Tanguy Solliec
@kiminell.bsky.social
Words, words, words wherever they come from but mostly everything inside them, around them and in between. Des mots et des choses. Gerioù toud. Слава словам!
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Joyeux anniversaire, cher Antoine 🎂
To celebrate, remember that "each language forms a system where everything hangs together".
#LinguisticQuotes #Histlx
To celebrate, remember that "each language forms a system where everything hangs together".
#LinguisticQuotes #Histlx
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Joyeux anniversaire, cher Antoine 🎂
To celebrate, remember that "each language forms a system where everything hangs together".
#LinguisticQuotes #Histlx
To celebrate, remember that "each language forms a system where everything hangs together".
#LinguisticQuotes #Histlx
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Since today is Saint Martin's Day, here's a humble image of the popular saint that I recently encountered on Veliki Brijun, Croatia. Carved for a church in Senj c. 1330, it has "Sveti Marъtinъ" written in Glagolitic letters around the saint's head – part of Croatia's long tradition of Glagolitic.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Since today is Saint Martin's Day, here's a humble image of the popular saint that I recently encountered on Veliki Brijun, Croatia. Carved for a church in Senj c. 1330, it has "Sveti Marъtinъ" written in Glagolitic letters around the saint's head – part of Croatia's long tradition of Glagolitic.
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Names carry their own geographies — small worlds of language, memory, and resistance. In his essay, Szabolcs László writes about one such name — his own, and the history it refused to lose. europeanreviewofbooks.com/my-untransla...
My untranslatable name - The European Review of Books
When my parents went to register my name after I was born, they carried out an especially elaborate plan. They acquired a chocolate bar
europeanreviewofbooks.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Names carry their own geographies — small worlds of language, memory, and resistance. In his essay, Szabolcs László writes about one such name — his own, and the history it refused to lose. europeanreviewofbooks.com/my-untransla...
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Biting initial 'P'(ostera) with a strong Brittany flavour
BnF Latin 5610A; Wrdistenus Landevenecensis, Vita et miracula sancti Winwaloei; 11th century; France (Landévennec); f.36r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Latin 5610A; Wrdistenus Landevenecensis, Vita et miracula sancti Winwaloei; 11th century; France (Landévennec); f.36r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Biting initial 'P'(ostera) with a strong Brittany flavour
BnF Latin 5610A; Wrdistenus Landevenecensis, Vita et miracula sancti Winwaloei; 11th century; France (Landévennec); f.36r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Latin 5610A; Wrdistenus Landevenecensis, Vita et miracula sancti Winwaloei; 11th century; France (Landévennec); f.36r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
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We are pleased to announce our call for papers for PECIA 28, dedicated to « gloses et langues vernaculaires au Moyen Âge ». More details on our website :
pecia.blog.tudchentil.org
pecia.blog.tudchentil.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We are pleased to announce our call for papers for PECIA 28, dedicated to « gloses et langues vernaculaires au Moyen Âge ». More details on our website :
pecia.blog.tudchentil.org
pecia.blog.tudchentil.org
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New article in collaboration with @chrisbuckley.bsky.social , @thomaspellard.bsky.social @robinryder.bsky.social on the phylogeny of Kra-Dai languages and of the looms used by their speakers:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Contrasting modes of cultural evolution: Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Contrasting modes of cultural evolution: Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies - Volume 7
www.cambridge.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New article in collaboration with @chrisbuckley.bsky.social , @thomaspellard.bsky.social @robinryder.bsky.social on the phylogeny of Kra-Dai languages and of the looms used by their speakers:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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My article on corpus-based dialect classification of Southern Dutch dialects is out! Check out my dialectometric classification using topic modelling and N-gram on the GCND dialect corpus here:
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My article on corpus-based dialect classification of Southern Dutch dialects is out! Check out my dialectometric classification using topic modelling and N-gram on the GCND dialect corpus here:
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
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In memoriam - C’était le plus balkanique des chanteurs bretons, le plus breton des musiciens des Balkans. Passeur de cultures, Erik Marchand était l’une des plus grandes voix de #Bretagne. Il s’est éteint le 30 octobre à Caransebeș, en #Roumanie.
Hommage à Erik Marchand, passeur de musiques entre la Bretagne et les Balkans
C’était le plus balkanique des chanteurs bretons, le plus breton des musiciens des Balkans. Passeur de cultures, Erik Marchand était l’une des (…)
www.courrierdesbalkans.fr
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Join us for another term of the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar online! The first lecture will be on 03.11.2025 (18:00 CET): Michiel de Vaan (Universität Basel): "Gaulish and its role in the rise of complex yes/no-answers in Gallo-Romance and West Germanic." Email celtic@uni-bonn.de to receive the link
October 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Join us for another term of the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar online! The first lecture will be on 03.11.2025 (18:00 CET): Michiel de Vaan (Universität Basel): "Gaulish and its role in the rise of complex yes/no-answers in Gallo-Romance and West Germanic." Email celtic@uni-bonn.de to receive the link
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It's just two words, but a personal favourite find in a medieval manuscript is this signature of Anne, a princess of Kievan Rus and Queen (Regent) of France.
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's just two words, but a personal favourite find in a medieval manuscript is this signature of Anne, a princess of Kievan Rus and Queen (Regent) of France.
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
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The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
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Very much looking forward to attending and speaking at this event this coming Saturday.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Very much looking forward to attending and speaking at this event this coming Saturday.
