SubjectsLinguistics / History of linguistics
Book series
ISSN 0304-0712
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
General Editor: Jean-Michel Fortis, Klaas Willems and Otto Zwartjes
ISSN 0304-0720
Journal
Historiographia Linguistica
International Journal for the History of the Language Sciences
Edited by Jean-Michel Fortis and Otto Zwartjes
ISSN 0302-5160 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9781
Basilio Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary): A critical edition of the manuscript Rinuccini 22 (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana)
Gabriele Tola
This publication is the first and long-awaited critical edition of the Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary) by the Franciscan missionary Basilio Brollo (1648–1704; Chinese name, Ye Zunxiao 葉尊孝). This publication thoroughly researches for the first time a lexicographical milestone,… read more
Linguistic Insecurities and Authorities: 19th- and 21st-century language commentary on French
Emma Humphries
This book offers two new perspectives on language attitudes and ideologies. First, it compares language commentary from two thus far relatively neglected time periods: the 19th and 21st centuries. Second, it draws on non-traditional, dialogic sources to explore not only the well-studied “expert”… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 54] 2025. xv, 262 pp.
Terminology throughout History: A discipline in the making
Edited by Kara Warburton and John Humbley
Terminology throughout History: A discipline in the making is a collection of individual contributions by leading terminology scholars from around the globe who describe historical developments of terminology as a discipline and a field of practice. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive written… read more[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 24] 2025. ix, 678 pp.
The History of Chinese Linguistics in East and West
Edited by Otto Zwartjes
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 51:1-3 (2024) vi, 385 pp.
History of Linguistics 2021: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS 15), Milan, 28 August – 1 September
Edited by Savina Raynaud, Maria Paola Tenchini and Enrica Galazzi
This volume comprises two invited talks and fifteen selected papers, chosen from over 200 submissions to the 15th International Conference on the History of Language Sciences (ICHoLS XV). Originally scheduled to be held in Milan in 2020, the conference was postponed and moved online due to the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 133] 2024. vi, 284 pp.
Missionary Grammars and Dictionaries of Chinese: The contribution of seventeenth century Spanish Dominicans
Otto Zwartjes
This monograph aims to shed light on the linguistic endeavors and educational practices employed by 17th century Spanish Dominicans in their efforts to understand and disseminate knowledge of the Chinese language during this historical period. Ample attention is dedicated to the evolution of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 131] 2024. xii, 381 pp.
Desired Language: Languages as objects of national ideology
Edited by Francesc Feliu
National linguistic ideology has been at the base of most historical processes that –whether they are complete or not – have brought us to the current reality: a world of languages that represent, with greater or lesser exactitude, the diversity – and convergences – of human groups. Various of… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 35] 2023. vi, 294 pp.
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical perspectives
Edited by Richard Smith and Tim Giesler
By adopting a historical perspective, this edited collection of papers takes a fresh look at a key concept in applied linguistics, that of innovation. A substantial introduction advocates historical re-evaluation of this notion via exploration of its rise to prominence, while the ten subsequent… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 20] 2023. x, 220 pp.
Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries
Edited by Britta Juska-Bacher, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka
Catechism primers are inconspicuous but telling little books for children combining the teaching of reading skills and religious catechesis. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, they have been produced, disseminated and used in huge numbers in many regions of the world, in particular in Europe.… read more[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 14] 2023. xix, 375 pp.
Towards an Atlas of the History of Interpreting: Voices from around the world
Edited by Lucía Ruiz Rosendo and Jesús Baigorri-Jalón
The aspiration of an Atlas is to cover the whole world, by compiling cartographical material representing territories from across the five continents. This book intends to contribute to that ideally comprehensive, yet always unfinished, Atlas with pieces gathered from all of the Earth’s regions.… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 159] 2023. vi, 310 pp.
Beyond Babel: Scholarly organizations and the study of languages and literatures
Edited by Tom Clark
The contribution that scholarly organizations make to the study of languages and literatures is a service to the value of systematically learning and using meaning—understanding that meaning operates in systems. Constructively speaking, these organizations support the teaching and research of our… read more[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 18] 2022. xv, 240 pp.
A History of the Study of the Indigenous Languages of North America
Marcin Kilarski
The languages indigenous to North America are characterized by a remarkable genetic and typological diversity. Based on the premise that linguistic examples play a key role in the origin and transmission of ideas within linguistics and across disciplines, this book examines the history of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 129] 2021. xiv, 443 pp.
Missionary Linguistics VI: Missionary Linguistics in Asia. Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Rome, 21–24 March 2018
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Paolo De Troia
This is the sixth volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by missionaries in Asia. This volume presents research into the documentation, study and description of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Tamil. It provides a selection of papers which primarily concentrate on the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 130] 2021. xii, 296 pp.
