Hermann-Paul-Lectures
In 2009 the Centre inaugurated the “Hermann Paul lectures,” in which internationally leading linguists are invited to present their perspective on foundational issues of the field.
Speakers and topics:
11 July 2024 Petra Schumacher
The Future of Experimental Pragmatics
13 July 2023 Salikoko Mufwene
Individuals, Community, and Language Evolution:
Hermann Paul, Ferdinand
de Saussure, and William Labov
22 July 2022 Hans-Jörg Schmid
"There is nothing quite so practical as a good theory" (Kurt Lewin). Does this also apply to linguistic theory?
25 Feb. 2021 Marianne Mithun
What shall we model?
11 Dec. 2019 Henning Lobin
Sprachkampf. Sprachpolitische Kontroversen und das Bild der Sprache in Wissennschaft und Öffentlichkeit
26 Nov. 2018 Geoffrey K. Pullum
Why Linguistics Matters
09 May 2017 Jürgen Trabant
Weltansichten - Wilhelm von Humboldt und die Sprachen der Welt
14 June 2016 Anne Cutler
Variations on ‘native language’
22 Dec. 2015 Adele E. Goldberg
Constructing meaning
17 Dec. 2014 Utz Maas
Wie Deutsch zur Schriftsprache ausgebaut wurde
15 May 2009 William Labov
Sound change: the regular, the unconscious, the mysterious
