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Remember Wegener?! (makingsciencepublic.com)

This blog post was first published on the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences blog on 26 July 2026 and is republished here with permission. *** My old book Change in Language: Whitney, …

Today's post is about the past, returning to my work on the history of linguistics and to the work of a linguist I loved, Philipp Wegener who studied speech acts, metaphor, and the co-construction of meaning #linguistics #metaphor #hisphilang makingsciencepublic.com/2026/08/14/r...

#hisphilang #linguistics #metaphor

2 comments — live from bluesky

SixMillionWords · 0 · 1d ago

nice, that sounds like a really good read

christoph_STCmicrobeblog · 0 · 1d ago

I think I've found the perfect mug for you (as a linguist) – should I send it to you?

Brigitte Nerlich · 0 · 1d ago

That would be lovely but don't go to any trouble. The 'mug' that appeared instead of Wegener's 'mug' on this morning's link to my post was actually a mistake and I still haven't quite figured out what I did wrong... but there we go - I was such a mug .....

STCmicrobeblog · 0 · 1d ago

...one missing from your cupboard, maybe 😉

Brigitte Nerlich · 1 · 1d ago

The photo was taken at my favourite beach café in Dorset 😊