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#OTD 150 years ago, Adeline Rittershaus (1876–1924) was born 🎉 A scholar of Old Germanic languages and a collector of Old Icelandic folk tales, she became the first woman allowed to teach at the University of Zürich’s Faculty of Arts in 1902. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#OTD 183 years ago, Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901) was born 🥳 An expert in comparative Indo-European grammar, he is best known for the Wave Theory, alongside related ideas developed by Hugo Schuchardt, which challenged and complemented the then-dominant family tree model. #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays

Two episodes of our podcast complement the latest post particularly well: Episode 17 is all about Philipp Wegener and his work, while Episode 57 features Brigitte Nerlich (@bnerlich.bsky.social) 😇 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/09/01/p... 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2026/03/15/p... #Histlx

Remember Wegener?! Brigitte Nerlich (@bnerlich.bsky.social) certainly does - and she shows why his work remains relevant in the age of Large Language Models. 🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2026/07/26/r... #Histlx

Do you🫵 love social media? The Henry Sweet Society is recruiting a new Social Media/Website Officer to join our committee! This is a volunteer position where you would be tasked with maintaining and growing our social media presence across several platforms. Interested? Learn more👇️ buff.ly/nipkJpP

#OTD 105 years ago, Eugenio Coșeriu (1921–2002) was born 🎉 A major figure in Romance linguistics, general linguistics, and linguistic historiography, he is best known for developing the distinction between diastratic, diatopic, diaphasic, and diachronic variation. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

✨️Martin Burr Grants✨️ We invite applications for grants (max. £500) to support projects in the history of linguistic ideas aimed at: ✅️ non-academic outreach ✅️ field-work ✅️ supporting research by under-represented groups in the history of linguistics Apply by 30 September 2026! buff.ly/eucFmjf

Interested in the history of #OldEnglish scholarship? @emgallimore.bsky.social, Thijs Porck and I will be editing a volume on OE in the long 19th century; if you'd like to contribute a chapter, the deadline for abstracts is 1 Sept 2026, first full drafts due Sept 2027. Spread the word! #medievalsky

A fitting opportunity to listen to episode 22, in which we talk to Christopher Hutton (Hong Kong) about linguistic scholarship under National Socialism. 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2022/02/01/p... #Histlx

FYI: The Philological Society Early Career Event🐣 ECRs are invited to present their work in a day of posters and talks, across a wide range of linguistic research. Event is FREE to attend! When: 16 October 2026 Where: University College London Register by: 12 October 2026 More info👇️

#OTD 103 years ago, Morris Halle (1923–2018) was born 🎉 A pioneer of modern linguistics, he was an expert in generative phonology and a contributor to Distributed Morphology. In 1974, he served as president of the Linguistic Society of America. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

✨️Vivien Law Essay Prize✨️ We invite all students and ECRs to submit an essay on any topic in the history of linguistics. Winning essay receives a prize of £200 and more! Deadline: 30 September 2026. See details here and get your submissions ready👇️ : www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...

The perfect reason to (re-)listen to epiosode 44 of our podcast, an interview with Ian Stewart (@stewartian.bsky.social) about the Celts and historical-comparative linguistics 😇 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/03/01/p... #Histlx

We have been influenced! "The purpose of our speech is ever to influence the will or the understanding of our interlocutor in such a way as the speaker deems desirable." (1885: 67, translation hiphilangsci) #Histlx #EveryoneShouldReadWegener #LinguisticQuotes

Curious about the earliest beginnings of functional linguistics and the work of Philipp Wegener? Episode 17 of our podcast explores exactly that! 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/09/01/p... #Histlx

#OTD 133 years ago, Gladys Reichard (1893–1955) was born 🎉 An influential anthropologist and expert on Native American languages such as Wiyot, Coeur d'Alene, and Navajo, she was particularly interested in language variation. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#OTD 171 years ago, Odille Morison (1855–1933) was born 🤩 A community leader of the Tsimshian, she was also a translator, ethnographer, and expert on Sm'algyax, the Tsimshian language spoken on the North Coast of British Columbia. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics

#OTD 253 years ago, Josef Jungmann (1773–1847) was born 🎉 A poet, translator, lexicographer, and key figure of the Czech National Revival, he is best known for his Czech–German dictionary, a milestone in the standardization of written Czech. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#OTD 197 years ago, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829–1907) was born 🥳 A professor of comparative philology in Milan, he was an expert on Italian dialects, Romani, and Sanskrit. In 1881, he also formulated the so-called substratum theory. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

#OTD 166 years ago, Otto Jespersen (1860–1943) was born 🥳 Initially specializing in language teaching and phonetics, he became an expert on the history of English, also active in the international language movement, contributing to Esperanto, Ido, and his own Novial. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx