Einleitung in die Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (1884–1890) together withZur Literatur der Sprachenkunde Europas (Leipzig, 1887)

Einleitung in die Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (1884–1890) together withZur Literatur der Sprachenkunde Europas (Leipzig, 1887)
Author: August Friedrich Pott
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 550
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027281637

This volume contains August Friedrich Pott's Einleitung in de Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, which appeared between 1884 and 1890 in F. Techmer's Internationale Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (Leipzig). In addition, the volume contains Pott's Zur Literatur der Sprachenkunde Europas (Leipzig 1887), the obituary by Paul Horn (Göttingen 1888), and a preface to this new edition by E.F.K. Koerner.

"Einleitung in Die Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft" (1884 1890) Together With"zur Literatur Der Sprachenkunde Europas" (Leipzig, 1887)

Author: August Friedrich Pott
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 549
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027209219

This volume contains August Friedrich Pott's "Einleitung in de Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft," which appeared between 1884 and 1890 in F. Techmer's "Internationale Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft" (Leipzig). In addition, the volume contains Pott's "Zur Literatur der Sprachenkunde Europas" (Leipzig 1887), the obituary by Paul Horn (Gottingen 1888), and a preface to this new edition by E.F.K. Koerner.

Greece’s labyrinth of language

Greece’s labyrinth of language
Author: Raf Van Rooy
Publisher: Language Science Press
Total Pages: 245
Release:
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3961102104

Fascinated with the heritage of ancient Greece, early modern intellectuals cultivated a deep interest in its language, the primary gateway to this long-lost culture, rehabilitated during the Renaissance. Inspired by the humanist battle cry “To the sources!” scholars took a detailed look at the Greek source texts in the original language and its different dialects. In so doing, they saw themselves confronted with major linguistic questions: Is there any order in this immense diversity? Can the Ancient Greek dialects be classified into larger groups? Is there a hierarchy among the dialects? Which dialect is the oldest? Where should problematic varieties such as Homeric and Biblical Greek be placed? How are the differences between the Greek dialects to be described, charted, and explained? What is the connection between the diversity of the Greek tongue and the Greek homeland? And, last but not least, are Greek dialects similar to the dialects of the vernacular tongues? Why (not)? This book discusses and analyzes the often surprising and sometimes contradictory early modern answers to these questions.

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Methodological perspectives and applications

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Methodological perspectives and applications
Author: Sheila M. Embleton
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 391
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902722188X

Alongside considerable continuity, 20th-century diachronic linguistics has seen substantial shifts in outlook and procedure from the 19th-century paradigm. Our understanding of what is really new and what is recycled owes a great debt to E. F. K. Koerner's minutely researched interpretations of the work of the field's founders and key transitional figures. At the cusp of the 21st century, some of the best known scholars in the field explore how these methodological shifts have been and continue to be played out in historical Romance, Germanic and Indo-European linguistics, as well as in work outside these traditional areas. These 22 studies, honouring the founder of "Diachronica" and other publication ventures that have helped revitalize historical enquiry in recent decades, include examinations of Indo-European methodology and the reconstructions carried out by Bloomfield and Sapir; the search for relatives of Indo-European; comparative, structural and sociolinguistic analyses of the history of the Romance languages; regular vs. morpholexical approaches to OHG umlaut; and the synchrony and diachrony of gender affixes in Tsez.

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences
Author: Sheila M. Embleton
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 367
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027221871

Although it is widely thought that structural linguistics began abruptly with the publication of Saussure's 'revolutionary' "Course in General Linguistics," the work of E. F. K. Koerner has demonstrated that Saussure, for all his originality, remained true to the basic tenets of his 19th-century predecessors. In this volume, the development of modern linguistics before, during and after Saussure is traced in 20 studies honouring the scholar who has done more than anyone else to professionalize linguistic historiography during the last quarter century. Among the wide range of topics covered are: grammar and philosophy in the age of comparativism, the relation of Saussure's anagram studies to his theory of the linguistic sign, nationalist overtones in German linguistics from 1914 to 1945, and the true story (with newly discovered documentation) of why Chomsky's "Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory" didn't get published during the 1950s or 60s. In addition to an introductory overview of Koerner's career and a complete listing of his publications, the volume includes previously unpublished materials from Saussure's notebooks.

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences
Author: Sheila Embleton
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 1999-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027298424

Alongside considerable continuity, 20th-century diachronic linguistics has seen substantial shifts in outlook and procedure from the 19th-century paradigm. Our understanding of what is really new and what is recycled owes a great debt to E. F. K. Koerner's minutely researched interpretations of the work of the field's founders and key transitional figures. At the cusp of the 21st century, some of the best known scholars in the field explore how these methodological shifts have been and continue to be played out in historical Romance, Germanic and Indo-European linguistics, as well as in work outside these traditional areas. These 22 studies, honouring the founder of Diachronica and other publication ventures that have helped revitalize historical enquiry in recent decades, include examinations of Indo-European methodology and the reconstructions carried out by Bloomfield and Sapir; the search for relatives of Indo-European; comparative, structural and sociolinguistic analyses of the history of the Romance languages; regular vs. morpholexical approaches to OHG umlaut; and the synchrony and diachrony of gender affixes in Tsez.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1895
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

The Lautgesetz-Controversy

The Lautgesetz-Controversy
Author: Terence H. Wilbur
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 603
Release: 1977-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027281513

The essays reproduced in this volume represent the major and characteristic documents in that flood of literature that was produced during the neogrammarian controversy. At that time, the entire community of linguists came face to face with the most profound problems of its theory and practice; it was a true crisis of empirical interpretation. Therefore, these essays are of much more than ‘mere’ historical interest: each one of them plunges directly into the central issues of the science of historical linguistics. Curtius’ Zur Kritik der neuesten Sprachforschung (January 1885) was the initial polemic. Delbrück’s reply Die neueste Sprachforschung, Betrachtungen über George Curtius’Schrift ‘Zur Kritik der neuesten Sprachforschung’ and Brugmann’s retort Zum heutigen Stand der Sprachwissenschaft appeared soon thereafter. Later that year appeared Schuchardt’s attack Über die Lautgesetze: Gegen die Junggrammatiker. Collitz’article Die neueste Sprachforschung und die Erklärung des indogermanischen Ablautes did not appear until 1886, followed soon by Osthoff’s reply Die neueste Sprachforschung und die Erklärung des indogermanischen Ablautes: Antwort auf die gleichnamige Schrift von Dr. Hermann Collitz. Jespersen’s criticism of the neogrammarians appeared in German translation as Zur Lautgesetzfrage in1887. The volume provides an Introduction and Select Bibliography.

The Importance of Techmer's "Internationale Zeitschrift Für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft" in the Development of General Linguistics

The Importance of Techmer's
Author: E. F. K. Koerner
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 85
Release: 1973-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027208921

Techmer's Internationale Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (1884–1890) served, at a time of neogrammarian domination in the linguistic scene of the late 19th century, as an international forum for the discussion of general linguistics topics, the Humboldtian philosophy of language, and the promotion of non-Indo-European linguistic research. This essay starts with information on the founder and sole editor of the journal, Friedrich Techmer, then analyzes the most significant contributions to the journal, surveying in the same part the range of publications as well as the international character of both the Advisory Board and the contributors, and in the concluding chapter shows how IZAS is of relevance even for the linguistic pursuits of today.