#histlx — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #histlx, aggregated by home.social.
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New episode alert 🚨
In episode 63, James McElvenny (Siegen) talks to Kristine Palmieri (LMU Munich) about comparativism in Germany of the early 19th century.
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Attending #SLE2026 in Osnabrück and interested in lingcomm?
Join James McElvenny (Universität Siegen) and Martin Konvička (@TeapotLinguist @freieuniversitaet) in thinking about outreach in the history of linguistics in the panel by Marc Olivier-Loiseau and Alexandru Nicolae 🤩
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New episode 🚨
James McElvenny (Siegen) talks to Peter Austin about his career in field linguists and language documentation in Australia, in particular how the role of Indigenous community members has changed over the past 50 years.
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Remember Wegener?! Brigitte Nerlich (@metaphornerd) certainly does - and she shows why his work remains relevant in the age of Large Language Models.
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In the latest episode (no. 61), James McElvenny talks to Adam Schembri (@adamschembri) about the nature of sign languages, how they have been studied in the past, and how they are studied today.
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Hans Aarsleff (1925–2026): An obituary by Craig Christy
🔗 https://hiphilangsci.net/2026/07/08/hans-aarsleff-1925-2026/
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CfP: 2027 Annual Meeting of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences
Date: 6-9 January 2027
Place: San Francisco
Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2026 -
Our newsletter for June 2026 with the latest publications on the history and philosophy of the language sciences is out 🤩
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RE: https://openbiblio.social/@langscipress/116804879622663226
Nice to see our "Holisms of Communication", edited by James McElvenny and Andrea Ploder, on display as well 🤩
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The extended schedule for #SLE2026 in Osnabrück is out 🤩
On 26 August, you can find James McElvenny (Siegen) and Martin Konvička (@TeapotLinguist) discussing how to communicate the history of linguistics!
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Our newsletter on recently published works in the history and philosophy of the language sciences for May 2026 is out!
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Call for Papers ⚠️
Esperanto – 140 years: This is no longer a project
SHESL Conference 2027
📅 9–11 June 2027
📍 Campus Condorcet, ParisOrganised by Sébastien Moret and Pascal Dubourg Glatigny
🔗 https://hiphilangsci.net/2026/05/21/cfp-esperanto-140-years/
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Call for Papers 🚨
Language abuse and language criticism in the history of linguistics
Where? Europa-Universität Flensburg
When? 16–19 June 2027Deadline? 1 July 2026
🔗 https://hiphilangsci.net/2026/05/06/cfp-language-abuse-hl/
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Episode 60 of our podcast is out 🤩
In this instalment, James McElvenny (Universität Siegen) talks to Penny Lee (University of Western Australia) about her research on Benjamin Lee Whorf and, more generally, linguistic relativity.
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The April 2026 round-up of publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences is here 🤩
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Call for Papers 🚨
Language, Norm, and Society: The Prague Linguistic Circle (1926-2026) in the Face of Contemporary Challenges
Submission deadline: 1 June 2026
Conference: 10-11 December 2026🔗 https://hiphilangsci.net/2026/04/17/cfp-language-norm-and-society/
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New episode out 🤩
This time, James McElvenny (Siegen) talks to Anna Wierzbicka (Canberra) about her life and her research on meaning and semantics.
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New blog post: a recently published autobiographical article by Manfred Bierwisch (1930–2024), completed after his passing by Carla Umbach and Manfred Krifka.
🔗 https://hiphilangsci.net/2026/04/02/manfred-bierwisch-linguistics-in-germany/
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Conference alert 🚨
History of terminology – Diachronic terminology
The emergence of a terminological conscienceness28–29 January 2027
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New episode 🤩
This time, James McElvenny (Siegen) talks with Ryan Nefdt (Cape Town/Bristol) about how the work in "artificial intelligence" relates to questions of linguistic relativity and to the philosophy of linguistics.
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As March 2026 comes to an end, it’s time to look back at some noteworthy publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences. In other words, our latest blog post is out 🤩
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Brigitte Nerlich (@metaphornerd) on our podcast 🤩
In episode 57, James McElvenny (Siegen) talks with Brigitte Nerlich (Nottingham) about her career in the history of linguistics and the public understanding of science.
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New month brings a new episode of our podcast 🤩
This time James McElvenny (Siegen) talks to Nick Enfield (Sydney) about his research into connections between linguistic signs and concepts.
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Like every month, February 2026 brings a new batch of recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences 🤩
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Episode 55 is out 🤩
This time, James McElvenny (Siegen) interviews Janette Friedrich - in German! - about her career in (the history of) philosophy, psychology, and linguistics.
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When pictures speak, they podcast 😉
Neil Cohn (@neilcohn) joins James McElvenny to talk about his new book and the shared cognitive foundations underlying visual art and spoken language.
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The first 2026 edition of our newsletter on recently published works in the history and philosophy of the language sciences is here 🤩
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The impact of Marrism on the history of linguistics was surpassed by its role as an instrument of power. This is illustrated by the fate of scholars such as Yevgeni Polivanov (1891–1938), who was first exiled and later executed for his opposition to Marrist teachings.
7/7 #Histlx
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On 20 June 1950, however, the Marrist era ended abruptly with the publication of the paper "Marxism and Problems of Linguistics," authored by none other than Joseph Stalin (1878–1953). Marrism was rejected as a misinterpretation of Marxist principles.
6/7 #Histlx
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Marr died in 1934, but his students, such as Ivan Meshchaninov (1883–1967), developed his theories further. After World War II, Marrism was even exported to countries within the Soviet sphere of influence as the official party line in linguistics.
5/7 #Histlx