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Martin Konvička

@teapotlinguist.bsky.social
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Linguist(ician) 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 💚 Histor(y of linguistics|ical linguistics) @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Posts for: @hiphilangsci.bsky.social & @dclberlin.bsky.social

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 15h
#OTD 96 years ago, Johanna Narten (1930–2019) was born 🎉 An expert in the history of the Indo-Iranian languages, especially Vedic Sanskrit and Avestan, who proposed what is now known as Narten ablaut in the analysis of Proto-Indo-European verbs. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticsBirthdays #Histlx
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Wisskomm.de @wisskomm.de · 02/10/2026
Wie wird Deutschrap zum Forschungsthema? Sprachwissenschaftler Aleksej Tikhonov erzählt im Interview von einer Beobachtung im Schulalltag, seiner Forschung zu Mehrsprachigkeit und den Bedingungen guter #Wissenschaftskommunikation. 👇 #Wisskomm @derslawist.bsky.social
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„Wenn ich Menschen ein Stück in Richtung Forschung bewegen kann, ist das für mich schon ein Erfolg“
Aleksej Tikhonov ist Sprachwissenschaftler und erforscht unter anderem Mehrsprachigkeit im Deutschrap. Über soziale Medien, Vorträge für Schüler*innen und das Kulturjournal „osTraum“ macht er seine Fo...
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New term means new series of #DahlemLecturesInLinguistics (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)! We have (almost) everything: French syntax, register acquisition, political language, Neo-Aramaic, sociocultural linguistics, clitics, and historical multilingualism 🤩 🔗 www.dcl.fu-berlin.de/veranstaltun...
The programme of the Dahlem Lectures in Linguistics at Freie Universität Berlin for the winter term 2026/2027
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#OTD 100 years ago, Els Oksaar (1926–2015) was born 🎉 She was a leading scholar of early language acquisition, language contact, and multilingualism in children. She also developed the theory of culturemes. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OTD 343 years ago, Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756) was born 🥳 A translator and pioneer of Old English studies, she authored "The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue", the first Old English grammar written in English. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OTD 144 years ago, Lilias E. Armstrong (1882–1937) was born 🎂 A phonetician, expert on English and French intonation and the tone systems of Somali and Kikuyu. She also studied intonation in the context of teaching English as a foreign language. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 28/09/2026
Greetings from the path from Prague to Stará Boleslav, where Czechs (and at least one Englishman) are gathering in honour of that "good king" from the carol. For the day that's in it, here's a new piece about why his name in English has an N, but not so in Czech. dannybate.com/2026/09/28/g...
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Good King Václav
Every September 28th, thanks to a brutal fratricide over a thousand years ago, the Czech Republic gives itself a day off. The victim of that crime was Wenceslaus, ruler of Bohemia from 921 to maybe…
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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interested in learning more about Jones’ role in the pre-history of comparative-historical linguistics? Then the very first episode of our podcast is just what you need! 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2019/12/31/p... #Histlx
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Podcast episode 1: Pre-history of comparative-historical linguistics
The first series of the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences Podcast looks at the history of modern linguistics. We begin in this episode by examining the pre-history of comparative-hist…
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Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💥Martin Burr Grants reminder💥 Deadline: 30 September We invite applications for grants (max. £500) to support projects in the history of linguistic ideas aimed at: ✅️ non-academic outreach ✅️ field-work ✅️ supporting research by under-represented groups in the history of linguistics 👉️ buff.ly/eucFmjf
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Martin Burr Grants — Henry Sweet Society
Martin Burr Grants
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Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💥Vivien Law Essay Prize reminder💥 Deadline: 30 September 2025‼️ We welcome essays on any topic related to the history of linguistic ideas by PhD students and recent graduates. The prize includes £200 and more. See details and don't forget to send in your essay!👇 www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...
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The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society
The Vivien Law Prize
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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Loni v únoru jsem pro tištěnou Heroine.cz napsal text o forenzní lingvistice. A dneska ten článek vyšel v digitální podobě bez paywallu na webu časopisu 🤩 Jestli vás zajímá, co má párek v rohlíku společného s Robertem Galbraithem nebo Unabomberem, čtěte! 🔗 www.heroine.cz/komentare/ja...
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Nemusí to být pikador v šalině. Forenzní lingvistika dokáže poznat autora podle slovosledu i frází, odhalila třeba J. K. Rowling
Otisky prstů. Analýza dna.
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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She was also the author of this cool text on forgetting in the history of linguistics 🤓 🔗 www.proquest.com/docview/1300... #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
Brigitte Schlieben-Lange (1984) Vom Vergessen in der Sprachwissenschaftsgeschichte
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Lena Wilkens @lenawlkns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Was wäre Forschung ohne Proband:innensuche? Vermutlich entspannter – aber auch langweilig. Aka: Ich suche Proband:innen im Raum Berlin: • 30–49 oder 65+ • Deutsch als alleinige Erstsprache • keine neurologischen/sprachlichen Beeinträchtigungen Interesse? lenasophie.wilkens@fu-berlin.de
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#OTD 268 years ago, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758–1838) was born 🎉 He was an expert in Arabic, Syriac, and Persian, and the first French linguist to attempt to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphic texts on the Rosetta Stone. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Post-doctoral assistant in the Department of Linguistics at Ghent University starting 1 January 2027 (at the earliest)! Application deadline: 6 October 2026 🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2026/09/17/p...
