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

Posted on 29 January 2026 by Chloé Laplantine — Leave a comment

Historiographia Linguistica 52(2). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 211 p. ISSN 0302-5160
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Articles
The conjunction between coordination and subordination in missionary grammars of Aymara and Quechua
Annamaria Bartolotta

The many lives of a dictionary: An analysis of how Dutch lexicography was received and repurposed in Early Modern Japan
Lorenzo Nespoli

Germanic affixoids in Jacob Grimm
Douglas Lightfoot

Continu et Discontinu : Antoine Meillet’s sociolinguistic theory of change between philosophy and physics
Lin Chalozin-Dovrat

The prehistory of generative grammar and Chomsky’s debt to Emil Post
Geoffrey K. Pullum

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CHSTM History of Language Sciences spring program 2026

Posted on 5 January 2026 by The Editor — Leave a comment

CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online.

The meetings of the CHSTM working group on the history of the language sciences continue in spring 2026. We have an exciting program lined up over the next few months:

13 January – Adrianna Link (American Philosophical Society)
Reinventing Anthropology through Crisis and Collections

16 February – John E. Joseph (University of Edinburgh)
Foucault and the archive as ‘system of enunciability’

10 March – Robert Edwards (UC San Diego / Irvine)
Anticolonial Methods in the History of Linguistic Anthropology

28 April – Chloé Laplatine (CNRS, Histoire des théories linguistiques)
History of language documentation in the Pacific Northwest

12 May – Amanda Harris (University of Sydney)
Archived Sound and Creative Engagements with Papua New Guinean Cultural Heritage in Australia

Full details and information on how to join the meetings can be found
on the group’s webpage: https://www.chstm.org/group/history-language-sciences

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Podcast episode 53: Paul Kiparsky on Pāṇini

Posted on 1 December 2025 by James McElvenny — 3 Comments

In this interview, Paul Kiparsky introduces us to the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini and the philosophical significance of his grammatical description of Sanskrit.

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Call for Papers: ICHoLS XVII, Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)

Posted on 26 November 2025 by Chloé Laplantine — Leave a comment

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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Podcast episode 52: Gereon Müller on Lanes to Language

Posted on 15 November 2025 by James McElvenny — Leave a comment

In this interview, Gereon Müller discusses his new book Lanes to Language, which unites the worlds of history of linguistics and cycling.

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Cfp: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026

Posted on 8 November 2025 by Chloé Laplantine — Leave a comment

The 2026 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held on 2–4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Confirmed plenary speaker: Cécile Van den Avenne (EHESS)

As ever, we cordially invite papers or panel proposals on any topic in the History of Linguistics and Linguistic Ideas and Practices, but the thematic focus of the colloquium is (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas.

We invite contributions on the shifting role and status of the (non)native speaker and (non)native speakerness within the history of linguistic ideas. What might the history of linguistics offer past, present, and future perspectives on the (non-)native speaker? What contributions has the native speaker made to the history of linguistic thought?

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Podcast episode 51: Martin Haspelmath

Posted on 1 November 2025 by James McElvenny — Leave a comment

In this interview, Martin Haspelmath talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.

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

Posted on 30 October 2025 by Chloé Laplantine — Leave a comment

Histoire Epistémologie Langage 47(1). 2025. Grammaticalisation : histoire et perspectives, dossier thématique sous la direction de Benjamin Fagard. Paris: SHESL. 340 p. ISSN: 0750-8069
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Journal in open access

Hommage

Wolf Feuerhahn
Claude Blanckaert (1952-2024)

Grammaticalisation : histoire et perspectives
Dossier thématique dirigé par Benjamin Fagard

Benjamin Fagard
La grammaticalisation : une perspective diachronique
Présentation du dossier

Cendrine Pagani-Naudet
La grammaticalisation et l’histoire de l’histoire des futurs romans

Gerda Hassler
Grammaticalisation avant la lettre : contribution de la pensée linguistique des XVIII^e et XIX^e siècles à la compréhension de la grammaticalisation

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Podcast episode 50: Gerda Haßler

Posted on 15 October 2025 by James McElvenny — Leave a comment

In this interview, Gerda Haßler discusses her career in Romanistik and the history of linguistics in the DDR and re-united Germany.

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Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer

Posted on 1 October 2025 by James McElvenny — Leave a comment

In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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

CHSTM History of Language Sciences spring program 2026

Podcast episode 53: Paul Kiparsky on Pāṇini

Call for Papers: ICHoLS XVII, Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)

23–27 August 2027 — Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Podcast episode 52: Gereon Müller on Lanes to Language

Cfp: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026

Podcast episode 51: Martin Haspelmath

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

Podcast episode 50: Gerda Haßler

Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer

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