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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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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.
benjamins.com
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#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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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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#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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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.
hiphilangsci.net
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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
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#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
Těším se, až se na ni podívám a určitě pak dám vědět. Opticky a dotykově ale každopádně vypadá poveděně!
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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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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
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...
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
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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#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
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#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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#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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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
Glückwunsch - das ist großartig! Woohoo 🥳
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#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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#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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💥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