HiPhiLangSci
@hiphilangsci.bsky.social
A blog devoted to exploring and promoting the great diversity that exists in the study of language, in the past and today.
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Posts by: @teapotlinguist.bsky.social
From the 1920s until the early 1950s, Soviet linguistics was dominated by Nikolai Marr (1864–1934). His teachings, known as Marrism, were a linguistic adaptation of Marxist materialist principles and represented the official linguistic policy of the Soviet Union.
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#OTD 161 years ago, Nikolai Marr (1865–1934) was born. An expert on Caucasian languages and the author of the speculative Japhetic theory of the origin of language, his ideas became Soviet linguistic dogma until 1950 and were often used against political opponents.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
From the 1920s until the early 1950s, Soviet linguistics was dominated by Nikolai Marr (1864–1934). His teachings, known as Marrism, were a linguistic adaptation of Marxist materialist principles and represented the official linguistic policy of the Soviet Union.
1/7 #Histlx
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#OTD 214 years ago, Knud Knudsen (1812–1895) was born 🎉 A Norwegian schoolteacher, language activist, and language purist, he advocated a reformed spelling of Norwegian, Riksmål, nowadays also known as Bokmål, so that it would reflect actual pronunciation.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
#OTD 214 years ago, Knud Knudsen (1812–1895) was born 🎉 A Norwegian schoolteacher, language activist, and language purist, he advocated a reformed spelling of Norwegian, Riksmål, nowadays also known as Bokmål, so that it would reflect actual pronunciation.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
What better way is there to start the new year than to participate in some online seminars of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) on the history of linguistics?
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#Histlx
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#Histlx
CHSTM History of Language Sciences spring program 2026
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 p…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
What better way is there to start the new year than to participate in some online seminars of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) on the history of linguistics?
🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2026/01/05/c...
#Histlx
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#Histlx
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In a curious connection between the Bonaparte dynasty and western Cornwall, Louis Lucien had this monument set up in the little Cornish village of Paul, commemorating Dorothy Pentreath, possibly (but probably not) the last native speaker of Cornish prior to its modern revival.
January 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
In a curious connection between the Bonaparte dynasty and western Cornwall, Louis Lucien had this monument set up in the little Cornish village of Paul, commemorating Dorothy Pentreath, possibly (but probably not) the last native speaker of Cornish prior to its modern revival.
Let’s celebrate by listening to the second episode of our podcast, in which we discuss the emergence of comparative-historical grammar, with a focus on the work of Franz Bopp and Jacob Grimm.
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#Histlx
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#Histlx
January 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Let’s celebrate by listening to the second episode of our podcast, in which we discuss the emergence of comparative-historical grammar, with a focus on the work of Franz Bopp and Jacob Grimm.
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#Histlx
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#Histlx
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#OTD 213 years ago, Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813–1891) was born 🎂 He was Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew and was briefly also a French politician. Later he became an expert on Cornish and other Celtic languages, and particularly on the dialect cartography of Basque.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
#OTD 213 years ago, Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813–1891) was born 🎂 He was Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew and was briefly also a French politician. Later he became an expert on Cornish and other Celtic languages, and particularly on the dialect cartography of Basque.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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#OTD 215 years ago, Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884) was born 🎂 He was an archaeologist, pioneering Egyptologist, and author of a grammar of the Nubian languages. He also proposed the so-called Standard Alphabet to transcribe Egyptian hieroglyphics and other languages.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#OTD 215 years ago, Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884) was born 🎂 He was an archaeologist, pioneering Egyptologist, and author of a grammar of the Nubian languages. He also proposed the so-called Standard Alphabet to transcribe Egyptian hieroglyphics and other languages.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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#OTD 119 years ago, Alice E. Kober (1906–1950) was born 🎂 She was a historical linguist whose work was fundamental to the later decipherment of Linear B. She established that the language, later identified as Mycenaean Greek, was inflectional.
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#OTD 119 years ago, Alice E. Kober (1906–1950) was born 🎂 She was a historical linguist whose work was fundamental to the later decipherment of Linear B. She established that the language, later identified as Mycenaean Greek, was inflectional.
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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#OTD 160 years ago, Hermann Hirt (1865–1936) was born 🥳 Hirt was one of the most influential Indo-Europeanists and he specialized in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) stress and ablaut. He supported the claim that the PIE homeland was located in Northern Europe.
#Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#OTD 160 years ago, Hermann Hirt (1865–1936) was born 🥳 Hirt was one of the most influential Indo-Europeanists and he specialized in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) stress and ablaut. He supported the claim that the PIE homeland was located in Northern Europe.
#Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
Sto lat! 🎉
Episode 15 of our podcast explores the development of modern phonology, focusing primarily on the work of Roman Jakobson and Nikolai Trubetzkoy, while also highlighting the crucial role played by Mikołaj Kruszewski.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/06/01/p...
#Histlx
Episode 15 of our podcast explores the development of modern phonology, focusing primarily on the work of Roman Jakobson and Nikolai Trubetzkoy, while also highlighting the crucial role played by Mikołaj Kruszewski.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/06/01/p...
#Histlx
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sto lat! 🎉
Episode 15 of our podcast explores the development of modern phonology, focusing primarily on the work of Roman Jakobson and Nikolai Trubetzkoy, while also highlighting the crucial role played by Mikołaj Kruszewski.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/06/01/p...
#Histlx
Episode 15 of our podcast explores the development of modern phonology, focusing primarily on the work of Roman Jakobson and Nikolai Trubetzkoy, while also highlighting the crucial role played by Mikołaj Kruszewski.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/06/01/p...
#Histlx
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📢 Acabamos de publicar el nuevo número del Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historiografía Lingüística.
Si queréis echar un vistazo a tremendos artículos sobre #histlx, podéis consultarlo aquí: revista.proeditio.com/BSEHL/issue/...
Si queréis echar un vistazo a tremendos artículos sobre #histlx, podéis consultarlo aquí: revista.proeditio.com/BSEHL/issue/...
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
📢 Acabamos de publicar el nuevo número del Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historiografía Lingüística.
Si queréis echar un vistazo a tremendos artículos sobre #histlx, podéis consultarlo aquí: revista.proeditio.com/BSEHL/issue/...
Si queréis echar un vistazo a tremendos artículos sobre #histlx, podéis consultarlo aquí: revista.proeditio.com/BSEHL/issue/...
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Confs: International Conference on the 500th anniversary of Manuel Álvares, S.J. (1526–1583): Teacher, Grammarian and Humanist
Confs: International Conference on the 500th anniversary of Manuel Álvares, S.J. (1526–1583): Teacher, Grammarian and Humanist
The 4th of June 2026 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential figures in the history of European and worldwide grammar: Father Manuel Álvares, S.J. (1526–1583), a native of Ribeira Brava, on the island of Madeira. Author of the famous Latin-Portuguese grammar De institutione grammatica libri tres, first printed in Lisbon in 1572, Álvares is recognized as the most important Latin grammarian of the Modern Age, his work having been adopted as a normative model in Jesu
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December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Confs: International Conference on the 500th anniversary of Manuel Álvares, S.J. (1526–1583): Teacher, Grammarian and Humanist
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All: In Memory of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Johanson
All: In Memory of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Johanson
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Johanson (born March 8, 1936) of Turcology sadly passed away in Mainz, Germany on November 24, 2025.
Lars Johanson, Swedish-born linguist, played a crucial role in establishing the study of Turkic languages as a modern linguistic discipline. In addition to his significant work on Turkic linguistics, his studies in general linguistics, primarily language typology, are of great importance. His theoretical models for the study of verbal aspect systems, evidentiality, and
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December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
All: In Memory of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Johanson
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Books: Wirkungsgeschichte der Soziolinguistik des Deutschen: Dittmar and Neuland (eds.) (2025)
Books: Wirkungsgeschichte der Soziolinguistik des Deutschen: Dittmar and Neuland (eds.) (2025)
Diese Darstellung der Entwicklungs- und Wirkungsgeschichte der Soziolinguistik im deutschsprachigen Raum füllt mit ihrer Berücksichtigung der DDR-Soziolinguistik und der Leistungen bereits verstorbener Fachvertreter:innen eine wichtige Lücke in der Forschungsgeschichte auch im internationalen Kontext. Den Hauptteil bilden teils autobiographische Rückblicke prominenter Fachvertreter:innen in Form von Originalbeiträgen und Interviews sowie biographischen Darstellungen im Falle verstorbener Kolleg:
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December 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Books: Wirkungsgeschichte der Soziolinguistik des Deutschen: Dittmar and Neuland (eds.) (2025)
Feliĉan naskiĝtagon, dear Dr Esperanto! 🎉
If you ever find yourself in Berlin, be sure to visit Esperantoplatz (Esperanto Square) in the hip neighbourhood of Neukölln.
#Histlx #Esperanto
If you ever find yourself in Berlin, be sure to visit Esperantoplatz (Esperanto Square) in the hip neighbourhood of Neukölln.
