PRACTICING LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- BY THE SAME AUTHOR -- Table of contents -- PART I: METHODS AND MODELSIN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- ON 'UNREWRITING THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS' -- 0. The problem stated -- 1.0 Central Parts of the Argument -- 1.1 Benfey's Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft (1869 -- 1.2 Delbrück's Einleitung in das Sprachstudium (1880 -- 1.3 Pedersen's Sprogvidenskaben i det nittende Aarhundrede (1924) -- 2.0 Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- DAS PROBLEM DER METASPRACHE IN DERSPRACHWISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG -- 0. Einleitende Beobachtungen -- 1. Beispiele für die Mißachtung von metasprachlichen Aspekten -- 1.1. Die Verwendung saussurischer Begriffe in einer Studie über mittelalterlichenSprachgebrauch -- 1.2. Mittelalterliche und moderne Auffassungen von 'Etymologie' -- 1.3. Der sogenannte Erste Grammatische Traktat und die moderne Phonologie -- 2. Schlußfolgerangen: Einige allgemeine Überlegungen zur angemessenerenBehandlung von Sprachideen, die früheren Epochen angehören -- Anmerkungen -- Literatur -- ON THE PROBLEM OF 'INFLUENCE'IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 0. The problem defined -- 1.0 Three Examples of 'Influence' in Linguistic Historiography -- 1.1 The Question of Herder's 'Influence' on Humboldt -- 1.2 The Question of Darwin s 'Influence' on Schleicher -- 1.3 The Question of Durkheim's 'Influence' on Saussure -- 2.0 Concluding Remarks -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- MODELS IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 0.0 Introductory Remarks -- 1.0 Toward the Establishment of a Methodology in Linguistic Historiography -- 2.0 Models for an Understanding of the History of Linguistics -- 3.0 Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- PRACTICING LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- REFERENCES.

CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN THE HISTORYOF LINGUISTICS -- 0.0 Introductory observations -- 1.0 Continuities and Discontinuities in the Development of Linguistics -- REFERENCES -- THE NEOGRAMMARIAN DOCTRINE: BREAKTHROUGHOR EXTENSION OF THE SCHLEICHERIAN PARADIGM. A PROBLEM IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 1.0 THE PROBLEM DEFINED -- 2.0 THEORETICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS -- 3.0 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE HISTORICAL ARGUMENT -- 4.0 'SCHLEICHERIAN PARADIGM' VS 'NEOGRAMMARIANBREAKTHROUGH' -- 5.0 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- THE CHOMSKYAN 'REVOLUTION' AND ITS HISTORIOGRAPHY: OBSERVATIONS OF A BYSTANDER -- 0.0 Introduction -- 1.0 The Chomskyan 'Revolution' in Linguistics -- 2.0 Concluding Observations -- REFERENCES -- PART II: TRADITION AND TRANSMISSIONOF LINGUISTIC NOTIONS -- OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOURCES, TRANSMISSION,AND MEANING of 'INDO-EUROPEAN' AND RELATEDTERMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUISTICS -- 1.0 Notes on the Development of the Concept of' Indo-European' -- 2.0 On t h e Origin of ' Indo-European' -- 3.0 On the Origin of ' Indo-Germanic' -- 4.0 On the Origin, Uses and Abuses of 'Aryan' -- 5.0 Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- SULLA ORIGINE E STORIA DELL'ASTERISCONELLA LINGUISTICA STORICA: UN CENNO STORIOGRAFICO -- POSTSCRIPT 1988 -- AUGUST SCHLEICHER AND THE TREE IDEAIN COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS -- Understanding -- Misunderstanding -- Intellectual Biography -- References -- POSITIVISM IN 19TH AND20TH CENTURY LINGUISTICS -- Introductory Remarks -- I. Positivism in Linguistics: The state of research -- II. 'Positivist' Trends in 19th-century Linguistics -- III. Pendulum Swings in Linguistic Theory -- IV. Concluding Remarks -- SCHLEICHERS EINFLUSS AUF HAECKEL: SCHLAGLICHTER AUF DIE ABHÄNGIGKEIT ZWISCHENLINGUISTISCHEN UND BIOLOGISCHENTHEORIEN IM 19. JAHRHUNDERT -- 1. Vorbemerkung -- 2. Schleicher und die Naturwissenschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts.

