Looking forward to my LiME lecture at the @meertens-knaw.bsky.social today 🤩 I’ll be presenting my work on non-canonical causal constructions (#BecauseX) in English, German, Dutch, Czech, and beyond. Thanks to Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck for inviting me 🙏 lime.meertens.knaw.nl/en/lime-lect...

Episode no. 51 is out 🤩 Martin Haspelmath (@haspelmath.bsky.social) 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. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/01/p... #Histlx

Podcast episode 51: Martin Haspelmath

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…

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Hans Conon v d G features in a recent paper on which I was co-author doi.org/10.1075/hl.0...

Dahlem Center for Linguistics@dclberlin.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#OTD 218 years ago, Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807–1874) was born 🎂 A linguist and Prime Minister of Saxe-Altenburg, he studied a diverse range of languages, including Cherokee, Khasi, Komi, Manchu, Mongolian, Mordvin, Mari, and Gothic. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

My blog posts are always a bit niche, but this one is a bit nicher than others. This is not to say it’s not interesting. It should be of interest to anybody who works on language, #LLMs, #meaning and context. Have a look! makingsciencepublic.com/2025/09/05/u...

Understanding computational hermeneutics: Making meaning between the past and the present

A large group of scholars led by Cody Kommers and Drew Hemment at the Alan Turing Institute recently published a paper on ‘computational hermeneutics’. They mention Hans-Georg Gadamer and Wilhelm D…

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In the latest episode of our podcast (no. 47), we talk to Geoff Pullum about his career, his contributions to linguistics, and how he sees the future of the field. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/09/01/p... #Histlx #Linguistics #BLinguistik

Podcast episode 47: Geoff Pullum on Geoff Pullum

In this interview, we talk to Geoff Pullum about his career, his contributions to linguistics, and how he sees the future of the field.

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A fresh new batch of Language & History articles has been published online, with a focus on the interactions between ✨Chinese and English✨ language teaching! Give them a look 👀 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ylhi20/0/0

Call of the Consoritium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM): Working group History of the Language Sciences Where? Online When? September 2025 - May 2026 Further details? See the post on our blog 🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/08/09/c... #Histlx

Call: CHSTM History of Language Sciences 2025–26

CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online, September 2025–May 2026 Archives scaffold research in both in history and the sciences. Far from passive repositories, they as…

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Die Sprache macht, was sie will – Über grammatische Empörung - 54books

von Philip Kraut So unwahrscheinlich es auch klingt: Unmarkierte Akkusative machen manche Menschen „wahnsinnig“. Stein des Anstoßes war ein auf X/Twitter gepostetes stockfootageartiges…

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Call for Papers for the Annual Meeting of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS) Date: 8-11 January 2026 Place: New Orleans, Louisiana Deadline for submission: 1 September 2025 🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/08/05/n... #Histlx

NAAHoLS 2026 Annual Meeting

Date: 8-11 January 2026Place: New Orleans, LouisianaDeadline for submission: 1 September 2025Information: The North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS) will hold…

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📕 Puss in Boots in Ottoman Turkish, 1910s #cat

It was a true privilege to have had the chance to interview Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, whose work has long influenced both my research interests and engagement with this discipline. It's this week's episode of The HPS Podcast – out now! 🎧 @hpspodcast.bsky.social #hps #histsci #experiments

S5 E3 - Hans-Jörg Rheinberger on Epistemic Things

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For weekend readers, my first Making Science Public post on my own blog site, reflecting on the current state of and challenges to science communication #scicomm - feel free to press 'subscribe'! makingsciencepublic.com/2025/07/25/m...

Making Science Public in a chaotic world

As you know, I am now gradually moving from my old ‘Making Science Public’ blog home at the University of Nottingham to my new personal blog home here. This wasn’t easy and lots of people supported…

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A perfect occasion to listen to ep. 44 of our podcast, in which James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Ian Stewart (@princetonupress.bsky.social) about modern ideas about the Celts and and the role of historical-comparative linguistics. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/03/01/p... #Histlx

Podcast episode 44: Ian Stewart on the Celts and historical-comparative linguistics

In this interview, we talk to Ian Stewart about modern ideas surrounding the Celts and how these relate to historical-comparative linguistics.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics@dclberlin.bsky.social · last yr.

#OTD 219 years ago, Johann Kaspar Zeuß (1806-1856) was born 🥳 He was an expert on Celtic history and culture and the author of the Historical Grammar of the Celtic Language (1853), definitively proving that Celtic languages are part of the Indo-European family. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

Don't forget that the full archive of the Henry Sweet Society Bulletin (predecessor of Language & History) is available on our website in ✨OPEN ACCESS✨! This includes issues no. 1-51 (1984-2008). Drop by and browse: www.henrysweet.org/bulletin-of-...

HSS Bulletin Archive — Henry Sweet Society

Bulletin of the Henry Sweet Society

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The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university. Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

✨Vivien Law Essay Prize in the history of linguistic ideas✨ Deadline: 30th September 2025 If you are: a currently registered student or received your PhD/equivalent within the last five years (maternity leave excluded) See details and get your submissions ready!👇 www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...

The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society

The Vivien Law Prize

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‘If we could stop thinking of the brain like it’s a Rubik’s cube, then perhaps we would have more capacity to talk about what’s truly iconic about Gage: that he survived, both as a body and a person’ buff.ly/1gMuFXd

Look what's arrived!

Die FAZ über unsere aktuelle Ausstellung: „Warum wir nicht alle plattdeutsch sprechen Die Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg widmet sich in einer Ausstellung der Geschichte des Niederdeutschen.“ Noch bis 21.7. in der Stabi: blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de?p=40359

‘Enchantment and wonder can still coexist with the most serious science.’ How French ‘merveilleux-scientifique’ fiction reframed reality buff.ly/QnbZuh8

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

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 0302-5…

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

Dahlem Center for Linguistics@dclberlin.bsky.social · last yr.

#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

#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

Should be interesting: “The Bloomsbury handbook of Saussure” ed. by John E. Joseph (July ’25) www.bloomsbury.com/ca/bloomsbur...

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

Dahlem Center for Linguistics@dclberlin.bsky.social · last yr.

#OTD 88 years ago, Anna Morpurgo Davies (1937-2014) was born 🤩 An Indo-Europeanist, classicist, and historian of linguistics, she is best known for her contributions to the decipherment of Luwian hieroglyphs. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

If you've ever fed Vegemite to someone from overseas, I salute you. It's our national duty to do so.

Along the Elbe in Dresden in 1909 (photo by Karl Struss)

Very excited about the Call for Papers for the upcoming 2025 conference for the Australasian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science. Come join us in sunny Brisbane QLD this December!! It is always a wonderful event. #hps #histSTM #philsci #STS #metasci 🧪

AAHPSSS@aahpsss.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for Papers - AAHPSSS Conference 2025 The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December. Further details, including on submissions, can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...

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...

Darin Flynn@phono-logical.bsky.social · last yr.

“Typology and the history of linguistics” by @jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social (2021) www.youtube.com/live/SNsNV1A...

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

Andrew Garrett@andrewgarrett.bsky.social · last yr.

Pleased by @jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social's review of "The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California" (2023), now published in "History of Humanities" 10 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...