Das LIMES-Kolloquium für Promovierende und Promovierte der romanischen Sprachwissenschaft findet vom 17.-19. März 2025 an der Uni Göttingen statt. Einreichungen sind bis zum 1.12.2024 möglich. Alle Infos: romanistik.de/aktuelles/7763 #Romanistik #Sprachwissenschaft #LIMES

#OTD 225 years ago, Adolphe Pictet (1799-1875) was born 🎂 One of the early proponents of historical-comparative linguistics and a pioneer in combining palaeontology and linguistic reconstruction in order to study the world of the Indo-Europeans. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#OTD 132 years ago, Anna Zollinger-Escher (1892-1986) was born 🥳 Among other things, she documented and analysed the various forms of greetings in Swiss German and worked at the Dictionary of Swiss German (Idiotikon). #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics

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#OTD 86 years ago, Renate Carstens (1938-2019) was born 🥳 As an expert on Indonesian studies in the GDR, she continued her career also in the reunited Germany. She focused on Bahasa Indonesia and other Austronesian languages. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics

#OTD 143 years ago, Daniel Jones (1881-1967) was born 🥳 He was an expert phonetician and phonologist who, among other things, introduced the concept of cardinal vowels. He is also well-known for his description of the Received Pronunciation. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

Während Richtung Lausitz bis Sonntag bis zu 40 l/m² Regen fallen können, werden es am Randbereich des Tiefs #ANETT in #Berlin nur voraussichtlich etwa 3-8 l/m² sein. /MJ

#OTD 233 years ago, Franz Bopp (1791-1867) was born 🎉 An expert on Sanskrit and a pioneer in the comparative analysis of the Indo-European grammar systems with the goal of reconstructing their common ancestor. Three streets in Germany bear his name. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

So endet der Tag in Dahlem am Rande des Regentiefs #ANETT. MJ

#OTD 200 years ago, Moritz Lazarus (1824-1903) was born 🥳 Psychologist and philosopher who, with his brother-in-law H. Steinthal, also influenced linguistics by introducing and developing the concept of Völkerpsychologie or ‘psychology of peoples’. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#OTD 179 years ago, Henry Sweet (1845-1912) was born 🎂 Phonetician, an expert on Old Germanic languages focusing on Old English, a pioneer in language teaching, and the author of the unsuccessful Current Shorthand. The Henry Sweet Society bears his name. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

En 1902, el Boletín de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza publica un artículo titulado “La Psicología moderna” en el q se hace eco de las ideas de Lazarus y Steinthal aparecidas en la Revista de Psicología de los pueblos #histlx #LinPePrensa LinPePrensa 2

#OTD 200 years ago, Moritz Lazarus (1824-1903) was born 🥳 Psychologist and philosopher who, together with his brother-in-law Heymann Steinthal (1823-1899), also influenced linguistics by introducing and developing the concept of Völkerpsychologie. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

IZ Europäische Sprachen Incidentally, Lazarus was also one of the first to identify natural conversation as an object of investigation in his 1876 conference "Über Gespräche" (ed. 1986 by K. C. Köhnke). For those who read Italian, see my chapter "Tra conversazione e Umgangssprache" (2023).

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Die letzten Regenfälle sind nun nach Südwesten abgezogen. Mit dem von den Britischen Inseln nach Skandinavien ausdehnenden Hoch #SERKAN stellt sich mit einer nordöstlichen Strömung ein ruhiger und spätsommerlicher Witterungsabschnitt ein. /FG

Heute früh noch ein bisschen Herbst-Feeling mit hochnebelartigen Wolken, doch im weiteren Verlauf stetig mehr Sonnenschein bei schwachen Nordostwind. Bei maximal 25°C durchweg trocken. /MJ

#OTD 124 years ago, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval (1900-1940) was born 🎉 Linguist and literary scholar specialising in Celtic studies. In particular, she was an expert on the history of Irish and Irish mythology. #LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx

#OTD 94 years ago, Richard M. Montague (1930-1971) was born 🥳 Philosopher, logician, mathematician as well as a linguist. He is perhaps best known for his formal approach to syntax and semantics of natural languages, the so-called Montague Grammar. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#Berlin steht womöglich das letzte Sommerwochenende des Jahres bevor. Also nutzt die Zeit für schöne Outdoor-Aktivitäten. /MJ