#Histlx #Esperanto
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Feliĉan naskiĝtagon, dear Dr Esperanto! 🎉
If you ever find yourself in Berlin, be sure to visit Esperantoplatz (Esperanto Square) in the hip neighbourhood of Neukölln.
#Histlx #Esperanto
If you ever find yourself in Berlin, be sure to visit Esperantoplatz (Esperanto Square) in the hip neighbourhood of Neukölln.
#Histlx #Esperanto
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Job alert!
3 tenured research positions at CNRS, France with one preferably in philosophy of language
Get in touch with a lab for more information
#linguistics
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
3 tenured research positions at CNRS, France with one preferably in philosophy of language
Get in touch with a lab for more information
#linguistics
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
www.legifrance.gouv.fr
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Job alert!
3 tenured research positions at CNRS, France with one preferably in philosophy of language
Get in touch with a lab for more information
#linguistics
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
3 tenured research positions at CNRS, France with one preferably in philosophy of language
Get in touch with a lab for more information
#linguistics
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
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'Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics: An Introduction', a new blog by Emanuel J. Drechsel, author of WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT AND EARLY AMERICAN LINGUISTICS
📚 https://cup.org/48kxilA
📚 https://cup.org/48kxilA
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
'Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics: An Introduction', a new blog by Emanuel J. Drechsel, author of WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT AND EARLY AMERICAN LINGUISTICS
📚 https://cup.org/48kxilA
📚 https://cup.org/48kxilA
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@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social has just given me a copy of his book on the origins and development of modern linguistics. It's a little gem, referencing all my favourite linguists and more! It's in German doi.org/10.1515/9783... - also available as an ebook!
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December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social has just given me a copy of his book on the origins and development of modern linguistics. It's a little gem, referencing all my favourite linguists and more! It's in German doi.org/10.1515/9783... - also available as an ebook!
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#OTD 172 years ago, Jacob Wackernagel (1853–1938) was born 🎂 He was an Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Greek and Sanskrit. He formulated the so-called Wackernagel’s Law, describing the positional constraints on clitics in Indo-European, which is named after him.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#OTD 172 years ago, Jacob Wackernagel (1853–1938) was born 🎂 He was an Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Greek and Sanskrit. He formulated the so-called Wackernagel’s Law, describing the positional constraints on clitics in Indo-European, which is named after him.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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#OTD 96 years ago, Lila R. Gleitman (1929–2021) was born 🎉 A pioneer of cognitive science focusing on language acquisition, working also on the theory of syntactic bootstrapping. She served as president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1993.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#OTD 96 years ago, Lila R. Gleitman (1929–2021) was born 🎉 A pioneer of cognitive science focusing on language acquisition, working also on the theory of syntactic bootstrapping. She served as president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1993.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
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#OTD 306 years ago, Ann Fisher (1719–1778) was born 🥳 She was an entrepreneur, a school director, and an author of several works on language. Her "A New Grammar", printed in 1750, was the first grammar book of contemporary English written by a woman.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#OTD 306 years ago, Ann Fisher (1719–1778) was born 🥳 She was an entrepreneur, a school director, and an author of several works on language. Her "A New Grammar", printed in 1750, was the first grammar book of contemporary English written by a woman.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
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#OTD 202 years ago, Max Müller (1823–1900) was born 🎉 He was an expert on Sanskrit and the study of religion, as well as a scholar of language evolution and a translator. Müller later became the first Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#OTD 202 years ago, Max Müller (1823–1900) was born 🎉 He was an expert on Sanskrit and the study of religion, as well as a scholar of language evolution and a translator. Müller later became the first Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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#OTD 98 years ago, William Labov (1927-2024) was born 🥳 He was a pioneering sociolinguist studying language variation, dialectology, but also AAVE. In 1966, Labov published his landmark study "The Social Stratification of English in New York City".
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#OTD 98 years ago, William Labov (1927-2024) was born 🥳 He was a pioneering sociolinguist studying language variation, dialectology, but also AAVE. In 1966, Labov published his landmark study "The Social Stratification of English in New York City".
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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#OTD 100 years ago, Joseph R. Applegate (1925–2003) was born 🎉 He was, among other things, a specialist in Tashelhit, a Berber language spoken in Morocco, as well as an expert in machine translation. In 1955, Applegate became the first Black faculty member at MIT.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#OTD 100 years ago, Joseph R. Applegate (1925–2003) was born 🎉 He was, among other things, a specialist in Tashelhit, a Berber language spoken in Morocco, as well as an expert in machine translation. In 1955, Applegate became the first Black faculty member at MIT.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx