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History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 46: Philip Kraut on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
In this interview, we talk to Philip Kraut about the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, their scholarly contributions and political engagement.
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References for Episode 46
See Wikisource for scans of the Grimms’ original works:
https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCder_Grimm
https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Jacob_Grimm
https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Grimm
DWB – Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Ed.). 1965–2018. Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm. Neubearbeitung. Vol. 1–9. Stuttgart: Hirzel. (ww...2025-04-3032 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 45: Beijia Chen on Neogrammarian networks
In this interview, we talk to Beijia Chen about the citation networks binding the Neogrammarians as a school.
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References for Episode 45
Amsterdamska, Olga. 1985. “Institutions and Schools of Thought: The Neogrammarians.” American Journal of Sociology 91: 332–358.
Amsterdamska, Olga. 1987. Schools of thought: the development of linguistics from Bopp to Saussure. Dordrecht u.a.: Reidel.
Arens, Hans. 1969. Sprachwissenschaft: der Gang ihrer Entwicklung von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. 2., durchges. und stark erw. Auflage. Freiburg & München: Alber.
Bartschat, Brigitte. 1996. Methoden der Sprachwissenschaft: von Hermann Paul bis Noam Ch...2025-03-3129 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 44: Ian Stewart on the Celts and historical-comparative linguistics
In this interview, we talk to Ian Stewart about modern ideas surrounding the Celts and how these relate to historical-comparative linguistics.
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References for Episode 44
Crump, Margaret, James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge: A Life of Science during the Age of Improvement (Nebraska, 2025).
Davies, Caryl, Adfeilion Babel: Agweddau ar Syniadaeth Ieithyddol y Ddeunawfed Ganrif (Caerdydd, 2000).
Droixhe, Daniel, La Linguistique et l’appel de l’histoire (1600-1800): rationalisme et révolutions positivistes (Geneva, 1978).
Lhuyd, Edward, Archaeologia Britannica: Vol. 1 Glossography (Oxford, 1707).
Pezron, Paul-Y...2025-02-2825 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 43: Judy Kaplan on universals
In this interview, we talk to Judy Kaplan about universals in American linguistics of the mid-20th century.
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References for Episode 43
Emmon Bach & Robert T. Harms, Universals in Linguistic Theory (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968)Noam Chomsky, Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1965).Jamie Cohen-Cole, The Open Mind: Cold War Politics and the Sciences of Human Nature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013).Joseph Greenberg, “Some Universals of Grammar with Special Reference to the Order of Meaningful Elements,” in Idem (ed.), Universals o...2024-11-3027 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 42: Randy Harris on the Linguistics Wars
In this interview, we talk to Randy Harris about the controversies surrounding the generative semantics movement in American linguistics of the 1960s and 70s.
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References for Episode 42
Chomsky, N. (2015/1965). Aspects of the theory of syntax (50th Anniversary edition.). The MIT Press.
Harris, R. A. (2021/1993). The linguistics wars: Noam Chomsky, George Lakoff, and the battle over Deep Structure (2nd ed.). Oxford.
Huck, G. J., & Goldsmith, J. A. (1995). Ideology and linguistic theory: Noam Chomsky and the deep structure debates. Routledge.
Katz, J. J., & Postal, P. M...2024-10-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 41: Chris Knight on Chomsky, science and politics
In this interview, we talk to Chris Knight about Chomsky, pure science and the US military-industrial complex.
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References for Episode 41
Radical Anthropology Group. YouTube channel | Vimeo channel
Allot, Nicholas, Chris Knight and Neil Smith. 2019. The Responsibility of Intellectuals; Reflections by Noam Chomsky and Others after 50 years, with commentaries by Noam Chomsky. London: UCL Press. Open access
Chomsky, Noam. 2016. ‘Chomsky responds to Chris Knight’s book, Decoding Chomsky’ Libcom
Chomsky, Noam, and Chris Knight. 2019. ‘Chomsky’s response to Chris Knight’s chapter in the new Resp...2024-08-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 40: Interview with Nick Riemer on politics, linguistics and ideology
In this interview, we talk to Nick Riemer about how linguistic theory and political ideology can interact.
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References for Episode 40
Ahmed, Sara. 2012. On being included: Racism and diversity in institutional life. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Althusser, Louis 1996 [1965]. Marxism and Humanism. In For Marx (B. Brewtser, tr.), London: Verso, 218–238.
Althusser, Louis 2014 [1970]. Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation) (B. Brewster, tr.). In Louis Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. London: Verso, 232–272.
Althusser, Louis. 2015 [1976]. Être marxi...2024-05-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 39: Interview with Ingrid Piller on Life in a New Language
In this interview, we talk to Ingrid Piller about her forthcoming co-authored book Life in a New Language.
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References for Episode 39
Kachru, Braj B. 1985. ‘Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: The English language in the outer circle’, in English in the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures, ed. Randolph Quirk and Henry George Widdowson, pp. 11–30. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Piller, Ingrid. 2023. ‘Scholarly sisterhood: Collaboration is our academic superpower’. Language on the Move. https://www.languageonthemove.com/scholarly-sisterhood-collaboration-is-our-academic-superpower/
Transcript by Luca Dinu
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New Books in Intellectual HistoryJames McElvenny, "A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024).This book offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.In the conversation we focus on the national aspects of the s...2024-04-0937 min
New Books in the History of ScienceJames McElvenny, "A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024).This book offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.In the conversation we focus on the national aspects of the s...2024-04-0937 min
Language on the MoveJames McElvenny, "A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024).This book offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.In the conversation we focus on the national aspects of the s...2024-04-0937 min
New Books in German StudiesJames McElvenny, "A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024).This book offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.In the conversation we focus on the national aspects of the s...2024-04-0937 min
New Books in Higher EducationJames McElvenny, "A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024).This book offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.In the conversation we focus on the national aspects of the s...2024-04-0937 min
New Books in LanguageJames McElvenny, "A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024).This book offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.In the conversation we focus on the national aspects of the s...2024-04-0937 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 38: Interview with Dan Everett on C.S. Peirce and Peircean linguistics
In this interview, we talk to Dan Everett about the life and work of the American pragmatist philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce and Everett’s application of Peirce’s ideas to create a Peircean linguistics.
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References for Episode 38
Cole, David. 2023. “The Chinese Room Argument”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2023 Edition), eds. Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2023/entries/chinese-room/
Everett, Daniel L. 2012. Language: The Cultural Tool. New York: Pantheon Books.
Everett, Daniel L. 2017. How Language Began: The Stor...2024-03-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 37: Interview with Michael Lynch on conversation analysis and ethnomethodology
In this interview, we talk to Michael Lynch about the history of conversation analysis and its connections to ethnomethodology.
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References for Episode 37
Button, Graham, Michael Lynch and Wes Sharrock (2022) Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures of Practical Action. London and New York: Routledge.
Fitzgerald, Richard (2024) “Drafting A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation,” Human Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-023-09700-7
Garfinkel, Harold (2022) Studies of Work in the Sciences, M. Lynch, ed. London & New York: Rou...2024-02-2927 min
The James Protin PodcastA Hero's Journey: Eric McElvenny | The James Protin PodcastEric McElvenny is one of us, a western PA kid…Belle Vernon to be exact. Eric graduated from Belle Vernon Area High School and the United States Naval Academy. Eric served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps. Eric deployed three times as a Marine and on his final tour, an incredible experience in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was wounded during combat action by stepping on an IED. That’s where this story really begins…Eric suffered the amputation of his right leg below the knee, a life-changing opportunity that began his next...2024-02-0641 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast housekeeping December 2023
In this brief audio clip, we provide an update on what’s been happening with the podcast – and what’s coming up.
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McElvenny, James. 2024. A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Entry in the Edinburgh University Press catalogue
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Espresso Knowledge Shots14. An in-depth analysis of concussion outcomes in sports.In today's episode: Three papers address this pressing issue from diverse vantage points, delving into the implications of repetitive concussions, examining cognitive functions in retired rugby players, and identifying predictors of clinical recovery.
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1. McAllister T, McCrea M. Long-term cognitive and neuropsychiatric consequences of repetitive concussion and head-impact exposure. Journal of athletic training. 2017 Mar 1;52(3):309-17.
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2. Gallo V, McElvenny DM, Seghezzo G...2023-10-3104 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 36: Interview with Ghil‘ad Zuckermann on revivalistics
In this interview, we talk to Ghil‘ad Zuckermann about language reclamation and revival in Australia and around the world.
