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18 Sep

like with lots of dialect vocabulary, in the 1950s we could find lots of distinctive words for this animal that were restricted to very small areas of the country. do you call this a ‘hedgehog’, or something different? #linguistics #englishlanguage #dialect #maps #mapporn #gis

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18 Sep

Wanted: Classicists.

If you are a classicist, and interested in 19th-century lexicography, it might be something for you to help make the unfinished Frisian-Latin Lexicon Frisicum, published in 1872, accessible to people who cannot read... https://t.co/FnosFhA6uB

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thecelticistElizabeth Boyle@thecelticist·
18 Sep

CFP for the International Medievalisms conference, Maynooth June 2019! #medievaltwitter https://t.co/p5qxJhi0G1

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wylieprofColin Allen@wylieprof·
17 Sep

Two tenure track jobs in HPS at Pitt!
[1] Philosophy of Physics: https://t.co/Z5iWq6sLOP
[2] EITHER History and Philosophy of Medicine OR Computation Science OR Early Science: https://t.co/Zr51slZ6yz

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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.