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Lancement ce matin du projet d’Atlas Sonore des Patois du Jura (ASPAJU), plus d’infos ici 👉 aspaju.unine.ch
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Lancement ce matin du projet d’Atlas Sonore des Patois du Jura (ASPAJU), plus d’infos ici 👉 aspaju.unine.ch
Interesting perspective for contemporary societies "Must a railroad be profitable?"
A view from Ukraine by Oksana Forostyna @europeanreview.bsky.social
europeanreviewofbooks.com/glory-to-the...
A view from Ukraine by Oksana Forostyna @europeanreview.bsky.social
europeanreviewofbooks.com/glory-to-the...
Glory to the rails - The European Review of Books
Millions of Ukrainians left the country during the first weeks of the invasion; four million were evacuated by train, including a million children. Thousands of dogs, cats and other pets, too.
europeanreviewofbooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Interesting perspective for contemporary societies "Must a railroad be profitable?"
A view from Ukraine by Oksana Forostyna @europeanreview.bsky.social
europeanreviewofbooks.com/glory-to-the...
A view from Ukraine by Oksana Forostyna @europeanreview.bsky.social
europeanreviewofbooks.com/glory-to-the...
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In the early 1900s, German communities in the South Caucasus lived under Russian rule and used both German and Russian in daily life. Studying newspapers of that time helps linguistics see how migration and empire left their mark on language and identity.
doi.org/10.25189/267...
#linguistics
doi.org/10.25189/267...
#linguistics
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In the early 1900s, German communities in the South Caucasus lived under Russian rule and used both German and Russian in daily life. Studying newspapers of that time helps linguistics see how migration and empire left their mark on language and identity.
doi.org/10.25189/267...
#linguistics
doi.org/10.25189/267...
#linguistics
How the process of language endangerment and the decrease of of linguistic diversity work from a social and historical perspective?
A view from Western Brittany but also Western Africa or Japan
laviedesidees.fr/Rozenn-Milin...
A view from Western Brittany but also Western Africa or Japan
laviedesidees.fr/Rozenn-Milin...
Bretagne, une extinction linguistique
À propos de : Rozenn Milin, La Honte et le Châtiment. Imposer le français (Bretagne, France, Afrique et autres territoires), Champ Vallon
laviedesidees.fr
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
How the process of language endangerment and the decrease of of linguistic diversity work from a social and historical perspective?
A view from Western Brittany but also Western Africa or Japan
laviedesidees.fr/Rozenn-Milin...
A view from Western Brittany but also Western Africa or Japan
laviedesidees.fr/Rozenn-Milin...
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Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55
Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55
Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair
www.irishtimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55
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Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach. 💚
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach. 💚
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David Britain, Paul Foulkes, David Willis and I have been awarded 2.5M CHF by SNSF & AHRC for CURLEW – the first major survey of English dialects in England & Wales in 75+ years. Starts: 2026 – posts to come. Outputs: papers + a public dialect atlas 🗺️ 📸 Drafting the proposal, Bern, Jan 2025.
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
David Britain, Paul Foulkes, David Willis and I have been awarded 2.5M CHF by SNSF & AHRC for CURLEW – the first major survey of English dialects in England & Wales in 75+ years. Starts: 2026 – posts to come. Outputs: papers + a public dialect atlas 🗺️ 📸 Drafting the proposal, Bern, Jan 2025.
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Bernard Bortolussi et Étienne Wolff (dir.) - Un empire, plusieurs langues
Aspects du plurilinguisme dans le monde romain
À paraître en octobre chez Ausonius
Aspects du plurilinguisme dans le monde romain
À paraître en octobre chez Ausonius
July 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bernard Bortolussi et Étienne Wolff (dir.) - Un empire, plusieurs langues
Aspects du plurilinguisme dans le monde romain
À paraître en octobre chez Ausonius
Aspects du plurilinguisme dans le monde romain
À paraître en octobre chez Ausonius
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#OTD 125 years ago, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval (1900–1940) was born 🤩 Expert on Celtic studies, particularly on Irish language and mythology. One of the few female scholars, she attended the First International Congress of Linguists in 1928.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
September 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OTD 125 years ago, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval (1900–1940) was born 🤩 Expert on Celtic studies, particularly on Irish language and mythology. One of the few female scholars, she attended the First International Congress of Linguists in 1928.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
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🇪🇪 🇫🇷 Many thank to Dr. Tanguy Solliec for visiting us in Tallinn and giving a very interesting talk and to the French-Estonian Parrot Mobility Program which made this possible. Our project "Algorithmic Complexity in Comparative Gallo-Romance & Finnic Dialectology" has made an important step! 👍
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🇪🇪 🇫🇷 Many thank to Dr. Tanguy Solliec for visiting us in Tallinn and giving a very interesting talk and to the French-Estonian Parrot Mobility Program which made this possible. Our project "Algorithmic Complexity in Comparative Gallo-Romance & Finnic Dialectology" has made an important step! 👍
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"Kensa Broadhurst, of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter, has written a book in which she argues that the language clung on through the 19th century, spoken by some working-class Cornish people as well as academics and others who saw value in preserving it."
Cornish clung on as living language beyond Dolly Pentreath, says writer
Author of new book suggests Kernewek continued to be spoken in the 19th century, albeit in ‘tiny numbers’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Kensa Broadhurst, of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter, has written a book in which she argues that the language clung on through the 19th century, spoken by some working-class Cornish people as well as academics and others who saw value in preserving it."