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References for Episode 36
The Barngarla trinity: people, language, land. The Barngarla trilogy: (1) Barngarlidhi Manoo (‘Speaking Barngarla Together’): Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book, 2019; (2) Mangiri Yarda (‘Healthy Country’): Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature, 2021; (3) Wardlada Mardinidhi (‘Bush Healing’): Barngarla Plant Medicines, 2023. Links to the digital versions of these 3 books, as well as to the Barngarla app, can be found at the following website: https://wcclp.com.au/barngarla/
Anubi, Myra, Shania Richards...2023-09-3030 min
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of ScienceS1 Ep 11 - James McElvenny on 'Language and Science'Today on the podcast is Dr James McElvenny, historian and philosopher of linguistics, discussing the topic of language and science.As James points out in this episode, intersections between language, the language sciences and science are many and varied. For example, James introduces us to the ways in which the study of language and the study of science have interacted in history, in particular through famous figures in the philosophy of science such as Wittgenstein and Carnap. James also makes the important point that while there are many practical reasons to study language or...2023-08-0921 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 35: Interview with Nick Thieberger on historical documentation and archiving
In this interview, we talk to Nick Thieberger about the value of historical documentation for linguistic research, and how this documentation can be preserved and made accessible today and in the future in digital form.
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References for Episode 35
Crane, Gregory, ed. 1987–. Project Perseus. Web resource: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
Gardner, Helen, Rachel Hendery, Stephen Morey, Patrick McConvell et al. 2020. Howitt and Fison’s Archive. Web resource: https://howittandfison.org/
Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle, George Aaron Broadwell, Michel R. Oudijk, Laurie Allen, May Plum...2023-07-3122 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 34: Interview with Mary Laughren on Central Australia languages and Ken Hale
In this episode, we talk to Mary Laughren about research into the languages of Central Australia in the mid-twentieth century, with a focus on the contributions of American linguist Ken Hale.
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References for Episode 34
Hale, Kenneth L., and Kenny Wayne Jungarrayi. 1958. Warlpiri elicitation session. archive.org
Laughren, Mary, with Kenneth L. Hale, Jeannie Nungarrayi Egan, Marlurrku Paddy Patrick Jangala, Robert Hoogenraad, David Nash, and Jane Simpson. 2022. Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. Publisher’s website
Comparative historical reconstruction in Australian la...2023-06-3024 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 33: Formalism and distributionalism
In this episode, we examine the formalist aspects of the linguistic work of Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield, and see how their methods were turned into the doctrines of distributionalism by the following generation.
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References for Episode 33
Primary sources
Bloch, Bernard (1948), ‘A set of postulates for phonemic analysis’, Language 24:1, 3–46.
Bloch, Bernard, and George Trager (1942), Outline of Linguistic Analysis, Baltimore: Linguistic Society of America.
Bloomfield, Leonard (1909–1910), ‘A semasiological differentiation in Germanic secondary ablaut’, Modern Philology 7, 245–288, 345–382. (Introduction reprinted in Hockett 1970, pp. 1–6.)
Bloomfield, Leonar...2023-05-3121 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 32: Leonard Bloomfield and behaviourism
In this episode, we discuss the leading American linguist Leonard Bloomfield and his connections to the psychological school of behaviourism and the philosophical doctrines of logical positivism.
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References for Episode 32
Primary sources
Bloomfield, Leonard (1914), An Introduction to the Study of Language, New York: Henry Holt. archive.org
Bloomfield, Leonard (1926), ‘A set of postulates for a science of language’, Language 2, 153–164. (Reprinted in Hockett 1970, pp. 128–138.)
Bloomfield, Leonard (1930 [1929]), ‘Linguistics as a science’, Studies in Philology, 553–557. (Reprinted in Hockett 1970, pp. 227–230.)
Bloomfield, Leonard (1933), Language, New York: Henry...2023-04-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 31: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
In this episode, we explore the historical background to linguistic relativity or the so-called ‘Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’.
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References for Episode 31
Primary sources
Boas, Franz, ed. (1911), Handbook of American Indian Languages, Part I, Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Google Books
Carroll, John B. (1956), Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. archive.org
Chase, Stuart (1938), The Tyranny of Words, New York: Harcourt, Brace and co. archive.org
Hoijer, Harry (1954), ‘The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’, in Language in Culture...2023-03-3130 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast housekeeping April 2023
This clip is a brief audio update on what’s been happening with the podcast, and what’s going to happen in the next few months.
