Martin Konvička
@teapotlinguist.bsky.social
Linguist(ician) 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Histor(y of linguistics|ical linguistics) @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Posts for: @hiphilangsci.bsky.social & @izeusberlin.bsky.social
Histor(y of linguistics|ical linguistics) @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Posts for: @hiphilangsci.bsky.social & @izeusberlin.bsky.social
Pinned
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
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.
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My chapter explores language contact online, specifically the case of Dutch "want X" constructions.
🔗 benjamins.com/catalog/impa...
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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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Sepsal recenzi na popularizační knihu The Language Game od Chatera a Christiansena @mh-christiansen.bsky.social. Je zdařilý úvod, který bere náhled evoluce a komunikace a kontrastuje s chomskyánským Jazykovým instinktem od Pinkera. Doporučuji pro výuku úvodů!
digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/defaul...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Sepsal recenzi na popularizační knihu The Language Game od Chatera a Christiansena @mh-christiansen.bsky.social. Je zdařilý úvod, který bere náhled evoluce a komunikace a kontrastuje s chomskyánským Jazykovým instinktem od Pinkera. Doporučuji pro výuku úvodů!
digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/defaul...
digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/defaul...
Pro aktuální vydání časopisu Heroine (6/2025) jsem se s Viktorem Elšíkem (@ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz) bavil o romštině. Jednak obecně o jejím rozšíření, o její historii, ale také o konkrétní sociolingvistické situaci romštiny v Česku.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Pro aktuální vydání časopisu Heroine (6/2025) jsem se s Viktorem Elšíkem (@ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz) bavil o romštině. Jednak obecně o jejím rozšíření, o její historii, ale také o konkrétní sociolingvistické situaci romštiny v Česku.
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Why, look at that: Graeme Trousdale (Edinburgh) is our next speaker! He’ll discuss the grammaticalisation of mirativity in English from a Word Grammar perspective, with the mirative "why" as his example.
🔗 www.dcl.fu-berlin.de
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
🔗 www.dcl.fu-berlin.de
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Why, look at that: Graeme Trousdale (Edinburgh) is our next speaker! He’ll discuss the grammaticalisation of mirativity in English from a Word Grammar perspective, with the mirative "why" as his example.
🔗 www.dcl.fu-berlin.de
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
🔗 www.dcl.fu-berlin.de
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
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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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Finally out & open access: Hoffmann & Turner on Creative Construction Grammar. How do we communicate complex meanings? How do we combine words into sentences?
#creativity #language #linguistics #Construction Grammar
Find out at
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#creativity #language #linguistics #Construction Grammar
Find out at
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Creative Construction Grammar
Cambridge Core - Cognitive Linguistics - Creative Construction Grammar
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Finally out & open access: Hoffmann & Turner on Creative Construction Grammar. How do we communicate complex meanings? How do we combine words into sentences?
#creativity #language #linguistics #Construction Grammar
Find out at
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#creativity #language #linguistics #Construction Grammar
Find out at
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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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
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Sprechen ist Handeln, es muss sich deshalb an moralischen Standards orientieren. Wo unser Sprachgebrauch an solchen Standards scheitert, müssen wir ihn und unser sprachliches Selbstverständnis infrage stellen.
Mit Anatol Stefanowitsch, moderiert von Rosa Hesse
userpage.fu-berlin.de/~structeng/t...
Mit Anatol Stefanowitsch, moderiert von Rosa Hesse
userpage.fu-berlin.de/~structeng/t...
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Sprechen ist Handeln, es muss sich deshalb an moralischen Standards orientieren. Wo unser Sprachgebrauch an solchen Standards scheitert, müssen wir ihn und unser sprachliches Selbstverständnis infrage stellen.
Mit Anatol Stefanowitsch, moderiert von Rosa Hesse
userpage.fu-berlin.de/~structeng/t...
Mit Anatol Stefanowitsch, moderiert von Rosa Hesse
userpage.fu-berlin.de/~structeng/t...
