Out now: Our edited volume about the diachrony of future constructions 🎉
Just published "Futures of the past: The diachrony of future constructions across languages" edited by Stefan Hartmann & Lena Schnee #openaccess #ahl langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
June 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Out now: Our edited volume about the diachrony of future constructions 🎉
William Croft on comparative concepts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Marconi’s lectures on typology and diachrony - YouTube
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April 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
William Croft on comparative concepts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Just published "Futures of the past: The diachrony of future constructions across languages" edited by Stefan Hartmann & Lena Schnee #openaccess #ahl langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
June 23, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Just published "Futures of the past: The diachrony of future constructions across languages" edited by Stefan Hartmann & Lena Schnee #openaccess #ahl langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
I do need to understand the distinction between Synchrony and Diachrony, but ALSO this stick figure just farted hard enough to blast himself across the WHOLE page
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I do need to understand the distinction between Synchrony and Diachrony, but ALSO this stick figure just farted hard enough to blast himself across the WHOLE page
Diachronica is now here for good - we deleted all the tweets from the other place (account had been locked for some time). Please feel free to tag us to promote any new research in historical linguistics, diachrony, language change, etc
#linguistics
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November 17, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Diachronica is now here for good - we deleted all the tweets from the other place (account had been locked for some time). Please feel free to tag us to promote any new research in historical linguistics, diachrony, language change, etc
#linguistics
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This is the new account for the journal Diachronica. We'll also advertise new work in language change
August 27, 2023 at 12:32 AM
#linguistics #diachrony
New paper out!
An approach to path movement in the diachronic study of sign languages: Biomechanics and nonarbitrariness
Donna Jo Napoli | Swarthmore College
Nathan Sanders | University of Toronto
An approach to path movement in the diachronic study of sign languages: Biomechanics and nonarbitrariness
Donna Jo Napoli | Swarthmore College
Nathan Sanders | University of Toronto
June 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM
COMMERCE: DIACHRONY “WOKE NONSENSE”
March 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
COMMERCE: DIACHRONY “WOKE NONSENSE”
Our edited book on #language #isolates is out! 🎉
🔎👉https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.135
#linguistics #typology #diachrony #JohnBenjamins
🔎👉https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.135
#linguistics #typology #diachrony #JohnBenjamins
January 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Our edited book on #language #isolates is out! 🎉
🔎👉https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.135
#linguistics #typology #diachrony #JohnBenjamins
🔎👉https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.135
#linguistics #typology #diachrony #JohnBenjamins
The issue in which it appears is full of interesting papers on the semantics, typology and diachrony of mediopassive t- across Afroasiatic - in Akkadian, Modern South Arabian, Hebrew, Cushitic, Somali, Kabyle, & Ancient Egyptian. Several are Open Access.
brill.com/view/journal...
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June 25, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The issue in which it appears is full of interesting papers on the semantics, typology and diachrony of mediopassive t- across Afroasiatic - in Akkadian, Modern South Arabian, Hebrew, Cushitic, Somali, Kabyle, & Ancient Egyptian. Several are Open Access.
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
Ali Smith: Autumn
Awe inspiring.
We’re time-containers, we hold all our diachrony, our pasts and our futures (and also the pasts and futures of all the people who made us and who in turn we’ll help to make) in every one of our consecutive moments / minutes / days / years.
Awe inspiring.
We’re time-containers, we hold all our diachrony, our pasts and our futures (and also the pasts and futures of all the people who made us and who in turn we’ll help to make) in every one of our consecutive moments / minutes / days / years.
September 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Ali Smith: Autumn
Awe inspiring.
We’re time-containers, we hold all our diachrony, our pasts and our futures (and also the pasts and futures of all the people who made us and who in turn we’ll help to make) in every one of our consecutive moments / minutes / days / years.
Awe inspiring.
We’re time-containers, we hold all our diachrony, our pasts and our futures (and also the pasts and futures of all the people who made us and who in turn we’ll help to make) in every one of our consecutive moments / minutes / days / years.
35. Erasmian pronunciation is wrong and gives a bad impression of the diachrony of the language (voiced stops probably lenited to fricatives first, not voiceless aspirates), but it's probably pedagogically fine in the classrooms of L1 languages who don't have a phonemic contrast between /T/ and /Tʰ/
July 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
35. Erasmian pronunciation is wrong and gives a bad impression of the diachrony of the language (voiced stops probably lenited to fricatives first, not voiceless aspirates), but it's probably pedagogically fine in the classrooms of L1 languages who don't have a phonemic contrast between /T/ and /Tʰ/
I am glad to see that my 2015 chapter about word-formation "From Old Irish to Modern Irish" has been republished in:
P.O. Müller, S. Olsen & F. Rainer (eds), Word-Formation. Language Contact and Diachrony. De Gruyter Mouton 2025, 457–482.