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History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 30: Interview with Andrew Garrett on Alfred Kroeber
In this episode we talk to Andrew Garrett about the life, work and legacy of American anthropologist Alfred Kroeber. Kroeber achieved a number of firsts in American anthropology: he was Boas’ first Columbia PhD and the first professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. But Kroeber is not only of historical interest. The recent “denaming” of Kroeber Hall at UC Berkeley illustrates the clash of the past with our present-day social and political concerns.
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References for Episode 30
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Dixon, Roland, and Alfred L. Kro...2022-11-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 29: Interview with Marcin Kilarski on the study of North American languages
In this interview, we talk to Marcin Kilarski about the history of the documentation and description of the languages of North America.
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References for Episode 29
Primary sources
Bloomfield, Leonard. 1946. “Algonquian”. Linguistic structures of native America ed. by Harry Hoijer, 85-129. New York: Viking Fund.
Boas, Franz & Ella Cara Deloria. 1941. Dakota grammar. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office.
Deloria, Ella Cara. 1932. Dakota texts. (= Publications of the American Ethnological Society 14.) New York: G. E. Stechert. (Reprinted with an introduction by Raymond J. DeMa...2022-10-3117 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 28: Franz Boas and the Boasians
In this episode, we begin our exploration of American linguistics by looking at the innovative contributions of Franz Boas (1858–1942) and his circle of students.
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References for Episode 28
Primary sources
Bastian, Adolf (1893), Controversen in der Ethnologie I, die geographischen Provinzen in ihren culurgeschichtlichen Berührungspuncten, Berlin: Weidmannische Buchhandlung. archive.org
Benedict, Ruth (1946), The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese culture, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. archive.org
Boas, Franz (1887a), ‘The occurrence of similar inventions in areas widely apart’, Science 9: 485–486. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.n...2022-09-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 27: Interview with Peter Trudgill on sociolinguistic typology
In this interview, we talk to Peter Trudgill about how the structure of speaker communities may influence the structure of languages.
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References for Episode 27
Aronoff, Mark. 1994. Morphology by itself: stems and inflectional classes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Dahl, Östen. 2004. The growth and maintenance of linguistic complexity. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Dediu, Dan, & Stephen Levinson. 2013. On the antiquity of language: the reinterpretation of Neandertal linguistic capacities and its consequences. Frontiers in Psychology 2013 1-17.
Derbyshire, Desmond. 1977. Word order universals and the existence of OVS languages...2022-07-3129 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 26: Interview with Philipp Krämer on creoles and creole studies
In this interview, we talk to Philipp Krämer about the history of the study of creole languages and present-day efforts to standardise creoles around the world.
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References for Episode 26
Primary sources
Adam, Lucien (1883): Les idiomes négro-aryen et maléo-aryen. Essai d’hybridologie linguistique. Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie.
Baissac, Charles (1880): Etude sur le patois créole mauricien. Nancy: Berger-Levrault et Cie.
Dietrich, Adolphe (1891): Les parlers créoles des Mascareignes. In: Romania, 20: 216-277.
Focard, Volcy (1885): Du patois créole de l’île...2022-06-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 25: Interview with Felicity Meakins on contact linguistics
In this interview, we talk to Felicity Meakins about Pidgins, Creoles, and mixed languages. We discuss what they are, and how they are viewed in both linguistic scholarship and in speaker communities.
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References for Episode 25
Bakker, Peter, Daval-Markussen, Aymeric, Parkvall, Mikael, & Plag, Ingo. (2011). Creoles are typologically distinct from non-creoles. Journal of Pidgin and Creole languages, 26(1), 5-42.
DeGraff, Michel. (2005). Linguists’ most dangerous myth: The fallacy of Creole Exceptionalism. Language in Society, 34(4), 533-591.
McWhorter, John. (2001). The world’s simplest grammars are creole grammars. Linguistic Typology, 5(2/3), 125-166...2022-05-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 24: Interview with Lorenzo Cigana on the Copenhagen Circle
In this interview, we talk to Lorenzo Cigana about Louis Hjelmslev and the Copenhagen Linguistic Circle.
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References for Episode 24
Primary Sources
‘Travail collectif du Cercle linguistique de Copenhague’, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Linguists, Paris, Klincksieck, 1949, pp. 126–135.
