Language & History 67(2). 2024. Philosophical Language Schemes: Crossroads for Study, ed. David Cram. Abingdon-on-Thames: Taylor and Francis. Online ISSN: 1759-7544Publisher’s website Philosophical language schemes: crossroads for studyDavid Cram Word as definition. A key principle of the Comenian project for…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – June 2024
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PhD funding – Histoire des théories linguistiques (Université Paris Cité)
Université Paris Cité, the host institution for the Histoire des théories linguistiques (HTL; https://htl.cnrs.fr/) research group, has earmarked PhD funding for international students starting this year. Students will enroll in the Linguistics Department (https://u-paris.fr/linguistique/en/home/) and be supervised by a member of HTL.…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – May 2024
Minervini, Laura & Frank Savelsberg, ed. 2024. New Perspectives on Judeo-Spanish and the Linguistic History of the Sephardic Jews. Leiden: Brill. (Brill’s Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, 41). 335 p. + index. ISBN 978-90-04-68502-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004685062Publisher’s website At the intersection…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – March 2024
Drechsel, Emanuel J. 2024. Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics: Resources and Inspirations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 346 p. ISBN 9781108966801. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966801Publisher’s webpage Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), an early pioneer in the philosophy of language, linguistic and educational theory, was…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – February 2024
Dumarty, Lionel, ed. 2024. Langue idéale, langue réelle. Description et normalisation des langues classiques du IIIe s. av. J.-C. au XIIe s. de notre ère. Turnhout : Brepols. (Corpus Christianorum). 268 p. ISBN 978-2-503-60901-0Publisher’s website Depuis la naissance de la grammaire,…
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Making of the Humanities XI, Lund, 9–11 Oct 2024
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/…
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ICHoLS 16 Thematic Workshops
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…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – January 2024
McElvenny, James. 2024. A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 208 p. ISBN 9781474470025Publisher’s website In this book, McElvenny offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – December 2023
Garrett, Andrew. 2023. The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall. Language, Memory, and Indigenous California. Cambridge: MIT Press. 472 p. ISBN 9780262547093Publisher’s website In January 2021, at a time when many institutions were reevaluating fraught histories, the University of California removed anthropologist…
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Cfp: “Legacy materials as data sources for language description and documentation”
Workshop“Legacy materials as data sources for language description and documentation”Paris, Université Paris CitéApril 11-12th, 2024 This workshop, to be held on April 11th and 12th 2024 in Paris, will bring together descriptive linguists who engage with legacy materials on their…
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