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

Reimann, Daniel, ed. 2024. Geschichte und Gegenwart der romanistischen Fachdidaktik und Lehrkräftebildung. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. 548 p. ISBN 978-3-8233-8578-3Publisher’s website Die Fachdidaktik hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten in der deutschsprachigen Romanistik als eigenständige Teildisziplin neben Linguistik, Literatur-

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

Zwartjes, Otto. 2024. Missionary Grammars and Dictionaries of Chinese: The contribution of seventeenth century Spanish Dominicans. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 131). 381 p. ISBN 9789027214881. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.131Publisher’s websit This monograph aims to shed light on

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

Histoire Épistémologie Langage 46(1). 2024. Le Notre Père, outil linguistique et objet de savoirs (XVIe-XIXe siècle), dir. par Fabien Simon. Paris: SHESL. 256 p. ISSN 0750-8069 Publisher’s webpageOpen access Hommage Irène Rosier-CatachC. H. J. M. Kneepkens (1944-2023) Le Notre Père, outil linguistique et objet de savoirs (XVIe-XIXe siècle)Dossier

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