3. Wissenschaftsbiographischer Abriß Ernst Haeckels -- 4. Berührungspunkte zwischen Schleichers und Haeckelsbiologistischen Ideen -- 5. Die Frage nach dem Einfluß Schleichers auf Haeckel -- 6. Schlußbemerkungen -- Literaturangaben -- POSTSCRIPT 1988 -- ON THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THEPHILOLOGY VS LINGUISTICS CONTROVERSY -- 0. Introductory Remarks -- 1. The Early 19th Century -- 2. The Mid-19th Century: Schleicher -- 3. Linguistics after Schleicher -- 4. Modern Variants of the Philology /Linguistics Debate -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- PILOT AND PIRATE DISCIPLINESIN THE DEVELOPMENT OFLINGUISTIC SCIENCE -- 0. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 1.0 THE THESIS -- 2.0 THE EVIDENCE -- 3.0 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SUR L'ORIGINE DU CONCEPT ET DU TERMEDE 'SYNCHRONIQUE' EN LINGUISTIQUE -- RENVOIS BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES -- PART III: SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSIN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS -- FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL AND THE EMERGENCE OFHISTORICAL-COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR -- 0. Introductory Observations -- 1.0 Friedrich Schlegel's Contribution to Linguistics -- 1.1 Language Comparison and Comparative Linguistics -- 1.2 The Concept of Language as an Organism -- 1.3 The Two-Fold Typology of Languages -- 1.4 Language Origin and Linguistic Evolution -- 2.0 Concluding Observations -- REFERENCES -- FRANZ BOPP (1791-1867) -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JACOB GRIMM'S PLACE IN THE FOUNDATION OFLINGUISTICS AS A SCIENCE -- 1.0 Introductory Observations -- 2.0 Jacob Grimm's Path to the Historical Study of the Germanic Languag -- 2.1 The early phase up to 1815 -- 2.2 The Aufbau period: Toward a Germanic grammar (1816-183 -- 2.3 The Ausbau period: Toward a dictionary and a history of the Germanlanguage (1838-1848) -- 2.4 The closing years (1849-1863 -- 3.0 Concluding Remarks -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES -- AUGUST SCHLEICHER AND LINGUISTIC SCIENCE INTHE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

0.0 Introduction -- 1.0 The Schleicherian Paradigm in Linguistics -- 1.1 First considerations -- 1.2 The origin of Schleicher's naturalistic views, and the question ofhis alleged 'Darwinism' -- 2.0 The Development of Schleicher's Linguistic Theory -- 3.0 Schleicher's General Theory of Language and Its Contributionto Linguistic Science -- 4.0 Conclusion: The Schleicherian Paradigm and its Extension -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MIKOLAJ KRUSZEWSKI'S CONTRIBUTIONTO GENERAL LINGUISTIC THEORY -- 0. Introductory observations -- 1. Mikolaj Kruszewski: life and work -- 1.1 The historical background -- 1.2 Kruszewski's career as a linguist -- 1.3 Kruszewski's philosophy of science -- 2. Kruszewski's major contributions to linguistic theory -- 2.1 Definitions of the object of linguistics -- 2.2 Levels analysis avant la lettre -- 2.3 Toward a syntagmatics -- 3. Concluding remarks -- 3.1 Some examples of Kruszewski's theoretical innovations -- 3.2 'System' and 'structure' in Kruszewski -- 3.3 Résumé -- Notes -- References -- MEILLET, SAUSSURE ET LA LINGUISTIQUE GÉNÉRALE: UNE QUESTION D"1NFLUENCE' -- 0. Observations introductivas -- 1.0 Meillet comme théoricien de la linguistique -- 2.0 Le rapport entre Meillet et Saussure vis-à-vis la linguistique générale et théorique -- 3.0 Conclusion -- RÉFÉRENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES -- SUMMARY -- HOLGER PEDERSEN (1867-1953): A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK -- LEONARD BLOOMFIELD AND THE COURS DELINGUISTIQUE GÉNÉRALE -- 0. Introductory Observations -- 1.0 Bloomfield and the 'Cours' -- 2.0 Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.