Brigitte NerlichUniversity of Nottingham My old book Change in Language: Whitney, Bréal, and Wegener has just come out as an ebook. It was first published in 1990 and has now been reissued in Routledge’s History of Linguistic Thought Series. That…
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Cfp: Language, Norm, and Society: The Prague Linguistic Circle (1926-2026) in the Face of Contemporary Challenges
organised to celebrate the centenary of the Prague Linguistic Circle (1926-2026)by the Europe-Eurasia Research Center (CREE-EA 4513) of INALCOandthe History of Linguistic Theories Laboratory (HTL-UMR 7597, University of Paris, CNRS),with the scientific support of the Institute for the Czech Language…
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Manfred Bierwisch: Linguistics in Germany
Carla Umbach (University of Cologne) I would like to draw attention to an article by Manfred Bierwisch, who was a very prominent German linguist and did most of his scientific work in GDR. The article appeared recently in Annual Review…
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Call for Papers: ICHoLS XVII, Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
23–27 August 2027 — Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Organized by: Universidade Federal Fluminense The 17th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XVII) will take place from 23 to 27 August 2027 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The Neogrammarians as a Scientific School?
Beijia ChenFreie Universität Berlin My dissertation, titled Die Junggrammatiker als wissenschaftliche Schule? – eine wissenschaftssoziologische Untersuchung anhand linguistischer Zeitschriftenzitationen aus einer Netzwerkperspektive (submitted in February 2025, Freie Universität Berlin), was recently discussed in episode 45 of the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences podcast. However, the…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – March 2025
Joby, Christopher. 2025. Christian Mission in Seventeenth-Century Taiwan. A Reception History of Texts, Beliefs, and Practices. Leiden: Brill (Brill Series in Taiwan Studies, 3). ISBN 978-90-04-71635-3Publisher’s website This is the first book-length study of the reception of Christianity and the epistemic…
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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – November 2024
Stockigt, Clara. 2024. Australian Pama-Nyungan languages: Lineages of early description. Berlin: Language Science Press (History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences). 520 p. ISBN 978-3-96110-488-8. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13880534Publisher’s websiteBook in open access A substantial proportion of what is discoverable about the…
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Book presentation: Otto Zwartjes “Missionary Grammars and dictionaries of Chinese”, 20 Sept 2024
Otto Zwartjes presents his new book on Mandarin Chinese studies by Spanish Dominicans, the oldest known sources to date.
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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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