HiphilangsciAnna Morpurgo Davies (1937-2014), an Indo-Europeanist, classicist, and historian of linguistics, would have turned 88 #OTD
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Anna Morpurgo Davies (1937-2014), the great historian of linguistics, would have turned 87 today! 🥳
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Happy birthday, Lady Welby! 🥳
For everyone interested in the work of Victoria, Lady Welby (1837-1912) on meaning and in particular on significs, episode 18 of our podcast is a great place to start!
🎙️ https://hiphilangsci.net/2021/10/01/podcast-episode-18-2/
Gail Jefferson (1938-2008) would have turned 86 #OTD 🎉
If you’re interested in the role she played in the history of conversation analysis it, our episode 37 has you covered!
Christine Mohrmann (1903-1988), expert on the history of Christian Latin, who was born #OTD 120 years ago, was one of only 35 women who attended the First International Congress of Linguists in The Hague (1928). However, only 14 of them were scholars. The other 21 were either nuns from Nijmegen or female relatives of the male participants.
https://hiphilangsci.net/2018/02/14/first-international-congress-of-linguists/
Discussing Disciplinary Development: The role of the First International Congress of Linguists (1928) in the formation of the discipline of general linguistics
Emma Mojet University of Amsterdam Why congresses? The organisation of an international congress of a discipline marks a noteworthy stage in the development of a discipline. Taking a broader perspe…
#OTD 86 years ago, Anna Morpurgo Davies (1937-2014) was born 🥳 Indo-Europeanist, classicist, historian of linguistics, and the president of both the Henry Sweet Society and the Philological Society. She contributed to the decipherment of the Luwian hieroglyphs.
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Victoria Lady Welby would have celebrated her 186th birthday today! 🎂
To celebrate, we suggest to listen to episode 18 of our podcast with H. Walter Schmitz on her life and work and to read Els Elffers’ paper on our blog on the Dutch significs movement.
🎙️ https://hiphilangsci.net/2021/10/01/podcast-episode-18-2/
📰 https://hiphilangsci.net/2020/09/14/significs-and-jacques-van-ginneken/
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Martin KonvičkaAfter four great days, #LingComm23 is over. It included my poster about #LinguisticBirthdays and #WomenInLinguistics, a panel discussion about #LingComm beyond the Anglosphere as well as many inspiring chats about linguistics communication.
I can’t wait for #LingComm25! 🤩
Tonight, during the second poster session of #LingComm23 (20:00 UTC=21:00 CET), you can find me at my poster talking about the #LinguisticBirthdays and #WomenInLinguistics series I post for IZ Europäische Sprachen (@freieuniversitaet).
#OTD 134 years ago, Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971) was born 🥳 Linguistic anthropologist of Native American ancestry studying the Western Siouan languages Dakota and Lakota. Her novel Waterlily was published posthumously in 1988.
A nice way to celebrate might be to (re-)listen to episode 29 of our podcast. James McElvenny and Marcin Kilarski discuss, among other things, her role in the study of North American languages.