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#OTD 213 years ago, Matthias Castrén (1813–1852) was born 🥳 He undertook several journeys through Lapland, Karelia, and Siberia, and became an expert in the Finnic, Ugric, and Samoyedic languages. In 1841, he also translated the Finnish epic poem Kalevala into Swedish.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
#OTD 213 years ago, Matthias Castrén (1813–1852) was born 🥳 He undertook several journeys through Lapland, Karelia, and Siberia, and became an expert in the Finnic, Ugric, and Samoyedic languages. In 1841, he also translated the Finnish epic poem Kalevala into Swedish.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Britta Schneider (@viadrina.eu) is our next speaker!
In her talk, she shows how large language models contribute
to new language assemblages, which entail new possibilities for global social order and new forms of imperial exploitation.
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
In her talk, she shows how large language models contribute
to new language assemblages, which entail new possibilities for global social order and new forms of imperial exploitation.
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Britta Schneider (@viadrina.eu) is our next speaker!
In her talk, she shows how large language models contribute
to new language assemblages, which entail new possibilities for global social order and new forms of imperial exploitation.
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
In her talk, she shows how large language models contribute
to new language assemblages, which entail new possibilities for global social order and new forms of imperial exploitation.
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
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New episode (no. 53) alert 🚨
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Paul Kiparsky about the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini and the philosophical significance of his grammatical description of Sanskrit.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/12/01/p...
#Histlx #Panini #Sanskrit
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Paul Kiparsky about the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini and the philosophical significance of his grammatical description of Sanskrit.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/12/01/p...
#Histlx #Panini #Sanskrit
Podcast episode 53: Paul Kiparsky on Pāṇini
In this interview, Paul Kiparsky introduces us to the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini and the philosophical significance of his grammatical description of Sanskrit.
hiphilangsci.net
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
New episode (no. 53) alert 🚨
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Paul Kiparsky about the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini and the philosophical significance of his grammatical description of Sanskrit.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/12/01/p...
#Histlx #Panini #Sanskrit
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Paul Kiparsky about the ancient Indian grammarian Pāṇini and the philosophical significance of his grammatical description of Sanskrit.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/12/01/p...
#Histlx #Panini #Sanskrit
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🚨 Great news 🚨 The #CfP for the 11th DGKL/GCLA conference in Bielefeld has been published!
Deadline for both theme sessions proposals and abstracts for presentations/posters is Jan. 15th 2026
See the conference website for more information tinyurl.com/dgkl2026
#langsky #BLinguistik #linguistics
Deadline for both theme sessions proposals and abstracts for presentations/posters is Jan. 15th 2026
See the conference website for more information tinyurl.com/dgkl2026
#langsky #BLinguistik #linguistics
DGKL2026 - Universität Bielefeld
This is the webpage of the DGKL conference 2026
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November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨 Great news 🚨 The #CfP for the 11th DGKL/GCLA conference in Bielefeld has been published!
Deadline for both theme sessions proposals and abstracts for presentations/posters is Jan. 15th 2026
See the conference website for more information tinyurl.com/dgkl2026
#langsky #BLinguistik #linguistics
Deadline for both theme sessions proposals and abstracts for presentations/posters is Jan. 15th 2026
See the conference website for more information tinyurl.com/dgkl2026
#langsky #BLinguistik #linguistics
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#OTD 83 years ago, Robin Lakoff (1942–2025) was born 🎉 She was a pioneering sociolinguist, focusing on the relationship between language and gender. She also studied power relations, politeness, and the role of frames in meaning.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#OTD 83 years ago, Robin Lakoff (1942–2025) was born 🎉 She was a pioneering sociolinguist, focusing on the relationship between language and gender. She also studied power relations, politeness, and the role of frames in meaning.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
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Who wants to be the new professor for general #linguistics in Cologne? 👀
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ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Who wants to be the new professor for general #linguistics in Cologne? 👀
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Call for Papers
ICHoLS XVII (23–27 August 2027), Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
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#Histlx
ICHoLS XVII (23–27 August 2027), Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
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#Histlx
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Call for Papers
ICHoLS XVII (23–27 August 2027), Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
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#Histlx
ICHoLS XVII (23–27 August 2027), Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/26/c...
