The success of Chomsky’s ideas in the United States raises the question of what efforts were made to ‘internationalize’ the theory. This paper, by Frederick J. Newmeyer, addresses that question, at least with respect to Europe. #histlx abral.in/newmeyer

The Cambridge History of Linguistics (eds. Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, & John E. Joseph) provides an authoritative account of the history of linguistics from ancient traditions to the end of the 20th century. Pre-order today! ow.ly/r62Y50L9kE4

2023 Annual Meeting of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS), January 6-7, Denver CO. naahols.wordpress.com/annual-meeting/

Our colleague and past NAAHoLS president, Marcin Kilarski, publishes new book on the history of linguistics benjamins.com/catalog/sihols…

An excellent book form the current vice-president of NAAHoLS #Linguistics #Historyoflinguistics #Historyofideas #Linguisticsocietyofamerica: American Linguistics in Transition global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Just published "Interviews in the history of linguistics: Volume I" by James McElvenny #hpls #openaccess langsci-press.org/catalog/book/3…

Robert Chambers was an avid collector of Sanskrit mss. His library was bought by Frederick William IV and brought to Germany for research. The catalog of the auction is in the public domain and digitized. #Sanskrit #HistoryOfLinguistics #DigitalHumanities babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.…

I just posted a video review of Randy Harris's The Linguistics Wars, a book about the rise of generative grammar, and the conflicts between Chomsky and, well, a lot of people: youtu.be/VfZ6dASn0yo

John Goldsmith has just dropped a video review of the Linguistics Wars. youtube.com/watch?v=VfZ6dA…

Fun fact: Max Müller's Hindu name (given to him by the pandits) was "Moksha Mûlara": "Giver (ra) of the knowledge (mûla) of final beatitude (moksha)" #Sanskrit #HistoryofLinguistics

It may not look like it, but the script of this inscription is the script that would eventually evolve to become the modern Arabic script. This is the Nabataean Aramaic script, and I wanted to do a little thread on the evolution of its letter shapes. 🧵