 2 Comments

In this talk, Penny Lee presents some preliminary results from her research into the personal diaries of Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941).

Posted in 20th century, America, Article, History, Linguistics

History of linguistics on Abralin ao vivo

Posted on 14 January 2021 by The Editor — Leave a comment

In the excellent Abralin ao vivo series of online lectures, there have recently been a number of contributions that deal with the history of linguistics. Here is a selection for your edification and entertainment. James McElvenny Typology and the history…

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New book: HPLS 3 – Historical journey in a linguistic archipelago: Descriptive concepts and case studies

Posted on 6 January 2021 by The Editor — Leave a comment

The third book in the gold open access HPLS series has just appeared, Historical journey in a linguistic archipelago: Descriptive concepts and case studies, edited by Émilie Aussant and Jean-Michel Fortis. The volume contains a selection of papers from the…

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CfP: Documentation and Description of Asian Languages – History and Epistemology

Posted on 18 November 2020 by The Editor — Leave a comment

Paris January 2022 Proposal submission deadline: 15 March 2021 This conference proposes to address, from a historical and/or an epistemological point of view, the ways in which Asian languages have been documented and described. “Asia” is used here in the…

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PhD Position KU Leuven: Languages Writing History – reopened

Posted on 1 September 2020 by The Editor — Leave a comment

This post has just reopened. KU Leuven is advertising a four-year PhD position at the Faculty of Arts as part of the FWO-funded project “Languages writing history: the impact of language studies beyond linguistics (1700-1860)”. The aim of this project…

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