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History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences

James McElvenny

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences explores the history of the study of language in its varied social and cultural contexts.

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Podcast episode 32: Leonard Bloomfield and behaviourism

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2023/04/30

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 32…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 31: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2023/03/31

In this episode, we explore the historical background to linguistic relativity or the so-called ‘Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 31 Primary sources Boas, Franz, ed. (1911), Handbook of American Indian Languages,…Read more ›

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Podcast housekeeping April 2023

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2023/03/31

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts

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Podcast episode 30: Interview with Andrew Garrett on...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/11/30

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…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 29: Interview with Marcin Kilarski on...

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2022/10/31

In this interview, we talk to Marcin Kilarski about the history of the documentation and description of the languages of North America. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 29 Primary sources Bloomfield, Leonard. 1946.…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 28: Franz Boas and the Boasians

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2022/09/30

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 28 Primary sources…Read more ›

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29:45

Podcast episode 27: Interview with Peter Trudgill on...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/07/31

In this interview, we talk to Peter Trudgill about how the structure of speaker communities may influence the structure of languages. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 27 Aronoff, Mark. 1994. Morphology by itself: stems…Read more ›

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25:50

Podcast episode 26: Interview with Philipp Krämer on...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/06/30

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 26 Primary…Read more ›

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27:48

Podcast episode 25: Interview with Felicity Meakins...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/05/31

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google…Read more ›

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26:47

Podcast episode 24: Interview with Lorenzo Cigana on...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/03/31

In this interview, we talk to Lorenzo Cigana about Louis Hjelmslev and the Copenhagen Linguistic Circle. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 24 Primary Sources ‘Travail collectif du Cercle linguistique de Copenhague’, in Proceedings…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 23: Interview with Noam Chomsky on...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/02/28

In this interview, we talk to Noam Chomsky about the intellectual environment in which generative grammar emerged. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 23 Primary Sources Bloomfield, Leonard (1933). Language. New York: Henry Holt…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 22: Interview with Christopher Hutton...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2022/01/31

In this interview, we talk to Christopher Hutton about linguistic scholarship under National Socialism and how this relates to linguistics today. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 22 Primary Sources Boas, Franz (1911), Handbook…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 21: Karl Bühler’s Organon model and...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/12/31

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. Download | Spotify | Apple…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 20: Interview with Jacqueline Léon on...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/11/30

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 19: Meaning and British linguistics –...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/10/31

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…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 18: Interview with H. Walter Schmitz...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/09/30

In this interview, we talk to H. Walter Schmitz about pioneer of semiotics Victoria Lady Welby. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 18 Primary Sources Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiyé (1939), Language in Thought and Action,…Read more ›

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23:54

Podcast episode 17: Philipp Wegener and the...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/08/31

In this episode, we take a step back to explore the earliest beginnings of functional linguistics as represented by the work of Philipp Wegener. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 17 Primary Sources Bréal,…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 16: Interview with Chloé Laplantine...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/06/30

In this episode, we talk to Chloé Laplantine about the life and work of French structuralist Émile Benveniste. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 16 Primary Sources Annuaire du Collège de France. 1937-1938. Paris:…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 15: Roman Jakobson, Prague Circle...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/05/31

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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for…Read more ›

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Podcast episode 14: The emergence of phonetics in the...

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences ·

2021/03/31

In this interview, we talk to Michael Ashby about the emergence and development of phonetics in the 19th and early 20th century. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767962 References for Episode 14 Primary Sources…Read more ›

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