“Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) XXIX. Internationales Kolloquium SPRACHE UND KONTEXT IN DER GESCHICHTE DER SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT — LANGUAGE AND CONTEXT IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS 4. – 7. Juli 2018 Campus am Neuen Palais Universität Potsdam Haus 8, Raum 060/61…
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New OA book series: history and philosophy of the language sciences
The open access publisher Language Science Press has just started a new book series on the history and philosophy of the language sciences. Proposals are welcome for books that fall within the aims and scope of the series:
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, May 2018
Below is a list of some monographs and collected volumes in the history and philosophy of linguistics that have appeared recently.
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New Issue: Acta Structuralica – Open Access
Special issue on Phenomenology and Structuralism. Articles:
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Vivien Law Prize 2018
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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Martin Burr Grant 2019
[Post updated 14 May 2018] Application deadline 30 September 2018 The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas invites applications for the Martin Burr Grant, which awards small amounts of funding (usually up to a maximum of £500)…
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Call for Papers : SHESL-HTL CONFERENCE 2019. Linguistics and its historical forms of organization and production. Paris, 24-26 January 2019
This conference is an occasion for celebrating the 40th anniversary of the SHESL (Société d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langage) and the associated journal HEL (Histoire Epistémologie Langage), as well as the 35 years of existence of the HTL…
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CfP: Sprache und Globalisierung
Die Gesellschaft für Interlinguistik e.V. (GIL) lädt herzlich ein zu ihrer Jahrestagung 2018 mit dem Schwerpunkthema Sprache und Globalisierung
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Call for Papers: “A host of tongues” – Multilingualism, lingua franca and translation in the Early Modern period
FCSH-UNL, Lisbon, 13th to 15th December 2018 In the 15th and 16th centuries, the linguistic situation in Europe was one of remarkable fluidity. Latin, the great scholarly lingua franca of the medieval period, was beginning to crack as the tectonic…
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Query: Boas on Alternating Sounds
What secondary literature exists on the historical context and significance of Franz Boas’ (1889) essay “On alternating sounds” or on his approach to phonology more generally?
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History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 