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HEL (History of the English Language) on the Web

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Shares the latest news about HEL. Posts by Dr Ayumi Miura (Associate Professor @utokyoofficial.bsky.social‬; she/her), who runs the website 'HEL on the Web' (2009-): https://sites.google.com/view/helontheweb/

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Dr Ellen Gallimore@emgallimore.bsky.social · 4d ago

I want to catalogue my collection of 18th and 19th century books (because I keep buying duplicates) and am looking for suggestions for a free app/website. Has anyone else with big pre-ISBN/barcode libraries had good experiences with services like Libib or LibraryThing or anything else?

Johnson's Dictionary Online@sjdictionary.bsky.social · 2w ago

The emergence of American English was not universally welcomed. Even before US independence, British writer Samuel Johnson criticised the language's evolution... www.tbsnews.net/offbeat/250-...

250 years on: How American English carved out its own identity from British roots

Language experts say American English developed naturally as settlers from across Britain and Europe mixed, reducing many regional differences before gradually forming distinct local accents across…

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HEL (History of the English Language) on the Web@helontheweb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Old English Abroad: A hybrid/online lecture series on the reception and study of early medieval English language and literature outside the Anglophone world Professor Santiago Disalvo (Universidad Nacional de la Plata) 21 July, 2026; 14:00 CEST emergence.leiden.edu/OEB1

EMERGENCE - ERC Project | Old English Abroad lecture

Professor Santiago Disalvo (Universidad Nacional de la Plata): ‘Awareness and references to early medieval English poetry in Spanish-speaking intellectual circles (late 19th and early 20th centuries)’...

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Lars Hinrichs@larshinrichs.site · 4w ago

In this collaboration with Stefan Dollinger, I was able to engage in analytical attention toward Canadian attitudes toward the idea of "Canadian Standard English," and editorial attention toward Australia. It's been fun. doi.org/10.1080/0726... 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇦🇺

Screenshot of the first page of the published version of the article "Canadian language attitudes from coast to coast to coast on the pluricentricity of English" by Stefan Dollinger and Lars Hinrichs, published in the Australian Journal of Linguistics in July 2026
Cambridge University Press - Linguistics@cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · last mo.

A volume examining vernacular forms of English in Britain, Ireland and Europe within the framework of language variation and change. The New Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol 4.: Britain, Ireland and Europe (ed. Raymond Hickey), Out Now #LangSky 🐦🐦 https://cup.org/3SJl5CN

The New Cambridge History of the English Language

Cambridge Core - History of the English Language - The New Cambridge History of the English Language

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Linguist List@linguistlist.bsky.social · last mo.

Books: The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 2: Hickey (ed.) (2026)

Books: The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 2: Hickey (ed.) (2026)

This volume offers in-depth coverage of varieties of English across the world, outside of the British and North American arenas. It is split into two parts, with Part 1 dedicated to varieties of English across Africa, and Part 2 looking at varieties in Asia, and Australia and the Pacific. There are introductory chapters dealing with the colonial transportation of English overseas, and the generic types of English which resulted, often labelled World Englishes, and examinations of English-lexifie

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Sam Kaislaniemi@samklai.bsky.social · last mo.

I dunno, you minds your own business and then something attracts your attention and you end up discovering that over the course of the 17th century, EVERYONE decided that "unto you*" was something people didn't say anymore, and stopped doing so. 🤷‍♂️

Graph plotting the relative frequencies of the constructions "to you*" and "unto you*" (including "to your" and "unto yourself" and the like) over time. The time span is 1500-1800, in forty-year periods except for the last period (which is 1780-1800). The graph shows that "to you*" stays quite stable over time, whereas "unto you*" starts in the 1500s at the same frequency as "to you*", but then falls over the 16th and 17th centuries to hit zero by 1700.
Linguist List@linguistlist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Books: The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 1 Raymond Hickey (ed.)

Books: The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 1 Raymond Hickey (ed.)

This volume offers in-depth coverage of varieties of English across the world, outside of the British and North American arenas. It is split into two parts, with Part one dedicated to varieties of English across Africa, and Part two looking at varieties in Asia, and Australia and the Pacific. There are introductory chapters dealing with the colonial transportation of English overseas, and the generic types of English which resulted, often labelled World Englishes, and examinations of English-lex

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Linguist List@linguistlist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

All: Anthony Warner 1945 - 2026

All: Anthony Warner 1945 - 2026

It is with great sadness that we must announce the death of our colleague and friend Anthony Warner, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, who died on 27 May 2026 after suffering a stroke. Anthony was a central figure in historical syntax and the history of English, in the UK and far beyond, and one of the people who did most to shape this Department over nearly four decades. Anthony was born on 27 January 1945 in Bishops Sto

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Janne Sk@jansfi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Never knew Old English could take you places, but there we were, Alpo Honkapohja and I, on live radio today, interviewed by Nicklas Wancke about the new collection of OE literature translated into Finnish.

Alpo and Janne pre-interview on Yle Radio 1 with Nicklas.
Tuija Ainonen@tainonen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

PhD with skills in medieval MSS & Latin needed! Post-doctoral Research Fellow for 30 months (with the possibility of extension) to support the AHRC-Funded project 'Strange Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries of Medieval Britain, c.1200-1500’ jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow: AHRC Project ‘Strange Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries of Medieval Britain’

The University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral Research Fellow for 30 months (with the possibility of extension). The Fellow will support the AHRC-Funded project 'Strange Geograph...

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