#Histlx
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Happy World Linguistics Day 🎉
Not Saussure how to celebrate? Episodes 12 and 13 of our podcast will give your plans some structure...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/02/01/p...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/01/p...
#LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx #WorldLinguisticsDay
Not Saussure how to celebrate? Episodes 12 and 13 of our podcast will give your plans some structure...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/02/01/p...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/01/p...
#LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx #WorldLinguisticsDay
!["Dans la langue, il n'y a que des différences sans termes positifs [=In a language, there are only differences and no positive terms.]" (Ferdinand de Saussure: Cours de linnguistique générale, p. 166)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r6wjosgpmompi6hot3pbmyj2/bafkreicxbh6gr7vxtgn63slt6va5sdqvishbb7byqxx5ya2ykb7sa3ctdm@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day 🎉
Not Saussure how to celebrate? Episodes 12 and 13 of our podcast will give your plans some structure...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/02/01/p...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/01/p...
#LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx #WorldLinguisticsDay
Not Saussure how to celebrate? Episodes 12 and 13 of our podcast will give your plans some structure...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/02/01/p...
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/01/p...
#LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx #WorldLinguisticsDay
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#OTD 152 years ago, Osborn Bergin (1873–1950) was born 🎂 Bergin was an expert on (Old) Irish language and literature, a translator of early Irish texts, and a poet. He formulated the so-called Bergin’s Law pertaining to word order in Old Irish.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#OTD 152 years ago, Osborn Bergin (1873–1950) was born 🎂 Bergin was an expert on (Old) Irish language and literature, a translator of early Irish texts, and a poet. He formulated the so-called Bergin’s Law pertaining to word order in Old Irish.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Calls: 26. Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium
Calls: 26. Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium
Final Call for Papers:
Wir möchten an den verlängerten Call for Papers für das 26. Norddeutsche Linguistische Kolloquium am 26. und 27. März 2026 in Hildesheim erinnern (siehe unten). Es können noch bis zum 30. November 2025 Abstracts eingereicht werden.
Das NLK bietet seit 1989 insbesondere Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen aller linguistischer Teilbereiche die Möglichkeit zum inhaltlichen und methodischen Austausch und zur Vernetzung. Der Fokus liegt auf der Diskussion laufender Projekte u
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November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Calls: 26. Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium
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#OTD 175 years ago, Gustav Meyer (1850–1900) was born 🎉 A pioneer in the study of Albanian, he is famous for demonstrating that it belongs to the Indo-European family. A school in Tirana is named after him, and the Albanian Post has issued a stamp with his name.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#OTD 175 years ago, Gustav Meyer (1850–1900) was born 🎉 A pioneer in the study of Albanian, he is famous for demonstrating that it belongs to the Indo-European family. A school in Tirana is named after him, and the Albanian Post has issued a stamp with his name.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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#OTD 175 years ago, Eduard Sievers (1850–1935) was born 🎂 A historical linguist and one of the leading Neogrammarians, he is best known for his analysis of Old English metre and for formulating the so-called Sievers’ Law.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#OTD 175 years ago, Eduard Sievers (1850–1935) was born 🎂 A historical linguist and one of the leading Neogrammarians, he is best known for his analysis of Old English metre and for formulating the so-called Sievers’ Law.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Confs: Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar: Convergences and Challenges
Confs: Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar: Convergences and Challenges
Keynote Speakers:
Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck, Leipzig)
Martin Hilpert (Uni. of Neuchâtel)
Sophie Prévost (CNRS – Lattice)
Graeme Trousdale (Uni. of Edinburgh)
Keynote Discussant:
Bernd Heine (Uni. of Cologne)
‘Grammaticalization’ (a term introduced by Meillet in 1912) has been the subject of numerous studies, which have highlighted regularities in the emergence of grammatical forms across typologically diverse languages. Grammaticalization refers both to a type of change (and somet
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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Confs: Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar: Convergences and Challenges