New posts on the history of graphical syntax are coming! I have reorganised my online manuscript, streamlining the discussion of the ±300 different authors that used graphical syntax before Tesnière and Chomsky. Alas, all links in earlier posts here are wrong now. cysouw.github.io/graphicalgrammar/

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A splashy @nytimes.com piece on Oliver Mayeux's @lddjournal.bsky.social article features Louisiana Creole recordings made by Lorenzo Dow Turner. A detail: Turner learned linguistics at Linguistic Institutes in 1930 & 1931. What better ad for @lingsocam.bsky.social? www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...

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The Henry Sweet Society invites applications for Martin Burr Grants! Funding supports public engagement, archival work, interviews and workshops, new research in under-represented areas, and research by under-represented groups in linguistics. More info: www.henrysweet.org/martin-burr-...

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Where do humanity's oldest monsters come from? And why do we keep making more? In the spirit of Halloween, we're revisiting our interview with @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence! Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...

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Kleine Nachlese zum Vortrag gestern im #GSAWeimar. Wir danken Dr. Philip Kraut (HU Berlin) für seinen inspirierenden Vortrag zum Thema „Wie die Brüder Grimm gearbeitet haben: Lektürespuren, Notizensammlungen und Werkmanuskripte im Grimm-Nachlass“. Herzliche Grüße @herbilis.bsky.social

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