Bulletins du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague, 1–7 (1931–1940)
Bulletin du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague 1941–1965 (8–31). Choix de communications et d’interventions au débat lors des séances tenues entre septembre 1941 et mai 1965, Copenhague, Akademisk Forlag.
Rapport sur l’activité du Cercle Linguistique de Copen...2022-03-3126 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 23: Interview with Noam Chomsky on the beginnings of generative grammar
In this interview, we talk to Noam Chomsky about the intellectual environment in which generative grammar emerged.
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References for Episode 23
Primary Sources
Bloomfield, Leonard (1933). Language. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
Carnap, Rudolf (1936). ‘Testability and meaning’, Philosophy of Science 3.4: 419–471.
Chomsky, Noam (1957). Syntactic Structures. The Hague: Mouton.
Chomsky, Noam (1959). Review of Verbal Behavior by B.F. Skinner. Language 35.1: 26–58.
Chomsky, Noam (1975). The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Chomsky, Noam (1979 [1949]). Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew...2022-02-2800 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 22: Interview with Christopher Hutton on linguistics under National Socialism
In this interview, we talk to Christopher Hutton about linguistic scholarship under National Socialism and how this relates to linguistics today.
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References for Episode 22
Primary Sources
Boas, Franz (1911), Handbook of American Indian languages, vol. 1, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 40, Washington: Government Print Office.
Boas, Franz (1911), The mind of primitive man, New York: Macmillan.
Fishman, Joshua (1964), Language maintenance and language shift as a field of inquiry, Linguistics 2: 32–70.
Kloss, Heinz (1941), Brüder vor den Toren des Reiches. Vom volksdeutschen Schicksal, Berlin: Hoc...2022-01-3120 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 21: Karl Bühler’s Organon model and the Prague Circle
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 (1896–1982), who were associated with the Prague Circle.
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References for Episode 21
Primary Sources
Bühler, Karl (1927), Die Krise der Psychologie, Jena: Fischer.
Bühler, Karl (1931), ‘Phonetik und Phonologie’, Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Prague 4, 22–53. MPI PuRe (last page of scan missing)
Bühler, Karl (1933), Axiomatik der Sprachwissenschaften, Frankfurt: Klostermann.(English trans., The Axiomatization of the Language Scien...2021-12-3129 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 20: Interview with Jacqueline Léon on Firth, Malinowski and the London School
In this interview, we continue the theme of the previous episode and talk to Jacqueline Léon about John Rupert Firth (1890–1960), Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942) and the London School.
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References for Episode 20
Primary Sources
Archives Firth : John Rupert Firth collection, PP MS75, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Biber, D. 1988. Variation across Speech and Writing. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Brown, K. & Law V. (eds.), 2002, Linguistics in Britain: Personal Histories, Oxford: Publications of the Philological Society.
Firth, J. R. 1930. Speech. London...2021-11-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 19: Meaning and British linguistics – Firth, Malinowski and the context of situation
In this episode, we look at the central role the analysis of meaning played in British linguistics in the first half of the twentieth century. We focus on the work of John Rupert Firth (1890–1960) and Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942) and their varying versions of the ‘context of situation’.
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References for Episode 19
Primary Sources
Firth, John Rupert (1957), Papers in Linguistics, 1934–1951, London: Oxford University Press. archive.org
Firth, John Rupert (1957), ‘A synopsis of linguistics theory, 1930–1955’, in Studies in Linguistic Analysis, ed. John Rupert Firth, 1–32, Oxford: Blackwell.
Firth, John R...2021-10-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 18: Interview with H. Walter Schmitz on Victoria Lady Welby
In this interview, we talk to H. Walter Schmitz about pioneer of semiotics Victoria Lady Welby.
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References for Episode 18
Primary Sources
Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiyé (1939), Language in Thought and Action, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.
Ogden, Charles Kay and Ivor Armstrong Richards (1923), The Meaning of Meaning, London: Kegan Paul. (Reprinting of tenth edition with finger: archive.org)
Russell, Bertrand (1905), ‘On denoting’, Mind 14, 479-493.
Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott, Bertrand Russell & Harold Henry Joachim (1920), ‘The meaning of “meaning”: a symposium’, Mind, 29:116, 385-414.
St...2021-09-3022 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 17: Philipp Wegener and the beginnings of functionalism
In this episode, we take a step back to explore the earliest beginnings of functional linguistics as represented by the work of Philipp Wegener.
