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Martin Konvička

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Linguist(ician) 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Histor(y of linguistics|ical linguistics) @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Posts for: @hiphilangsci.bsky.social & @izeusberlin.bsky.social

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thrilled to have contributed to the new volume (@johnbenjamins.bsky.social) on Dutch and contact linguistics, edited by Christopher Joby and Nicoline van der Sijs 🤩

My chapter explores language contact online, specifically the case of Dutch "want X" constructions.

🔗 benjamins.com/catalog/impa...

Dutch and Contact Linguistics

This volume brings together scholars from across the globe to showcase the many varied outcomes of contact between Dutch and other languages in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 16h

Prague is now the capital of a normal country – alas!
My latest commentary…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When populists win in Prague, that’s nothing peculiarly ‘east European’. It’s the new normal of the western world | Timothy Garton Ash

The likely new Czech government will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal and migration and asylum pact, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

www.theguardian.com

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD 106 years ago, Rudolf Macúch (1919–1993) was born 🥳 A scholar of Semitic languages, specializing in Neo-Syriac, and an expert on Mandaeism and Samaritanism. In 1998, a minor planet in the asteroid belt was named 24974 Macúch in his honor 🪐

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 5d

Wozu noch Grammatik in der Schule?

Am 6. November 2025 um 18:15 sprechen genau darüber Anke Haupt (BLiQ), Barbara Schlücker (@bschluecker.bsky.social) und Regina Ultze (@senbjf.bsky.social) 🤩

🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/pr...

@berlinscienceweek.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD 134 years ago, Louise Kaiser (1891–1973) was born 🎉 A pioneering experimental phonetician, as well as an anthropologist and artist. In 1926, she became the first female lecturer at the University of Amsterdam (@uva.nl).

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 5d

New episode (no. 50) 🤩

James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social Universität Siegen) talks with Gerda Haßler (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) about her career in Romance linguistics and the history of linguistics in the GDR and re-united Germany.

In German!

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/15/p...

#Histlx

Podcast episode 50: Gerda Haßler

In this interview, Gerda Haßler discusses her career in Romanistik and the history of linguistics in the DDR and re-united Germany.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 6d

Quechua, Guaraní und Nheengatu im Kontakt mit Spanisch und Portugiesisch am Rio Negro. Uli Reich und André Amorim (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) stellen ihr Projekt zu Informationsstruktur und Modalität in diesen Sprachen vor.

Mehr Infos: dcl.fu-berlin.de

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics

Einladung zum ersten Vortrag der Dahlem Lectures in Linguistics des Semesters am 21. Oktober 2025. Uli Reich und André Amorim stellen ihr Projekt vor mit dem Titel: Sprachen im Fluss. Modalität und Informationsstruktur am Rio Negro

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 7d

Confs: Small Languages, Big Ideas

The Virtual Institute for Afrikaans (VivA), in collaboration with local and international partners, is pleased to host the fourth edition of the Small Languages, Big Ideas (SLBI) conference — this time with a fresh southern perspective. Join us in Gauteng, one of the linguistically and culturally vibrant provinces of South Africa, as we bring the focus to Germanic dialects, microvariation, and linguistic diversity across continents. This edition of SLBI highlights dialects as windows into lan

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 7d

#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

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 10d

Těším se, až se na ni podívám a určitě pak dám vědět. Opticky a dotykově ale každopádně vypadá poveděně!

Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 10d

Hele, @katquita.bsky.social, co jsem včera našel v poště 🤩

Kniha Kateřiny Chkádkové a Miroslava Pešty s názvem Učte se jazyky jako děti. V pozadí jde vidět knihovna.

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Tomáš Koblížek @tomaskoblizek.bsky.social · 11d

Díky časopisu Heroine za pozvánku k většímu rozhovoru o výzkumu hate speech, a to včetně misogynních projevů. Rozhovor je bohužel aktuálnější, než jsem čekal, že bude - tažení proti mladým političkám je nyní v plném proudu. O mysogynii u nás je třeba víc mluvit, není jen nějakým okrajovým jevem.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 11d

Das Wintersemester 2025/26 ist da und das beudeutet auch eine neue Serie von acht Dahlem Lectures in Linguistics zu diversen hochspannenden Themen der Linguistik 🤩

Weitere Infos: dcl.fu-berlin.de

#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics #DahlemCenterForLinguistics #Linguistics #Linguistik #Sprachwissenschaft

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 12d

Šva v italštině je super!