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Post-doc Linguistics Uni Ghent
Apply until 06 October 2026, 23:59 (Brussels time) Further information:
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#OTD 181 years ago, Henry Sweet (1845–1912) was born 🥳 Phonetician and language historian, particularly of Old Germanic languages, a pioneer in language teaching, and the author of the unsuccessful Current Shorthand. The @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social is named after him. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#OTD 202 years ago, Moritz Lazarus (1824–1903) was born 🎉 A psychologist and philosopher, he and his brother-in-law Heymann Steinthal influenced linguistics by introducing and developing the concept of Völkerpsychologie. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A walk from Boppstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg to Bopp’s grave at Trinity Cemetery (Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II) takes 25 minutes. Enough time to listen to episode 2 of our podcast, where we discuss comparative-historical grammar and the work of Franz Bopp 😉 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2020/01/31/p... #Histlx
Street sign in Berlin reading "Boppstraße"Grave of Franz Bopp in Berlin
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#OTD 269 years ago, Franz Joseph Stalder (1757–1833) was born 🥳 A Catholic priest, he was a pioneer of Swiss dialectology and the author of a lexicon and grammar of Swiss German. The current Schweizerisches Idiotikon (@ch-idiotikon.bsky.social) continues his work. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#OTD 235 years ago, Franz Bopp (1791–1867) was born 🎂 He was a specialist in Sanskrit and a pioneer of the comparative analysis of Indo-European grammatical systems, aiming to reconstruct their common ancestor. At least three streets in Germany are named after him. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Really enjoyed talking about the Signific Movement in the Netherlands 😇 Thanks so much for the invitation, James! #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#OTD 128 years ago, Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg (1898–1989) was born 🎂 From the 1930s onwards, she documented the regional varieties of Western Yiddish in Switzerland, southern Germany, and Alsace. During WW II, she also supported Jewish refugees. #LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx
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FID Benelux / Low Countries Studies @fid-benelux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📝Erinnerung: Die aktuelle FID Benelux-Umfrage läuft noch bis zum 06.09.2026. Was brauchen Sie für Ihre Forschung? Wo können wir Sie durch zusätzliche Services unterstützen? Was wünschen Sie sich vom FID Benelux? www.soscisurvey.de/fid_benelux-...
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Erinnerung: FID Benelux-Umfrage | FID Benelux
Was wünschen Sie sich vom FID Benelux? Wir freuen uns über Ihre Rückmeldungen!
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#OTD 414 years ago, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612–1653) was born 🤩 One of the earliest historical linguists. He is best known for proposing that many European languages are related and descend from a common, now-extinct ancestor, which he called Scythian. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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laserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A New Language Game has Entered The Villa: Glottle! glottle.app Try to guess the target language and along the way you get clues from its position in a language family tree and its geographical position. #languages #linguistics
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#OTD 140 years ago, Josef Páta (1886–1942) was born 🎂 An expert in comparative Slavic linguistics, he became the first professor of Sorbian studies in 1933. In 1942, he was murdered by the Nazis for his involvement in the resistance movement. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#OTD 110 years ago, Halet Çambel (1916–2014) was born 🎉 Archaeologist and Luwian expert who played a central role in the decipherment of the Anatolian hieroglyphs. She was also the first Muslim woman to compete at the Olympics, where she fenced. #LinguisticBirthdays #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 26/08/2026
Enjoying hearing more about the history of linguistics at #SLE2026 from @dclberlin.bsky.social and @hiphilangsci.bsky.social in the linguistics outreach session #lingcomm
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#OTD 164 years ago, Theodor Siebs (1862–1941) was born 🥳 Dialectologist, medievalist, and expert on Frisian. Nowadays, however, he is best known for his pronunciation guide Deutsche Bühnenaussprache (1898) ('German Stage Pronunciation'). #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sto lat, dear Jerzy 🎉 #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx
"Grammaticalization consists in the increase of the range of a morpheme advancing from the lexical to the grammatical or from a less grammatical to a more grammatical status, e.g. from a derivative formant to an inflectional one." Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1965: 69)
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#OTD 136 years ago, Lorenzo Dow Turner (1890–1972) was born 🥳 A pioneer of African American studies and creole linguistics, he is known for his work on Gullah, particularly its African influences among communities on the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Remco Sleiderink @remcosleiderink.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ben jij een jonge neerlandicus, historicus of theoloog die vier jaar lang in de mystieke literatuur en de archieven wil duiken? John Arblaster en ik zoeken een kandidaat voor het doctoraatsproject “Op het spoor van de Vrije Geest in Brussel: ketterij en repressie in de vroege 15de eeuw”. Repost=fijn
Zicht op Brussel in de vijftiende eeuw (c) Brussel, Rijksarchief
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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ethics of queer in/visibility: our conference program is finalized and available online! September 30-October 2, 2026 Marsilius-Kolleg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social Keynotes by J Calder (Colorado) and @ankahajkova.bsky.social (Warwick) queer-in-visibility.de/conference/c...
Title page of the program booklet, black, pink and white fonts, partial depiction of La mujer barbuda (Magdalena Ventura con su marido)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM





