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Right, le plus ça change, le plus ça devient la même chose ... On 26.09.12 15:48, Serhij Wakulenko <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > in my opinion, the term /linguistics /is too recent to cover the time > span which the HSS members try to cover in their research. /History of > the language sciences /would perhaps be a broader designation, but not > really much better than /history of linguistic ideas/. > > My feeling is that the current name is nice enough. > > Serhii Vakulenko > > > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:02:07 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The name of the Henry Sweet Society > To: [log in to unmask] > > Dear HSS Member > At a committee meeting earlier this year, the question was raised > about the name of the Society, especially in connection with the need > to attract new members. The full name is The Henry Sweet Society for > the History of Linguistic Ideas, and has been used since the > foundation of the Society in 1984. > > The committee would like to gather the views and suggestions of the > membership about whether there is a case for either choosing a > different name, fine-tuning the present name, or leaving things as > they are. The simplest way is for you to send me an email ( > [log in to unmask] ) and I will put your comment(s) to the > committee at its next meeting -- probably in November. > > Here are a few thoughts to start things off: > > * Is the current name too long(winded)? > * Could it be giving the impression to 'outsiders' that the focus > is on Sweet to the apparent exclusion of other equally important > linguists? > * Is the expression 'linguistic ideas' an appropriate one to have > in the title? > * Is the mention of Sweet transparent for a younger generation of > linguists? > * Should the world-wide scope of the membership and their > interests be emphasized by choosing a name that reflects better > the interests of the membership? Some people might say that the > word 'British' should appear in the title; others that there is > no need to mention the administrative base of the Society. A > parallel is the re-titling of the journal in 2009 to simply > 'Language & History'. > > > I look forward to receiving any comments from you. > > With best wishes > > Mike MacMahon > > (President, Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas > University of Glasgow > Scotland/UK)