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References for Episode 17
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Bréal, Michel (1866), ‘De la forme et de la fonction des mots’, Revue des Cours Littéraires de la France et de l’étranger 5 (29 Dec), 65–71. BnF RetroNews(English trans. in Bréal 1991.)
Bréal, Michel (1868), Les Idées Latentes du Langage, Paris: Hachette. Google Books(English trans. in Bréal 1991.)
Bréal, Michel...2021-08-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 16: Interview with Chloé Laplantine on Émile Benveniste
In this episode, we talk to Chloé Laplantine about the life and work of French structuralist Émile Benveniste.
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References for Episode 16
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Annuaire du Collège de France. 1937-1938. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
Benveniste, Émile. 1937. La négation. (Manuscript notes). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Papiers d’orientalistes 33, f°333-484.
Benveniste, Émile. 1966. Problèmes de linguistique générale. Gallimard: Paris. [English translation: E. Benveniste. 1971. Problems in general linguistics. Translated by Mary Elizabeth Meek. Coral Gables (Florida): University of...2021-06-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 15: Roman Jakobson, Prague Circle structuralism and phonology
In this episode, we enter the age of classical structuralism by exploring the phonological research of Roman Jakobson and his colleague Nikolai Trubetzkoy undertaken within the Prague Linguistic Circle.
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Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan (1877), ‘Podrobnaja progamma lekcij . . . v 1876–1877 uč. godu’ [A detailed program of lectures for the academic year 1876–1877].(English trans. in Stankiewicz (1972), pp. 92–113)
Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan (1895), Versuch einer Theorie phonetischer Alternationen, Strassburg: Trübner. archive.org(English trans. in Stankiewicz (1972), pp. 144–212)
Durnovo...2021-05-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 14: The emergence of phonetics in the 19th centuryIn this interview, we talk to Michael Ashby about the emergence and development of phonetics in the 19th and early 20th century.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767962
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Brücke, Ernst Wilhelm von (1856), Grundzüge der Physiologie und Systematik der Sprachlaute für Linguisten und Taubstummenlehrer, Wien: Carl Gerold’s Sohn. archive.org
Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias (1854), Christianity and mankind: their beginnings and prospects, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and L...2021-03-3124 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 13: Interview with John Joseph on SaussureIn this interview, we talk to John Joseph about Ferdinand de Saussure.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767939
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Arnauld, Antoine and Claude Lancelot (1660), Grammaire générale et raisonnée contenant les fondemens de l’art de parler, expliqués d’une manière claire et naturelle, Paris: Pierre le Petit. BNF Gallica
(English version: General and Rational Grammar: The Port-Royal Grammar, trans. by Jacques Rieux & Bernard E. Rollin, The Hague...2021-02-2800 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 12: Language as a system – Ferdinand de SaussureIn this episode, we look at Ferdinand de Saussure’s contributions to linguistics, which are widely considered to be foundational to the later movement of structuralism.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767891
References for Episode 12
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Bloomfield, Leonard (1924), Review of Saussure (1922), Modern Language Journal 8, 317–319. DOI: 10.2307/313991
Bréal, Michel (1897), Essai de sémantique (science des significations), Paris: Hachette. archive.org
(Engl. trans.: (1900), Semantics: Studies in the science of meaning, trans. by Nina Cust...2021-01-3125 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 11: Interview with Floris Solleveld on disciplinary linguistics in the 19th centuryIn this interview, we talk to Floris Solleveld about the character of linguistic research in the 19th century.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767978
References for Episode 11
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Adelung, Johann Christoph and Johann Severin Vater (1806–1817), Mithridates, oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde, Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung. archive.org: vol. I, vol. II, vol. III parts I and II, vol. III part III, vol. IV
Balbi, Adriano (1826), Atlas ethnographique du Globe, Paris: Rey. Google Books: Introduction, archive.or...2020-11-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 10: Neogrammarian critics – Hugo Schuchardt and Karl VosslerIn this episode, we examine some of the major critiques directed against the Neogrammarians and see what they tell us about the state of linguistics around the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century. We focus in particular on the arguments made by Hugo Schuchardt and Karl Vossler.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767874
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Osthoff, Hermann and Karl Brugman (1878), ‘Vorwort’, Morphologische Untersuchungen 1: i-xx. archive.org
Schmidt, Johannes (1870), Die...2020-10-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 9: The NeogrammariansIn this episode, we introduce the Neogrammarians, the dominant school of linguistics in the closing decades of the nineteenth century.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767863