Online at: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
P.O. Müller, S. Olsen & F. Rainer (eds), Word-Formation. Language Contact and Diachrony. De Gruyter Mouton 2025, 457–482.
Online at: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
20 From Old Irish to Modern Irish
20 From Old Irish to Modern Irish was published in Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony on page 457.
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am glad to see that my 2015 chapter about word-formation "From Old Irish to Modern Irish" has been republished in:
P.O. Müller, S. Olsen & F. Rainer (eds), Word-Formation. Language Contact and Diachrony. De Gruyter Mouton 2025, 457–482.
Online at: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
P.O. Müller, S. Olsen & F. Rainer (eds), Word-Formation. Language Contact and Diachrony. De Gruyter Mouton 2025, 457–482.
Online at: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
The latest set of Diachrony & Diachronica : 40@40 is now up! 10.1075/dia.24081.bow has more contributions about historical and sociolinguistics, language endangerment, and much more
January 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The latest set of Diachrony & Diachronica : 40@40 is now up! 10.1075/dia.24081.bow has more contributions about historical and sociolinguistics, language endangerment, and much more
Does anyone have literature on the typology (and possibly diachrony) of 'chez'-like adpositions? I know that French and Koyra Chiini both have chez-adpositions and idk where to look honestly.
January 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Does anyone have literature on the typology (and possibly diachrony) of 'chez'-like adpositions? I know that French and Koyra Chiini both have chez-adpositions and idk where to look honestly.
The argument that Dems should only talk about issues where current polling shows Trump's popularity is low makes me wish more pundits would read Ferdinand de Saussure on the difference between diachrony and synchrony.
April 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The argument that Dems should only talk about issues where current polling shows Trump's popularity is low makes me wish more pundits would read Ferdinand de Saussure on the difference between diachrony and synchrony.
Delphi Hosts Workshop on Language Diachrony
Delphi Hosts Workshop on Language Diachrony - Hub UoΑ
How does language change over time? And how can digital text corpora shed light on its evolution? These questions were at the heart of the international
hub.uoa.gr
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Delphi Hosts Workshop on Language Diachrony
My slides from a very exciting workshop on Proto-Semitic going on right now!
Rethinking the Proto-Semitic stative
Recent scholarship on the diachrony of the Semitic suffix conjugations reveals ongoing disagreement about the age of the various formations. What is probably the current communis opinio (e.g. Huehnerg...
www.academia.edu
April 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
My slides from a very exciting workshop on Proto-Semitic going on right now!
📈 Listen up!
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📈 Listen up!
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
I love how the insistence of diachrony results in the funniest posts on r/conlangs
'how do I evolve a triconsonantal root system'
'how do I naturally deveolop clicks'
'how do I evolve a triconsonantal root system'
'how do I naturally deveolop clicks'
April 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I love how the insistence of diachrony results in the funniest posts on r/conlangs
'how do I evolve a triconsonantal root system'
'how do I naturally deveolop clicks'
'how do I evolve a triconsonantal root system'
'how do I naturally deveolop clicks'
And you can't have diachrony when you're a superpositional block of frozen language that occasionally collapses into a pattern when exposed to a prompt.
September 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
And you can't have diachrony when you're a superpositional block of frozen language that occasionally collapses into a pattern when exposed to a prompt.
A new paper out, on the diachrony of verbal classifiers - with particular attention to Daly languages of northern Australia
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A new paper out, on the diachrony of verbal classifiers - with particular attention to Daly languages of northern Australia
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Fernando O. de Carvalho used to be on Twitter, but off social media now, I think. This paper by him seems relevant, though I don’t have access.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The diachrony of person-number marking in the Lokono-Wayuunaiki subgroup of the Arawak family: Reconstruction, sound change and analogy | Request PDF
Request PDF | The diachrony of person-number marking in the Lokono-Wayuunaiki subgroup of the Arawak family: Reconstruction, sound change and analogy | The present study advances reconstructions of th...
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April 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Fernando O. de Carvalho used to be on Twitter, but off social media now, I think. This paper by him seems relevant, though I don’t have access.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...