Vergangene Woche waren unsere Niederlandist:innen Matthias Hüning (@mhuening.bsky.social), Truus De Wilde (@truusdewilde.bsky.social) und Martin Konvička (@teapotlinguist.bsky.social) beim Regionalen Colloquium des zentraleuropäischen Niederlandistikverbands Comenius in Bratislava vertreten.
#OTD 114 years ago, Kenneth Lee Pike (1912–2000) was born 🎉 A long-time president of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, he is best known for introducing the distinction between emic and etic perspectives and for his work on tagmemics.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#OTD 123 years ago, Yukie Chiri (1903–1922) was born 🎉 She collected, studied, and translated yukar, the oral epic poems of the Ainu people of Hokkaido. In order to transcribe them, she used a romanization system known as rōmaji.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistuics
#OTD 139 years ago, Julius Pokorny (1887–1970) was born 🎉 A historical linguist focusing on Celtic languages, he is also known for supporting the now-outdated Pan-Illyrian theory, which sought to explain Old European hydronyms as remnants of Illyrian settlements.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#OTD 119 years ago, Frieda Goldman-Eisler (1907–1982) was born 🎂 A pioneering researcher in psycholinguistics, she focused in particular on the study of pauses in speech. In 1970, she became the first professor of psycholinguistics in the UK.
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
Was Kopula? - Workshop on atypical copular constructions at the Annual meeting of #DGfS, Jena, 3-5 March, 2027. Workshop description and CfP can be found here: ogy.de/acc. We are looking forward to your submissions!
#Linguistics #DGfS #copula
Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) spricht über „Anarchitecture" – eine kritische Haltung, die Architektur, Besitz und Gender hinterfragt und Politik mit Trans-Ästhetik verbindet. 🇬🇧 Vortrag auf Englisch.
📅 18. Juni, 18–20 Uhr
📍 FU Berlin
🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...
Dahlem Center for Linguistics
Der wechselhafte Wettercharakter bleibt uns bis mindestens zum Wochenende erhalten mit Schauern und einzelnen Gewittern mit Höchstwerten von knapp unter 20°C. /MJ
Dahlem Center for Linguistics
Dahlem Center for Linguistics
Dahlem Center for Linguistics
Dahlem Center for Linguistics
Featuring "Affective Practices in Asynchronous Eating Shows: Co-Constructing Taste and Food Evaluation" (doi.org/10.1075/ip.0...) co-authored with @coocho.bsky.social 🤩 *insert positive affective expression here*
Heute ist es im Bereich des Hochs EMIL freundlich und die Temperatur steigt auf 25°C. Morgen nähern sich bereits die Ausläufer des Tiefs ROSI. Damit setzt sich insgesamt das wechselhafte Wetter weiter fort, wobei das Temperaturniveau wieder zurückgeht.