ETHICS OF
QUEER IN/VISI BILITY
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J Calder (Colorado) Anna Hájková (Warwick)
30 September –  02 October 2026
Marsilius-Kolleg, Universität Heidelberg








































Organized by
Theresa Heyd, Miriam Neuhausen, Vroni Zieglmeier (Anglistisches Seminar)








































Funded by Jellinek Center for Ethics Universität Heidelberg
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 17/08/2026
A hallmark of Old Latin is its OI vowel, which regularly became Ū in the classical language – e.g. oinos > ūnus 'one'. Another is how early acquisitions from Greek lost any aspirated consonants, turning Φ (PH) into plain P. Put together, Greek Φοῖνιξ 'Phoenician' would become Latin Pūnicus 'Punic'.
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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Calls: 80. Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft / 80th Student Conference on Linguistics
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Calls: 80. Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft / 80th Student Conference on Linguistics
Call for Papers: We invite all students of linguistics and related disciplines to participate in the 80th StuTS in Cologne! StuTS stands for Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft, Student Conference on Linguistics (https://fs-lup.uni-koeln.de/en/stuts-80). The conference takes place once per semester and is organized independently by students. We will be hosting this semester's 80th StuTS during the 2026–27 winter semester (18–22 November) at the University of Cologne. All participants ar
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#OTD 273 years ago, Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829) was born 🥳 A historian, theologian, and pioneer of Slavic studies, he wrote the first modern grammar of Old Church Slavonic and contributed to the study of Czech grammar and comparative Slavic linguistics. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Katja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
WiMi (Researcher), tenture track im schönen Bielefeld #Jobs #BLinguistik #linguistics
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Deník N @denikn.cz · 14/08/2026
Zkoušení místního jazyka na dovolené rozvíjí mozek i emoční zralost, doporučuje britský lingvista Danny Bate, který žije v Praze. „Zkusit mluvit jazykem země, ve které se právě nacházíte, má spoustu výhod, a je jedno, jestli jste tam na týden, nebo na rok,“ dodává.
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Když se na dovolené pokoušíte použít místní jazyk, posilujete tím mozek i emoční vyzrálost, říká lingvista
Zkusit mluvit jazykem země, ve které se zrovna nacházíte, má spoustu výhod, a nezáleží, zda jste tam na týden, nebo na rok, říká britský lingvista Danny Bate a dodává, že když si člověk zvykne na…
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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New episode alert 🚨 In episode 63, James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) talks to Kristine Palmieri (@lmu.de) about comparativism in Germany of the early 19th century. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2026/08/15/p... #Histlx
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Podcast episode 63: Kristine Palmieri on comparativism
In this interview, we talk to Kristine Palmieri about comparativism in Germany of the early 19th century.
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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Attending #SLE2026 and interested in lingcomm? Join James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) and Martin Konvička (@teapotlinguist.bsky.social) in thinking about outreach in the history of linguistics in the panel by Marc Olivier-Loiseau (@loiseaulivier.bsky.social) and Alexandru Nicolae 🤩
The first slide of a presentation by James McElvenny and Martin Konvička on the topic of Communicating the history of linguistics at the 59th SLE conference in Osnabrück, GermanyProgramme of the special panel on outreach organised by Alexandru Nicoale and Marc Olivier-Loiseau
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Sandra Jansen @sj2915.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Neue Podcastfolge mit @lenaackermann.bsky.social! #ichbinhanna #ichbinreyhan #leavingacademia
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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Happy birthday! 🎉 #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
A photo showing the book Writings on Education in West Africa by Hannah Kilham held in front of a bookcase
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#OTD 160 years ago, Emil Sieg (1866–1951) was born 🤩 An Indologist working on texts from the Turfan expeditions, he identified, together with Wilhelm Siegling, two languages known as Tocharian A and B, which they showed to belong to the Indo-European language family. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#OTD 105 years ago, Edith Braun (1921–2016) was born 🤩 An expert on the dialect landscape of Saarland, she was the author of both scholarly and popular works on the subject and also appeared regularly on the radio. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
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Martin Konvička @teapotlinguist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, lieber Hermann! 🥳 #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
Hermann Pauls Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichten gehalten vor einem Bücherregal
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#OTD 241 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 introduced the use of the schwa symbol in his work on Bavarian dialects. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#OTD 213 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, the other being Bokmål. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#OTD 381 years ago, Anne Dacier (1645–1720) was born 🎉 A classicist, translator, commentator, and editor of numerous ancient works, she is known for her translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and works by Sappho, Marcus Aurelius, and Plutarch. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026
New PhD position in my group on Digital Forensic Linguistics! 🧑‍💻 If you think that's you, please contact me and/or apply! #linguistics #joboffer #phdPosition #phd jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/…
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PhD Candidate (65%, m/f/x) in Digital Forensic Linguistics
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