History of Linguistics Volume II

History of Linguistics Volume II
Author: Giulio C. Lepschy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317895274

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This comprehensive history of linguistics is part of a 5 volume set. Together, the volumes examine the social, cultural and religious functions of language, its place in education, the prestige attached to different varieties of language, and the presentation of lexical and grammatical descriptions. They explore the linguistic interests and assumptions of individual cultures in their own terms, without trying to transpose and reshape them into the context of contemporary ideas of what the scientific study of language ought to be. The authors of individual chapters are all specialists who have been able to analyse the primary sources, and so produce original syntheses which offer an authoritative view of the different traditions and periods. Volume Two examines the Greek, Roman and Medieval European traditions, which between them developed the grammatical and syntactical models which form the basis of our inherited linguistic assumptions.

History of Linguistics ...

History of Linguistics ...
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Total Pages: 412
Release: 1993
Genre: Linguistics
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Perspectives on Historical Linguistics

Perspectives on Historical Linguistics
Author: Winfred P. Lehmann
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027280681

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This volume presents seven extensive essays by specialists in their respective fields of historical linguistics. The first essay after the Introduction states the principles presented in Directions for Historical Linguistics (1968) and assesses the progress made since then towards constructing a general theory of language change. Like the following essays on phonology and morphology, it poses new questions that have arisen in the increasingly ambitious research. Historical attention to discourse, the topic of the next essay, is virtually new, though it too finds predecessors among philologists who devoted themselves to texts. Finally, two essays treat etymology, one concentrating on the rigorously investigated Romance field, the other on Indo-European, especially on new insights prompted by attention to Hittite.

Universal History of Linguistics

Universal History of Linguistics
Author: Esa Itkonen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1991
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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This book presents the linguistics achievements of four major cultures (India, China, Arabia, Europe) to readers presumed conversant with modern theoretical linguistics.

Papers on Language Theory and History

Papers on Language Theory and History
Author: J. Peter Maher
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1977-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027281505

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Interest in word-meaning is on the increase among mainstream linguists again after a half-century of neglect. During this interval progress in phonology and syntax was great, but further progress in these sub-disciplines will remain blocked until it is recognized that the prime functional unit of speech is the word, that the central problem of language theory is lexis. Word-meaning is typically complicated by changes across time; for a theory of language creativity, these effects must be discerned from spontaneous creation. The articles brought together in this volume attempt to illuminate, on the basis of particular lexical studies, the dynamics of perception and word-meaning, of language and mind.

Language History

Language History
Author: Andrew L. Sihler
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027236976

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This classroom-tested volume aspires to be a brief but technically and factually accurate exposition of linguistic description and history. Whether studied as prime subject or as background information, it should help students understand the assumptions and reasoning that underlie the contents of their handbooks and etymological dictionaries.This book should be a useful guide for anyone unfamiliar with (historical) linguistics who is studying the history of a language, and also for those who are enrolled in courses devoted to reading texts in old languages.

History of Linguistics, 1996: Traditions in linguistics worldwide

History of Linguistics, 1996: Traditions in linguistics worldwide
Author: David Cram
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 357
Release: 1999
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027245827

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The papers in this volume present a colourful picture of the range of research currently being undertaken in the field of the history of linguistics, with contribution both from established scholars and from younger researchers. The volume is organised on a geographical basis, with sections devoted to a number of different traditions in linguistics world-wide. The opening section is concerned with a number of general and methodological topics — ranging from the notion of 'revolution' in linguistic historiography to the history of the study of ape language. The second section is devoted to 'missionary linguistics', an umbrella category for the early contacts of Europeans with non-European languages. Subsequent sections address individual traditions in linguistics: III. The Celtic Tradition; IV. The Chinese Tradition; V. The Georgian Tradition; VI. The Hebrew Tradition; VII. The Japanese Tradition; VIII. The Persian Tradition; IX. The Russian Tradition; X. The Tamil Tradition.

History of Linguistics Volume I

History of Linguistics Volume I
Author: Giulio C. Lepschy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317895312

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This comprehensive history of linguistics is part of a 5 volume set. Together, the volumes examine the social, cultural and religious functions of language, its place in education, the prestige attached to different varieties of language, and the presentation of lexical and grammatical descriptions. They explore the linguistic interests and assumptions of individual cultures in their own terms, without trying to transpose and reshape them into the context of contemporary ideas of what the scientific study of language ought to be. The authors of individual chapters are all specialists who have been able to analyse the primary sources, and so produce original syntheses which offer an authoritative view of the different traditions and periods. Volime One examines the developments of Chinese linguistics, Indian grammatical tradition, the linguistic interests of the Near East, the Hebrew tradition, and the Arabic grammatical system of the Middle Ages.