Publicaciones recientes de #histlx correspondientes a mayo del 2026 de la mano de @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
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Our newsletter on recently published works in the history and philosophy of the language sciences for May 2026 is out!
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As always, we have an episode for exactly this occasion 😉
In episode 21, we explore Karl Bühler’s organon model and its influence on Nikolai Trubetzkoy and Roman Jakobson of the Prague Linguistic Circle.
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#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.
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Esperanto – 140 years: This is no longer a project
SHESL Conference 2027
📅 9–11 June 2027
📍 Campus Condorcet, Paris
Organised by Sébastien Moret and Pascal Dubourg Glatigny
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#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.
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#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.
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#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(1887–1970) was born 🎉 A historical linguist focusing on Celtic languages, he is also known for supporting the now-outdated Pan-Illyrian theory, which sought to explain Old European hydronyms as remnants of Illyrian settlements.
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SHESL Conference 2027Esperanto – 140 years: this is no longer a project 9–11 June 2027, Campus Condorcet, ParisOrganised by Sébastien Moret (UNIL-SHESL) and Pascal Dubourg Glatigny (Centre Alexandr…
#OTD 135 years ago, Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) was born 🤩 A philosopher, logician, and member of the Vienna Circle, he specialised in the philosophy of language and explored the possibilities of formalising scientific language.
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#OTD 92 years ago, Carlota S. Smith (1934-2007) was born 🥳 Her research focused on language acquisition, aspect, and the study of discourse units. She was also interested in Navajo and was a member of the Navajo Language Academy.
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In this episode, we look at psychologist Karl Bühler’s (1879–1963) Organon model of communication and observe its influence on the linguists Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890–1938) and Roman Jakobson …
#OTD 147 years ago, Karl Bühler (1879–1963) was born 🥳 A psychologist, philosopher of language, and linguist, he is best known for his organon model of communication. He was briefly detained by the Nazis in 1938 but managed to emigrate to the United States in 1940.
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