Chapters of Dependency Grammar: A historical survey from Antiquity to Tesnière
Edited by András Imrényi and Nicolas Mazziotta
Was Tesnière the founding father of dependency grammar or merely a culmination point in its long history? Leaving no doubt that the latter position is correct, Chapters of Dependency Grammar tells the story of how dependency-oriented grammatical description developed from Antiquity up to the early… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 212] 2020. v, 281 pp.
Deafness, Gesture and Sign Language in the 18th Century French Philosophy
Josef Fulka
The book represents a historical overview of the way the topic of gesture and sign language has been treated in the 18th century French philosophy. The texts treated are grouped into several categories based on the view they present of deafness and gesture. While some of those texts obviously view… read more[Gesture Studies, 8] 2020. vii, 166 pp.
History of Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, (ICHoLS 14), Paris, 28 August – 1 September
Edited by Émilie Aussant and Jean-Michel Fortis
The present book is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Paris 2017). The volume is divided thematically into three parts: I. Notions and categories, II. Representations and receptions, III. Learning, codification and the linguistic… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 127] 2020. xviii, 245 pp.
Last Papers in Linguistic Historiography
E.F.K. Koerner †
This volume brings together — in 8 chapters — what has occupied the author during his many years as editor of Historiographia Linguistica. Namely, how the history of linguistics has developed into a major field of scholarly research, and that the discussion of questions of method and epistemology… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 128] 2020. x, 214 pp.
Language Planning as Nation Building: Ideology, policy and implementation in the Netherlands, 1750–1850
Gijsbert Rutten
The decades around 1800 constitute the seminal period of European nationalism. The linguistic corollary of this was the rise of standard language ideology, from Finland to Spain, and from Iceland to the Habsburg Empire. Amidst these international events, the case of Dutch in the Netherlands offers… read more
Normativity in Language and Linguistics
Edited by Aleksi Mäkilähde, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen
This volume sets out to discuss the role of norms and normativity in both language and linguistics from a multiplicity of perspectives. These concepts are centrally important to the philosophy and methodology of linguistics, and their role and nature need to be investigated in detail. The chapters… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 209] 2019. vii, 272 pp.
A History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Sources, concepts, effects
Edited by Lieven D’hulst and Yves Gambier
A History of Modern Translation Knowledge is the first attempt to map the coming into being of modern thinking about translation. It breaks with the well-established tradition of viewing history through the reductive lens of schools, theories, turns or interdisciplinary exchanges. It also… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 142] 2018. ix, 475 pp.
Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork
Edited by Hannah Sarvasy and Diana Forker
In Word Hunters, eleven distinguished linguists reflect on their career-spanning linguistic fieldwork. Over decades, each has repeatedly stood up to physical, intellectual, interpersonal, intercultural, and sometimes political challenges in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. These… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 194] 2018. vi, 177 pp.
How to Do Philosophy with Words: Reflections on the Searle-Derrida debate
Jesús Navarro
Nowadays philosophy is characterized by such heterogeneous intellectual practices that its very unity and coherence seem endangered. What is especially disconcerting is that most authors manage to largely ignore the very existence of methodological positions radically different from their own.… read more[Controversies, 12] 2017. xviii, 225 pp.
Latin Grammars in Transition, 1200 - 1600
Edited by Anneli Luhtala and Mark E. Amsler
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 44:2/3 (2017) vi, 270 pp.
Becoming and Being an Applied Linguist: The life histories of some applied linguists
Edited by Rod Ellis
Becoming and Being an Applied Linguist contains narrative accounts of the lives of thirteen well-established applied linguists. Their professional autobiographies document the development of some of the key areas of applied linguistics – second, language acquisition, motivation, grammar,… read more[Not in series, 203] 2016. vi, 373 pp.
Constructing Languages: Norms, myths and emotions
Edited by Francesc Feliu and Josep M. Nadal
As language historians we believe that the subject of our study is neither natural languages nor idiolects which speakers have always been able to develop individually (loosely what Chomsky calls L-i), but rather the social constructions of reference shared by all speakers (basically what Chomsky… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 13] 2016. vii, 416 pp.
Grammatica, Gramadach and Gramadeg: Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and Wales
Edited by Deborah Hayden and Paul Russell
Grammatica, Gramadach, and Gramadeg : Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and Wales is concerned with the history of linguistic ideas and literary theory in the vernacular languages of medieval Ireland and Wales. While much good work, especially by Vivian Law, has been done on… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 125] 2016. xvi, 226 pp.
History of Linguistics 2014: Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XIII), Vila Real, Portugal, 25–29 August 2014
Edited by Carlos Assunção, Gonçalo Fernandes and Rolf Kemmler
This volume brings together a selection of 20 out of altogether 170 papers presented at the 13th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XIII), held at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro in Vila Real, Portugal, 25–29 August 2014. It is divided… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 126] 2016. xii, 277 pp.
