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The ideal opportunity to (re-)listen to episode 22 of our podcast - an interview with Christopher Hutton about linguistic scholarship under National Socialism. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2022/02/01/p... #Histlx

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#OTD 109 years ago, Winfred P. Lehmann (1916–2007) was born 🤩 An Indo-Europeanist and specialist in early Germanic languages such as Gothic, he was also a pioneer in machine translation. He served as president of both the LSA (1973) and the MLA (1987). #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Check out the latest publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences for June 2025 🤩 📚 hiphilangsci.net/2025/06/23/p... #Histlx

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"Alles Verstehen ist […] zugleich ein Nicht-Verstehen" #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #LinguisticQuotes

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#OTD 258 years ago, Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) was born 🎉 A diplomat, politician, and highly influential philosopher of language, he was an early language typologist who contributed to the description of numerous languages, including Basque and Kawi. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Happy birthday, dear Anna! 🥳 #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes

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#OTD 169 years ago, Friedrich Kluge (1856-1926) was born 🥳 An Indo-Europeanist and lexicographer, he formulated the (now controversial) Kluge’s Law for Proto-Germanic. His magnum opus is the Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, which is still in use today. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 191 years ago, Carl Friedrich Lottner (1834-1873) was born 🥳 He was an expert on Sanskrit and the Celtic languages, and a proponent of the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis, grouping the Celtic and Italic languages into a single branch of the Indo-European language family. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 86 years ago, Anita Steube (1939-2021) was born 🎉 She was an expert on German grammar, specialising in the study of syntax and information structure. Another important aspect of her work was the comparison and typology of languages. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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CfP: Asian Languages in the History of Lexicography Date: 23-25 March 2026 Place: Montpellier (France) Submission deadline: 15 October 2025 Information: chedil-alhl.sciencesconf.org 🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/06/18/c... #Histlx

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#OTD 208 years ago, Anton Schiefner (1817-1879) was born 🥳 Classicist, ethnologist, specialist in the languages of the Caucasus, Finnic languages, and also an expert on Tibetan. He is the author of the first German translation (1852) of Kalevala. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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author beat me to posting this! tl;dr awesome book – highly recommmended

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Thanks for posting. My chapter in Limits of Structuralism covers similar material in greater depth and with refs and footnotes. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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APPEL Colloque SIHFLES 28-29 mai 2026 (Prague) - « Nationalismes et enseignement des langues : le cas du français langue étrangère en Europe et dans le monde (1780-1950) » Soumission des résumés: [email protected] avant le 31 octobre 2025. #histlx [Info: @holltnet.bsky.social]

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#OTD 252 years ago, Thomas Young (1773–1829) was born 🥳 A true polymath, he also contributed to linguistics, working on the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, the development of a universal phonetic alphabet, and coining the term "Indo-European." #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 138 years ago, Julius Pokorny (1887–1970) was born 🎉 A comparative historical linguist and expert on Celtic languages, he is also known for supporting the now-outdated Pan-Illyrian theory, which explains Old European hydronyms as remnants of Illyrian settlements. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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TOC: Historiographia Linguistica Vol. 51, No. 1-3 (2025)

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#OTD 162 years ago, Klara Hechtenberg Collitz (1863-1944) was born 🤩 An expert in German linguistics, focusing on the history of lexicology and lexicography. In 1901, she was one of the first women to earn a doctorate at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Our monthly newsletter with the latest publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences for May 2025 is out now 😇 📚 hiphilangsci.net/2025/05/28/p... #Histlx

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Every linguist or lover of language should have some knowledge of Bühler's work!

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Happy birthday, lieber Karl 🥳 One of the best decisions one can possibly make on this day is spending 29 minutes with episode 21 of our podcast in order to learn a bit more about Karl Bühler, his Organon model of communication, and the Prague Circle! 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2022/01/01/p... #Histlx

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Very interesting podcast about universals as an idea in American #linguistics in the mid-20th century (27 mins.) @hiphilangsci.bsky.social hiphilangsci.net/2024/12/01/p...

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Diese Woche erschienen: Entstehung und Entwicklung der modernen Linguistik www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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#OTD 91 years ago, Carlotta S. Smith (1934-2007) was born 🥳 In her linguistic career, she focused on language acquisition, aspect, and discourse units. She was also interested in the study of Navajo and was a member of the Navajo Language Academy. #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays

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Steinthal is pretty much universally cited as an authority on ancient views on language by philosophers such as Ernst Cassirer and Ernst Hoffmann (1880-1952). The latter was a distinguished classical philologist himself too.

