Welcome to History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences! This is a new blog devoted to exploring and promoting the incredible diversity that exists in the study of language, both in the past and today. We publish a new post every Wednesday, with an invitation to all readers to join in the discussion through comments. Our program for the first fourteen weeks can be seen below. To find out more about us, see our ‘About’ text (in English, French and German).
We are now preparing our second program, for the period July–September. If you would like to write a post for us in this period, please get in touch. Our contact details and guidelines are included in the ‘About’ text.
[Program updated 15 May 2013]
| 17 April |
Philosophy of linguistics: the phenomenological perspective Lei Zhu Shanghai International Studies University |
| 24 April |
Gabelentz — Grammatiker einer “Sprache ohne Grammatik” Kennosuke Ezawa Ost-West-Gesellschaft für Sprach- und Kulturforschung e. V., Berlin |
| 1 May |
On the history of the question of whether natural language is “illogical” Barbara H Partee University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 8 May |
Greetings from the Orient: H.W. Ludolf as a central figure in 17th-century language study Han Lamers (Leiden) and Toon Van Hal (Leuven) Leiden University and University of Leuven |
| 15 May |
Otto Jespersen and progress in international language James McElvenny University of Sydney |
| 22 May |
The notion of stereotype in language study Elena Vilinbakhova St Petersburg State University |
| 29 May |
Theoretical linguistics and artificial languages Alan Libert University of Newcastle |
| 5 June |
Analyses du fonctionnement sémantico-référentiel du nom propre dans l’Inde ancienne Emilie Aussant Laboratoire d’histoire des théories linguistiques, Université Paris-Diderot |
| 12 June |
The creation of “parts of speech” for Chinese: an instance of “translingual practice” between the Graeco-Roman and the Sinitic traditions Edward McDonald University of Sydney and Macquarie University |
| 19 June |
The emergence of the concept of the phoneme in Australian Aboriginal linguistics William McGregor University of Aarhus |
| 26 June |
Die Suche nach einer Wissenschaftssprache in Frankreich, 10 Jahre nach der Französischen Revolution Kerstin Ohligschlaeger Universität Potsdam |
| 3 July |
Historical and moral arguments for language reclamation Ghil’ad Zuckermann University of Adelaide |
| 10 July |
Early writing and printing in the Philippines Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro |
| 17 July |
Measurement and unobservables in linguistic theory Nick Riemer University of Sydney and Laboratoire d’histoire des théories linguistiques, Université Paris-Diderot |