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Brugman, Karl (1876a), ‘Nasalis sonans in der indogermanischen Grundsprache’, Studien zur griechischen und lateinischen Grammatik 9: 285–338. archive.org
Brugman, Karl (1876b), ‘Zur Geschichte der Stammabstufenden Declinationen. Erste Abhandlung: die Nomina auf -ar- und -tar-‘, Studien zur griechischen und lateinischen Grammatik 9: 361–406. archive.org
Brugman, K...2020-09-3020 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 8: Language as an institution – William Dwight WhitneyIn this episode, we look first at the critiques of Schleicher’s “physical” and Steinthal’s “psychological” theory of language put forward by the American linguist William Dwight Whitney. We then turn to Whitney’s own conception of language as a “human institution” and its intellectual background.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767853
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Lyell, Charles (1830–1833), Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth’s surface, by reference...2020-08-3120 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 7: Interview with Clara Stockigt on missionary grammars in AustraliaIn this interview, we talk to Dr Clara Stockigt about missionary grammars in Australia and their links to the academic linguistic scholarship of the time.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767849
References for Episode 7
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Bleek, Wilhelm H. I. (1858), The Library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B Philology, Australia, Vol. II, Part I, Australia, London: Trübner and Co.
Flierl, J. (1880), Dieri Grammatik [Comparative grammar of Diyari and Wangkangurru], u...2020-06-2931 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 6: Schleicher’s morphology and Steinthal’s VölkerpsychologieIn this episode, we look first at August Schleicher’s proposal for a linguistic “morphology” and its intellectual background in nineteenth-century biology. We then compare Schleicher’s approach to the scheme of language classification developed by H. Steinthal within Völkerpsychologie, or “psychology of peoples”.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767841
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Darwin, Charles (1861 [1859]), On the Origin of Species, 3rd ed., London: John Murray. Google Books
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1877 [18...2020-05-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 5: Comparativism in the mid-19th century – August Schleicher and materialismIn this episode, we look at the expansion of comparative-historical linguistics around the middle of the nineteenth century. We focus in particular on the figure of August Schleicher, the great consolidator of the field, and his “materialist” philosophy of science.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767838
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Bleek, Wilhelm (1862–1869), A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages, 2 vols., London: Trübner and Co. Google Books: Vol. I, Vol. II
Bopp, Franz...2020-04-2921 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 4: Interview with Jürgen Trabant on Wilhelm von HumboldtIn this episode, we talk to Jürgen Trabant about Wilhelm von Humboldt.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767830
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Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1836), ‘Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues’, Über die Kawi-Sprache auf der Insel Java, vol. 1, ed. Alexander von Humboldt, Berlin: Dümmler. archive.org
(English trans. On Language. The diversity of human language structure and ist influence on the mental development of mankind [1988], trans. Peter Heath, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.)2020-03-3000 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 3: Language classificationIn this episode, we look at language classification in the first half of the nineteenth century and at some key ideas in the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767813
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Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de (1746), Essai sur l’origine des connoissances humaines, 2 vols., Amsterdam: Mortier. Bibliothèque Nationale de France
(English trans. Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge [2001], ed. and trans. Hans Aarsleff, Cambridge: Cambridge University Pre...2020-02-2919 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 2: Comparative-historical linguistics – Bopp and GrimmIn this episode, we look at the emergence of comparative-historical grammar, focusing on the work of Franz Bopp and Jacob Grimm.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767805
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Bopp, Franz (1816), Über das Conjugationssystem der Sanskritsprache in Vergleichung mit jenem der griechischen, lateinischen, persischen und germanischen Sprache, Frankfurt am Main: Andräische Buchhandlung. archive.org
Bopp, Franz (1820), Analytical Comparison of the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages, shewing the origingal identity of...2020-01-3100 min
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesPodcast episode 1: Pre-history of comparative-historical linguisticsThe 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-historical grammar.
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Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767778
References for Episode 1
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Adelung, Johann Christoph and Johann Severin Vater (1806–1817), Mithridates, oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde, Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung. archive.org: vol. I, vol. II, vol. III parts I and II, vol. III part III, vol. IV
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