Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism

Proceedings of the international conference, Rome, 25–28 September 1986

Editors

Tullio De Mauro †

Lia Formigari

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Both Leibniz and Humboldt are scholars in whose work we find a passionate interest in the history and development of languages combined with a strong theoretical commitment. Linking their names to linguistic comparativism draws attention to the contribution these scholars have made to the history of comparativism and also promotes discussion of the relationship of theory and practice in linguistic research in more general terms. In September 1986, a conference on Leibniz, Humboldt and the Origins of Comparativism' was held in Rome. The papers included in this volume are revised versions of the papers presented at the conference.

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 49] 1990. vii, 329 pp.

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https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.49

Table of Contents

Foreword | p. vii

Part I: Leibniz to Humboldt

Le voyage de Schreiten: Leibniz et les débuts du comparatisme finno-ougrien

Daniel Droixhe | p. 3

Leibniz on Particles: Linguistic form and comparatism

Marcelo Dascal | p. 31

Vulgaris opinio babelica: Sui fondamenti storico-teorici della pluralità delle lingue nel pensiero di Leibniz

Stefano Gensini | p. 61

Leibniz and Wilhelm von Humboldt and the History of Comparative Linguistics

Robert H. Robins | p. 85

Die Säkularisierung des Tertium comparationis: Eine philosophische Erörterung der Ursprünge des vergleichenden Sprachstudiums

Tilman Borsche | p. 103

Descent, Perfection and the Comparative Method since Leibniz

Henry M. Hoenigswald | p. 119

Part II: Humboldt and the Aftermath

Humboldt et Leibniz: Le concept intérieur de la linguistique

Jürgen Trabant | p. 135

The Philosophical and Anthropological Place of Wilhelm von Humboldt's Linguistic Typology: Linguistic comparison as a means to compare the different processes of human thought

Donatella Di Cesare | p. 157

Wilhelm von Humboldt und das Problem der Schrift

Christian Stetter | p. 181

Da Humboldt ai neogrammatici: Continuità e fratture

Paolo Ramat | p. 199

Part III: Comparative Linguistics before and after Humboldt

Representation and the Place of Linguistic Change before Comparative Grammar

Sylvian Auroux | p. 213

The Place of Friedrich Schlegel in the Development of Historical-Comparative Linguistics

E.F.K. Koerner | p. 239

Lautform, innere Sprachform, Form der Sprachen: Il problema della comparazione e classificazione delle lingue in Heymann Steinthal

Mario Barba | p. 263

Comparatismo e grammatica comparata: Tipologia linguistica e forma grammaticale

Pierre Swiggers | p. 281

Afterword

Tullio † De Mauro | p. 301

Index Nominum | p. 311

Index Rerum | p. 319

Index Linguarum | p. 327

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