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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – March 2026

Miras, Grégory, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc & Shona Whyte, ed. 2026. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics. Toward more engaged research. Amsterdam: Benjamins (AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 22) . 204 p. ISBN 9789027233929Publisher’s websiteBook in open access For sixty years,

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – February 2026

Вельмезова, Екатерина, ред. 2025. Тарту в истории славянской филологии, Вып. 3: Из истории Тартуско-московской семиотической школы. [Tartu in the History of Slavic Philology, Issue 3: From the History of the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School]. University of Tartu Press. 204 стр. ISBN 978-9908-57-136-2Publisher’s website История

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – January 2026

Historiographia Linguistica 52(2). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 211 p. ISSN 0302-5160Publisher’s website ArticlesThe conjunction between coordination and subordination in missionary grammars of Aymara and QuechuaAnnamaria Bartolotta The many lives of a dictionary: An analysis of how Dutch lexicography was received and repurposed

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – October 2025

Histoire Epistémologie Langage 47(1). 2025. Grammaticalisation : histoire et perspectives, dossier thématique sous la direction de Benjamin Fagard. Paris: SHESL. 340 p. ISSN:  0750-8069Publisher’s websiteJournal in open access Hommage Wolf FeuerhahnClaude Blanckaert (1952-2024) Grammaticalisation : histoire et perspectivesDossier thématique dirigé par Benjamin Fagard

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – June 2025

Zwartjes, Otto, ed. 2025. The History of Chinese Linguistics in East and West. [Special issue] Historiographia Linguistica 51(1-3). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 385 p. ISSN 0302-5160. Publisher’s website IntroductionThe history of Chinese linguistics in East and WestOtto Zwartjes Articles – AufsätzeMisquoting the ancients: Editorial practices in

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – May 2025

Riolfi, Alessandro. 2025. The Parameter in Generative Grammar. A History of a Concept. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 348 p. ISBN  9781316516966Publisher’s website Focusing on the development of Noam Chomsky’s linguistic framework, this book is the first full-length, in-depth treatment of the

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – April 2025

Velmezova, Ekaterina, ed. 2024. Tartu in the History of Slavic Philology, vol. 2 : Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929). Tartu: University of Tartu Press (Acta Slavica Estonica, 18). 160 p. ISBN 978-9916-27-795-9Publisher’s webpage Значение Тарту в истории филологии переоценить трудно. На протяжении

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – February 2025

Dubourg Glatigny, Pascal, ed. 2024. Esperantists in the Twentieth Century: Making Connections in an Age of Division. [Special issue] Cultural History 13(2). ISSN 2045-290XPublisher’s website Introduction: Esperantists in the Twentieth Century: Making Connections in an Age of DivisionPascal Dubourg Glatigny

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – December 2024

Carey, Hilary M. 2024. The Colonial Bible in Australia. Scripture translations by Biraban and Lancelot Threlkeld, 1825-1859. Berlin: Language Science Press (History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences). 260 p. ISBN ISBN: 978-3-96110-486-4. DOI DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14007559Page de l’éditeurBook in open access

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – October 2024

Tenchini, Maria Paola & Savina Raynaud, ed. 2024. Insights Into the History of Linguistics. Selected Papers From ICHOLS XV. Sesto San Giovanni: MIM Edizioni Srl (Literature/Language, 4). 194 p. ISBN 9788869774553Publisher’s websiteBook in open access This volume collects a selection

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