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Cfp: XXXI. International Colloquium of the “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) on Language and Language Awareness in the History of Linguistics (Flensburg, 18.-20.06.2020)

From June 18th-20th, 2020, the XXXI. International Colloquium of the “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) on Language and Language Awareness in the History of Linguistics will take place at the Europa-Universität Flensburg. The choice of topics may range from antiquity

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Une bonne langue pour chanter ? Réflexions sur les caractéristiques phonétiques des langues et sur le chant baroque

Claudia Schweitzer Histoire des Théories Linguistiques, CNRS, Université de Paris Dans sa Lettre sur la musique française (1753 : 91), Rousseau déclare « qu’il n’y a ni mesure ni mélodie dans la Musique Française, parce que la langue n’en est pas

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics – November 2019

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, October 2019

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, September 2019

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Cfp : First International Conference on Linguistic Terminology, Glossing and Phonemicization (Yamagata University, Japan, Feb. 22–23, 2020)

Hosted by the Japanese Linguistics Internationalization Committee Held at Yamagata University, Yonezawa Campus, Japan, Feb. 22–23, 2020 Call for Papers As linguistic research expands to cover an ever increasing number of languages and subfields, various collaborations have been carried out

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Cfp : Open workshops, ICHoLS 15, Milan, August 24-28, 2020

From ICHoLS XV website : Proposals for the following open workshops must be sent to the address of the workshop organiser. They must be submitted no later than December 1 2019.

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Horizons of projection – The Future of Linguistic Knowledge: A Historical Perspective, open workshop at ICHoLS XV, 24–28 August 2020, Milan

Convenors: Jean-Marie Fournier, Christian Puech, Valérie Raby (Université Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3 / Histoire des théories linguistiques) The Fifteenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, ICHoLS XV, will be held from 24–28 August 2020 in Milan.

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, August 2019

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of linguistics, June-July 2019

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