Study of Indo-European Vocalism in the 19th century : From the beginnings to Whitney and Scherer. A critical-historical account.
Title:
Study of Indo-European Vocalism in the 19th century : From the beginnings to Whitney and Scherer. A critical-historical account.
Author:
Benware, Wilbur A.
ISBN:
9789027281616
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (138 pages)
Series:
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences ; v.3
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
Contents:
THE STUDY OF INDO-EUROPEAN VOCALISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- PREFACE -- Table of contents -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1.0 BASIC CONCEPTS OF LANGUAGE AND THE METHODOLOGY FOR ITS STUDY IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY -- 1.1 THE TWO REVOLUTIONS. -- 1.2 LANGUAGE AS AN ORGANISM. -- 1.3 GRIMM'S RATIONALE FOR THREE BASIC VOWELS. -- 1.4 ANTECEDENTS AND ORIGINS OF THE CONCEPT OF BASIC VOWELS. -- 1.5 GRIMM'S ACCOMPLISHMENT. -- FOOTNOTES -- 2.0 VOCALISM AND VOWEL CHANGE: RASK, GRIMM, BOPP -- 2.1 THE RELATIONSHIP OF RASK TO GRIMM. -- 2.2 B0PP'S CONCEPTION OF VOWELS. -- 2.3 BOPP'S CONCEPTION OF VOWEL GRADATION. -- FOOTNOTES -- 3.0 VOWEL GRADATION THEORY AFTER BOPP -- 3.1 AUGUST FRIEDRICH POTT. -- 3.2 ADOLF HOLTZMANN. -- 3.3 THEODOR JACOBI. -- 3.4 SUMMARY OF VOWEL GRADATION THEORIES. -- 3.5 DYNAMIC VERSUS MECHANICAL CHANGES. -- FOOTNOTES -- 4.0 PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN, 'SOUND LAWS' AND VOWELS -- 4.1 SCHLEICHER'S CONTRIBUTIONS. -- 4.2 THE PERI0DIZATI0N OF LINGUISTIC HISTORY. -- 4.3 SOUND LAWS. -- 4.4 TEE NATURE OF SOUND LAWS. -- FOOTNOTES -- 5.0 THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-VOWELS -- 5.1 THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. -- 5.2 CURTIUS' POSTULATION OF A GRECO-ITALIC STAGE. -- 5.3 SCHLEICHER'S PIE VOWEL SYSTEM. -- 5.4 PHONETICS AND COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR. -- FOOTNOTES -- 6.0 CONCLUSION -- FOOTNOTES -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS.
Abstract:
In the 19th century research on the Indo-European languages was to a large degree coterminus with the development of linguistics itself. The most notable accomplishments, as related in every history of linguistics, took place in the area of phonology. The present study examines one aspect of phonological investigation of the Indo-European languages: vocalism from the early 1800's to around 1870, the threshold of the neogrammarian era. It attempts to go beyond a mere chronological presentation of research on vocalism in the 19th century to examine other questions, such as the origin of the concepts which linguists employed and the methodology they advanced. Moreover, it attempts to illustrate anew that the history of any science cannot be reduced to a simple linear arrangement of discoveries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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