Nějaké komparativní studie nebinárních strategií, resp. inkluzivního jazyka existují...pro češtinu mě napadá Vít Kolek a jeho srovnání s němčinou, nebo loňská dizertace od Tobiase-Alexandra Herrmanna o ruštině a češtině. Určitě toho ale bude víc...

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 12d

Jo...já to taky při čtení jenom tiše přecházím a vyslovovat nahlas jsem to ještě nikdy nemusel...

Zajímavé mi btw přijde, jak je ta diskuze podobná té anglické kolem (ne)výslovnosti Latinx

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 12d

Že se to nemusí všem líbit, podle mě není nějak zvlášť "unpopular opinion" ;)

Jinak ale když to člověk čte pro sebe, nemusí vyslovovat nic. A vlastně ani nahlas to není potřeba číst a místo toho <x> nemusí být nic. Ale asi nejtypičtěji to jde číst jako /ks/, tj. /mɲɛlks/ místo /mɲɛlɪ/ 🤷

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 18d

#BæFoLa is back!
We're ready for Season 9 featuring delicious talks on:
🍆 food porn (Jonatan Leer)
🥕 veggie words (Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza)
🧁 baking videos (Carolin Schneider-Ward)
🍳 cooking videos (Stefan Hauser)

More info at tinyurl.com/baefola

#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

BaeFoLa Poster with a donut for each talk

October 31, 12:30-13:30 CET: Jonatan Leer (Örebro University)

Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age

November 28, 12:30-13:30 CET: Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza (University of Alicante)

VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming

December 19, 12:30-13:30 CET: Carolin Schneider Ward (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Bake, Tic, Repeat: Multimodal Self-Reactions in the Digital Kitchen

January 30, 12:30-13:30 CET: Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug)

Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok: A Media Linguistic Approach

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 12d

#OTD 327 years ago, Johanna Corleva (1698–1752) was born 🥳 Translator, grammarian, and likely the first female lexicographer from the Netherlands. She translated grammatical treatises into Dutch, including the Port-Royal Grammar.

#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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taz @taz.de · 15d

Der Rechtspopulist Andrej Babis hat die Parlamentswahl gewonnen. Ob sich das Land massiv nach rechts entwickelt, bleibt abzuwarten.

Parlamentswahl in Tschechien: Tschechien ist nicht Ungarn

Der Rechtspopulist Andrej Babis hat die Parlamentswahl gewonnen. Ob sich das Land massiv nach rechts entwickelt, bleibt abzuwarten.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD 99 years ago, Els Oksaar (1926–2015) was born 🎉 She was an expert on early language acquisition, language contact, and multilingualism in children. She also contributed to the development of the theory of culturemes.

#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 19d

Episode 49 of our podcast is out 🤩

James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/01/p...

#Histlx

Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer

In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

hiphilangsci.net

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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 20d

Glückwunsch - das ist großartig! Woohoo 🥳

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 21d

#OTD 143 years ago, Lilias E. Armstrong (1882–1937) was born 🎂 A phonetician, she specialised in English intonation, French phonetics, and the tone systems of Somali and Kikuyu, and also studied intonation in the context of TEFL.

#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 21d

#OTD 342 years ago, Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756) was born 🥳 A translator and a pioneer of Old English studies, she authored "The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue", the first Old English grammar written in English.

#LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx

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Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 27d

💥Viven Law Essay Prize reminder💥
Deadline: 30 September 2025‼️
We welcome essays on any topic related to the history of linguistic ideas by PhD students and recent graduates. The prize includes £200 and more.
See details and don't forget to send in your essay!👇

The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society

The Vivien Law Prize

www.henrysweet.org

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 22d

Philosopher John Searle has died.

John Searle (1932-2025) - Daily Nous

Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

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