''Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics'' is an annual peer-reviewed

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

covering

Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent. Some European languages of this family, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutc ...

historical linguistics Historical linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include: # to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages # ...

. It is the second oldest linguistics journal still in publication. The current

editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

are Martin Kümmel (University of Jena), Olav Hackstein, and Sabine Ziegler. The journal is published by

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (V&R) is a scholarly publishing house based in Göttingen, Germany. It was founded in 1735 by (1700-1750) in connection with the establishment of the Georg-August-Universität in the same city. After Abraham Vandenhoec ...

History

The journal was originally established by

Adalbert Kuhn Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn (19 November 1812 – 5 May 1881) was a German philologist and folklorist. Kuhn was born in Königsberg in Brandenburg's Neumark region. From 1841 he was connected with the Köllnisches Gymnasium at Berlin, of whic ...

in 1852, and consequently known colloquially as ''Kuhns Zeitschrift'' (''Journal de Kuhn'', "Kuhn's Journal"). Its official name was ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete des Deutschen, Griechischen und Lateinischen'' from 1852 to 1874. For most of this period it ran in parallel to its sister publication ''Beiträge zur vergleichenden Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der arischen, celtischen und slawischen Sprachen'' (known colloquially at ''Kuhn-Schleichlers Beiträge''), which existed from 1858 to 1876.R.D. Fulk,
A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages
', Studies in Germanic Linguistics, 3 (Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2018), , , p. 338. In 1877 the publications merged with each other and with ''Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen'' (known colloquially as ''Bezzenbergers Beiträge'', 1877-1906) as ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indo-germanischen Sprachen''. This title persisted until 1967. From 1968 to 1987 the journal was called ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung'' (''Journal of Comparative Linguistics''). It obtained its present title in 1988.

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