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Program February-June 2017

[Program updated 16 February 2017] 16February La langue de Boas. Quelques remarques à propos de l’écriture de Franz Boas.Chloé LaplantineLaboratoire d’Histoire des Théories Linguistiques CNRS-Université Paris Diderot 7March The Prague Linguistic Circle and the analogy between musicology and linguisticsBart KarstensUniversity

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Program September-December 2016

Updated: 27 November 2016 7September The Chilean Academy of the Spanish Language: the institutionalization of a discourse community.Darío RojasUniversity of Chile 28September Ludwig Noiré and the Debate on Language Origins in the 19th CenturyJacopo D’AlonzoSorbonne Nouvelle & Sapienza Università di

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Program February-June 2016

17February Networking and obstacles to the development of the language sciences as reflected in the correspondence of Rodolfo Lenz and Hugo Schuchardt.Silvio Moreira de Sousa and Johannes MückeHugo Schuchardt Archive, University of Graz 10March Aree, volumi e spazi: la geometria

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Society for the History of Linguistics in the Pacific SHLP5

Call for Papers 5-7 September 2016, Universität Potsdam [Program now available: https://hiphilangsci.net/shlp-5-program/ ] The fifth biennial conference of the Society for the History of Linguistics in the Pacific will be held in Potsdam, Germany, 5-7 September 2016. With a strong

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Vivien Law Essay Prize 2015

The Vivien Law Prize is offered annually by the Henry Sweet Society for the best essay in the history of linguistic ideas. The competition is open to all currently registered students, and to scholars who have received their PhD or

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John Stoddart’s The Philosophy of Language: the “last truly universalist work”

Joseph L. Subbiondo California Institute of Integral Studies Introduction Sir John Stoddart (1773-1856) served as England’s advocate in Malta from 1803-1807, editor of The Times from 1814 to 1816, founder and editor of The New Times from 1816 to 1826,

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Program August-December 2015

[Updated 16 September 2015] 5August Esperanto: some observations of a speaker-linguistKen MinerUniversity of Kansas 19August John Stoddart’s The Philosophy of Language: the “last truly universalist work”Joseph SubbiondoCalifornia Institute of Integral Studies 2September Las disciplinas lingüísticas en la España decimonónica: Julián

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Salon: Anachronism in linguistic historiography

Welcome to the first salon. The purpose of our salons is to provide a forum for discussing topics of interest in linguistic historiography and related fields. This salon will focus on ‘anachronism in linguistic historiography’. The discussion opens below with

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Somewhat caught between lexicology and syntax: a look at Phraseology

Sabine Fiedler University of Leipzig Terminology and characteristics A number of different terms have been used to name the topic of this blog entry. For example, in English, the following expressions are used synonymously: multi-word lexemes, phrasemes, set phrases, prefabricated

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Program February-June 2015

11February Somewhat caught between lexicology and syntax: a look at phraseologySabine FiedlerUniversity of Leipzig 25February Examining material aspects of manuscripts (Part II)Anna PytlowanyUniversity of Amsterdam 13March Some Remarks on Objectivity in PragmaticsSamuel LewinUniversity of Sydney 25March Sensualism for dummiesEls ElffersUniversity

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