
Toward a Historiography of Linguistics : Selected Essays.
Title:
Toward a Historiography of Linguistics : Selected Essays.
Author:
Koerner, E.F.K.
ISBN:
9789027286543
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Series:
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences ; v.19
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
Contents:
TOWARD A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LINGUISTICS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- I. TOWARD A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LINGUISTICS -- LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY TILL 1970 A STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORT -- REFERENCES -- TOWARD A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LINGUISTICS 19th AND 20th CENTURY PARADIGMS -- 0. Introduction -- 1.0 The Central Parts of the Argument -- 1.1 The Schleicherian Paradigm -- 1.2 The Saussurean Paradigm -- 1.3 The Chomsky an Paradigm -- 2.0 Concluding Remarks -- References -- FOUR TYPES OF HISTORY WRITING IN LINGUISTICS -- REFERENCES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE PLACE OF HISTORY IN LINGUISTIC SCIENCE -- 1.0. NIETZSCHE'S THREE TYPES OF HISTORICAL STUDY -- 2.0. TOWARD A LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 3.0. A PLEA FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS AS PART OF THE GENERAL TRAINING OF LINGUISTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- II. APPRAISALS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARS -- HERMANNPAUL AND SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS -- 0.0. INTRODUCTION -- 1.0. THE PLACE OF HERMANN PAUL IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORIES OF LINGUISTICS -- 2.0. STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF PAUL'S THEORIES OF LANGUAGE STUDY -- 2.1. Descriptive vs. historical linguistics and the concept of language state -- 2.2. Language usage vs. the linguistic expression of the individual -- 2.3. Formal and material connections of words -- 3.0. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- JAN BAUDOUIN DE COURTENAY: HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE -- BAUDOUIN ASEMPIRICIST AND THEORETICIAN -- BAUDOUIN, KRUSZEWSKI, AND SAUSSURE. ORIGIN OF THE TERM 'PHONEME' IN BAUDOUIN'S WRITINGS -- BAUDOUIN DE COURTENAY'S ACADEMIC CAREER, 1883-1929 -- RECOGNITION AS PRECURSOR OF MODERN PHONOLOGICAL THEORY -- A MINOR FIGURE IN 19th-CENTURY FRENCH LINGUISTICS: A. DUFRICHE-DESGENETTES -- Biographical Notes on A. Dufriche-Desgenettes.
Dufriche-Desgenettes' Linguistic Contributions -- Concluding Remarks -- Zusammenfassung -- Résumé -- Publications of A. Dufriche-Desgenettes -- References -- ANIMADVERSIONS ON SOME RECENT CLAIMS REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEORG VON DER GABELENTZ AND FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE -- References -- III. TRENDS AND TRADITIONS IN LINGUISTICS -- BLOOMFIELDIAN LINGUISTICS AND THE PROBLEM OF "MEANING" A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE THEORY AND STUDY OF LANGUAGE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. The Two Main Criticisms of the American Structuralist Approach to Language Analysis -- 2. The Background of Bloomfieldian Linguistics -- 3. Leonard Bloomfield's Position concerning the Statement of "Meaning" in Language Description -- 4. Moderate Bloomfieldians' Attitude towards the Use of "Meaning' in Linguistic Description (Gleason, Hall, Hill, Hockett, Nida) -- 5. Some Structuralists' Opposition to the General Use of "Meaning' in Language Analysis and Description -- 6. The State of Semantics in Linguistic Theory in the Sixties: Attainments and Frustrations -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ZU URSPRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG DES PHONEM - BEGRIFFS EINE HISTORISCHE NOTIZ -- 0.0 Vorbemerkung -- 1.0 Zur Herkunft des Phonem-Begriffs -- 1.1 Die landläufige Auffassung über den Ursprung des Terminus -- 1.2 Daniel Jones' Darstellung der Geschichte des Phonems -- 1.3 Das Phonem als Terminus und als theoretisches Konzept -- 2.0 Ursprung und Entwicklung des Phonem-Begriffs -- 2.1 Erste Hinweise -- 2.2 A. Dufriche-Desgenettes, der Schöpfer des Phonem-Begriffs -- 2.3 Das erste Entwicklungsstadium des Phonem-Begriffs (1873-79) -- 2.4 Die zweite Entwicklungsphase des Phonem-Begriffs (1879-1916) -- 2.5 Die dritte Entwicklungsphase des Phonem-Begriffs (1916-1939) -- 3.0 Schlußbetrachtungen -- LITERATUR -- 1876 AS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS -- 0. Introductory Observations -- 1. The Argument.
2. The Evidence -- 2.0 Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- ZU URSPRUNG UND GESCHICHTE DER BESTERNUNG IN DER HISTORISCHEN SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT EINE HISTORIOGRAPHISCHE NOTIZ -- Bibliographische Referenzen -- INDEX OF AUTHORS -- The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences.
Abstract:
The papers brought together in the present volume represent the essence of the author's reflections on issues concerning linguistic historiography and of particular investigations in 19th and 20th century linguistic thought. The papers are clustered in three sections: I. Towards a Historiography of Linguistics, II. Appraisals of Individual Scholars, and III. Trends and Traditions in Linguistics.
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