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H. Steinthal’s grave can be found in the Weißensee Jewish cemetery. One more reason to visit Berlin... #Histlx

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#OTD 202 years ago, Heymann Steinthal (1823-1899) was born 🥳 Expert on the philosophy of religion and language, editor of Humboldt’s linguistic work, and, together with his brother-in-law, the founder of the "Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft". #LinguisticBIrthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 102 years ago, Victoria Fromkin (1923-2000) was born 🎉 She was a pioneering scholar in the study of speech errors and also specialised in the speech of feral children. An award of the Linguistic Society of America has been named in her honour. #LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx

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RIP linguist Haj Ross (1938-2025) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R....

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#OTD 132 years ago, Lucien Tesnière (1893-1954) was born 🎉 A specialist in Slavic languages, he is best known today as a pioneer of Dependency Grammar who introduced such concepts as verb valency, arguments, adjuncts, and head-initial and head-final structures. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 143 years ago, Elise Wipf (1882-1929) was born 🥳 She was an expert dialectologist and a lexicographer. In 1908, she became the first woman to join the editorial board of the Swiss German Dictionary (@ch-idiotikon.bsky.social). #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays

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#OTD 292 years ago, János Sajnovics (1733-1785) was born 🥳 Jesuit, astronomer and a comparative linguist focusing on the Uralic languages. In his 1770 book, he provided systematic evidence that Sámi languages and Hungarian are related. An asteroid is named after him. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 103 years ago, Rudolf Trüb (1922-2010) was born 🤩 He was a lexicographer and an expert on Swiss German dialectology. He worked at the Dictionary of the Swiss German Language (@ch-idiotikon.bsky.social) and was a co-editor of the Swiss German Language Atlas. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Here's a link to a recent volume, New Research on Circum-Caribbean Creoles, published by Language Science Press: langsci-press.org/catalog/book... I was fortunate to be part of editing this book. Thanks to Angela Bartens and Peter Slomanson! I'm also the author of Chapter 2 in the volume.

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#OTD 211 years ago, Robert Caldwell (1814-1891) was born 🎉 A missionary, archaeologist, and a linguist specialising in the study of the languages spoken in South India, especially Tamil. In 1856, he published the first comparative grammar of Dravidian languages. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Všechno nejlepší, dear Bedřich/Friedrich! To mark the occasion, consider eating a portion of bread, followed later by a glass of water 🥳 #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays

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#OTD 146 years ago, Bedřich Hrozný (1879–1952) was born 🥳 An Indo-Europeanist and a pioneer of Hittitology. During WW1, he deciphered cuneiform tablets found in Boğazkale, present-day Turkey, and identified the language as Hittite, a member of the Indo-European family. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 215 years ago, Adolf Holtzmann (1810-1870) was born 🎉 He was a German philologist, an Indo-Europeanist, expert on Sanskrit and a specialist in Old Persian cuneiform texts. A sound shift in Proto-Germanic known as Holtzmann’s Law is named in his honour. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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My review of James McElvenny's "A history of modern linguistics" (2024) has appeared in Language 101 (2025) 195-199. doi.org/10.1353/lan....

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Mein Gespräch mit @jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social ist nun erschienen! Podcast episode 46: Philip Kraut on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm auf dem Blog: "History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences" (@hiphilangsci.bsky.social ) open.spotify.com/episode/5UzW... oder hiphilangsci.net/2025/05/01/p...

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Episode 46 of the podcast is out! 🤩 In this instalment, James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks with Philip Kraut (@herbilis.bsky.social) about the scholarly work and political engagement of the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. In German! 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/05/01/p... #Histlx

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If you are into semantics and semiotics, even #metaphor!, you should know about Welby and Schmitz is the expert! So really worth a listen! #linguistics

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Happy birthday! 🎉 Episode 18 of our podcast features an interview with H. Walter Schmitz, offering an introduction to Lady Welby’s life and her work on significs and the study of signs. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/10/01/p... #Histlx

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#OTD 136 years ago, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was born 🎉 He was a philosopher of language, among other things, best known for having introduced or popularised the concepts of language games, family resemblances, and the private language argument. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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#OTD 189 years ago, Erminnie Adele Smith (1836-1886) was born 🎉 She was a linguist, geologist, and an ethnographer focusing on the Iroquois language and culture. In 1877, she became the first woman elected to the New York Academy of Sciences. #LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx

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Beyond Sapir-Whorf: a special collection of articles examines the life and legacy of Benjamin Lee Whorf www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/jar...

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