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#OTD 179 years ago, Hermann Paul (1846–1921) was born 🎂 A medievalist, specialist in Middle High German, lexicologist, lexicographer, and member of the Neogrammarian school. Today, he is probably best known as the author of Principien der Sprachgeschichte (1880).

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#OTD 104 years ago, Edith Braun (1921–2016) was born 🤩 An expert on the dialectal landscape of Saarland, she was the author of both academic and popular texts on the subject and also appeared regularly on the radio.

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Books: Terminology throughout History: Warburton and Humbley (eds.) (2025)

TOC: Historiographia Linguistica Vol. 52, No. 1 (2025)

Robin Lakoff

My Berkeley colleagues & I are saddened by the death of our colleague Robin Lakoff. Her 1972 book Language & Women's Place created the modern field of language & gender. She also wrote articulately, passionately & impactfully about Latin linguistics (Abstract Syntax & Latin Complementation, 1968) 1/

#OTD 240 years ago, Johann Andreas Schmeller (1785–1852) was born 🥳 He published the first modern edition of the Heliand, is considered a pioneer of German dialectology, and, while working on Bavarian dialects, introduced the use of the schwa.

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#OTD 212 years ago, Ivar Aasen (1813–1896) was born 🤩 A Norwegian dialectologist, lexicologist, translator, poet, and playwright, he is best known today for creating Nynorsk, one of the two official written standards of Norwegian, alongside Bokmål.

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#OTD 380 years ago, Anne Dacier (1645–1720) was born 🎉 A classicist, translator, commentator, and editor of many ancient works, best known for her translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, as well as texts by Sappho, Marcus Aurelius, and Plutarch.

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NAAHoLS 2026 Annual Meeting Date: 8-11 January 2026Place: New Orleans, LouisianaDeadline for submission: 1 September 2025Information: The North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS) will hold…

Call for Papers for the Annual Meeting of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS)

Date: 8-11 January 2026
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Deadline for submission: 1 September 2025

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#OTD 122 years ago, Christine Mohrmann (1903–1988) was born 🥳 A classicist specializing in early Christian Latin and Greek texts, as well as medieval and Vulgar Latin. She became the first female professor in Nijmegen in 1952.

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#OTD 67 years ago, Anne Vainikka (1958–2018) was born 🎂 A pioneer in Second Language Acquisition and an expert in Finnish syntax, she is best known as the co-author (with Martha Young-Scholten) of the so-called Minimal Trees Hypothesis.

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#OTD 149 years ago, Adeline Rittershaus (1876–1924) was born 🎉 A scholar of Old Germanic languages and a collector of (Old) Icelandic folk tales, she became the first woman permitted to teach at the University of Zurich’s Faculty of Arts in 1902.

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#OTD 182 years ago, Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901) was born 🥳 A specialist in comparative Indo-European grammar, he is best known for developing the Wave Theory (alongside Hugo Schuchardt), which challenged and complemented the then-dominant tree model of language change.

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I think there’s a genuine question there: "What are the modern form for Lexico Cafe?" 🤔

Funniest thing I’ve seen in a while: Spotify’s transcript of James McElvenny’s (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences Podcast episode 46 with Philip Kraut on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm open.spotify.com/episode/5UzW...

Episode 22 of our podcast is a fitting complement to this anniversary. In this installment, James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviewed Christopher Hutton (Hong Kong) and discussed linguistic scholarship under National Socialism.

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2022/02/01/p...

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#OTD 102 years ago, Morris Halle (1923–2018) was born 🎉 A pioneer of modern linguistics, he was an expert in generative phonology and a contributor to the theory of Distributed Morphology. In 1974, he also served as president of the Linguistic Society of America.

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A perfect occasion to listen to ep. 44 of our podcast, in which James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Ian Stewart (@princetonupress.bsky.social) about modern ideas about the Celts and and the role of historical-comparative linguistics.

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/03/01/p...

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Alles Gute, lieber Johann 🎂

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#OTD 170 years ago, Odille Morison (1855–1933) was born 🤩 A community leader of the Tsimshian, she was also a translator, ethnographer, and expert on the Tsimshian language, also known as Sm'algyax.

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#OTD 132 years ago, Gladys Reichard (1893–1955) was born 🎉 An influential anthropologist and expert field researcher of Native American languages, such as Wiyot, Coeur d'Alene, and Navajo, she was particularly interested in language variation.

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And a Celticist. He published the first full edition of the Milan glosses. In some respects, his edition surpasses the standard edition by Stokes & Strachan.

#OTD 252 years ago, Josef Jungmann (1773–1847) was born 🎉 A poet, translator, lexicographer, and a key figure in the Czech National Revival, he is best known for his Czech-German dictionary - a milestone in the standardization of written Czech.

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#OTD 196 years ago, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829–1907) was born 🥳 A professor of comparative philology in Milan, he was an expert on Italian dialects, Romani, and Sanskrit. In 1881, he also formulated the so-called substratum theory.

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#OTD 165 years ago, Otto Jespersen (1860–1943) was born 🥳 Initially a specialist in language teaching and phonetics, he later became an expert on English historical syntax, also active in the international language movement, contributing to Esperanto, Ido, and Novial.

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HSS Bulletin Archive — Henry Sweet Society Bulletin of the Henry Sweet Society

Don't forget that the full archive of the Henry Sweet Society Bulletin (predecessor of Language & History) is available on our website in ✨OPEN ACCESS✨! This includes issues no. 1-51 (1984-2008). Drop by and browse: www.henrysweet.org/bulletin-of-...

Calls: Philosophies - "The Logical Linguistic Legacy of Montague Grammar" (Jrnl)

#OTD 91 years ago, Pieter Seuren (1934–2021) was born 🥳 He was an expert in logic and formal grammar theories, a specialist in Creole studies (notably Sranan and Mauritian Creole), and a historian of linguistics.

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Alles Gute, lieber Franz 🥳

Why not celebrate today’s anniversary by (re-)listening to episode 28 of our podcast, focusing on early 20th-century American linguistics, Franz Boas, and his circle of students!

🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2022/10/01/p...

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The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society The Vivien Law Prize

✨Vivien Law Essay Prize in the history of linguistic ideas✨
Deadline: 30th September 2025
If you are: a currently registered student or received your PhD/equivalent within the last five years (maternity leave excluded)
See details and get your submissions ready!👇
www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...