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14 Dec

@mattitiahu @Aaron__Griffith A survey article of mine about Old Irish etymology is to appear in the proceedings of the 2018 meeting of the @HenrySweetSoc held in @MaynoothUni and edited by @dhaydenceltic.

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11 Dec

#histlx program at #ALS_2018 kicks off today with Otto Zwartjes' workshop on missioanry linguistics #SHLP6
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6 Dec

We're also assembling a Twitterdex of all the historians of science who will be live tweeting the annual meeting or who just generally spread the good news of the history of science. Complete the form to be added. #histsci #twitterstorians #hss19 https://t.co/80IwWps0Zy

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The Poor Man of Nippur – World’s first film in Babylonian

6 December 2018

“The Poor Man of Nippur” is a c. 3,000 year-old comic folk tale in Babylonian language. The main manuscript is a clay tablet from 701 BC found at the site of Sultantepe, in South-East Turkey. Recounted by a third-party narrator, it tells the story of the three-fold revenge which Gimil-Ninurta wreaks on the local Mayor
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The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas was founded in February 1984. Its aims are to promote and encourage the study of the history of all branches of linguistic thought, theoretical and applied, and including non-European traditions. Its fields of interest include the history both of the major subject areas of linguistics and also of more specialised topics, such as writing systems, literacy, rhetoric, and the application of linguistic ideas within professional and technical fields. Read more Henry Sweet

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Language & History aims to promote the study of the history of all branches of linguistic thought, theoretical and applied, and including non-European traditions.

Language & History

Its fields of interest include the history both of the major subject areas of linguistics and also more specialised topics, such as writing systems, literacy, rhetoric, and the application of linguistic ideas within professional and technical fields.

More information, including details on how to submit to the journal, is available from the journal website.