New Insights in the History of Interpreting
Edited by Kayoko Takeda and Jesús Baigorri-Jalón
Who mediated intercultural exchanges in 9th-century East Asia or in early voyages to the Americas? Did the Soviets or the Americans invent simultaneous interpreting equipment? How did the US government train its first Chinese interpreters? Why is it that Taiwanese interpreters were executed for… read more
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES V): Desde el año 1861 hasta el año 1899
Miguel Ángel Esparza Torres y Hans-Josef Niederehe
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably, and most manuscript and secondary sources had never been… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 124] 2015. v, 957 pp.
Elements of Structural Syntax
Lucien Tesnière
This volume appears now finally in English, sixty years after the death of its author, Lucien Tesnière. It has been translated from the French original into German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, and now at long last into English as well. The volume contains a comprehensive approach to the syntax… read more
The Habsburg Monarchy's Many-Languaged Soul: Translating and interpreting, 1848–1918
Michaela Wolf
In the years between 1848 and 1918, the Habsburg Empire was an intensely pluricultural space that brought together numerous “nationalities” under constantly changing – and contested – linguistic regimes. The multifaceted forms of translation and interpreting, marked by national struggles and… read more
Missionary Linguistics world-wide: Theory, practice and politics
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 42:2/3 (2015) iv, 257 pp.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Late Modern English
Edited by Marina Dossena
The volume presents an innovative approach to studies in Late Modern English by giving attention to variation and change in varieties of English on both sides of the Atlantic. As new corpora become available, scholarly interests broaden their horizons to encompass varieties, the history of which… read more[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 4] 2015. vii, 221 pp.
From Paris to Nuremberg: The birth of conference interpreting
Jesús Baigorri-Jalón
Conference interpreting is a relatively young profession. Born at the dawn of the 20th century, it hastened the end of the era when diplomatic relations were dominated by a single language, and it played a critical role in the birth of a new multilingual model of diplomacy that continues to this… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 111] 2014. vii, 270 pp.
History of Linguistics 2011: Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XII), Saint Petersburg, 28 August - 2 September 2011
Edited by Vadim Kasevich, Yuri A. Kleiner and Patrick Sériot
This volume brings together a selection of papers presented at the 12th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XII) held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 28 August – 2 September 2011. It begins with contributions on 17th-century rationalist ideas and practical grammar… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 123] 2014. xviii, 221 pp.
Letters as Loot: A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch
Gijsbert Rutten and Marijke J. van der Wal
The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from… read more
Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V: Translation theories and practices. Selected papers from the Seventh International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Bremen, 28 February - 2 March 2012
Edited by Otto Zwartjes, Klaus Zimmermann and Martina Schrader-Kniffki
The object of this volume is the study of missionary translation practices which occur within a colonial context of political domination and spiritual conquest. Missionary translation becomes especially manifest in bilingual ethnographic descriptions, in (bilingual) catechisms and in the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 122] 2014. xii, 350 pp.
Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900: A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective
Edited by Gijsbert Rutten, Rik Vosters and Wim Vandenbussche
Historical sociolinguistics has successfully challenged the traditional focus on standardization in linguistic historiography. Extensive research on newly uncovered textual resources has shown the widespread variation in the written language of the past that was previously hidden or neglected. The… read more[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 3] 2014. viii, 334 pp.
Translation and the Spanish Empire in the Americas
Roberto A. Valdeón
Two are the starting points of this book. On the one hand, the use of Doña Marina/La Malinche as a symbol of the violation of the Americas by the Spanish conquerors as well as a metaphor of her treason to the Mexican people. On the other, the role of the translations of Bartolomé de las Casas’s… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 113] 2014. xii, 272 pp.
German Colour Terms: A study in their historical evolution from earliest times to the present
William Jervis Jones
This monograph provides, for the first time, a comprehensive historical analysis of German colour words from early beginnings to the present, based on data obtained from over one thousand texts.Part 1 reviews previous work in colour linguistics. Part 2 describes and documents the formation of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 119] 2013. xiv, 663 pp.
Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language: New edition of the 1993 English translation by Niels Ege
Rasmus Rask (1787–1832)
This edition constitutes a reprint of Niels Ege’s English translation of Rasmus Rask’s prize essay of 1818, which appeared as volume XXVI in the Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague in 1993. The prize essay was published in Danish in 1818. In contrast to other works by Rask, notably his… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 18] 2013. *lv , xii, 289 pp.
Nominal Classification: A history of its study from the classical period to the present
Marcin Kilarski
This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the study of gender and classifiers throughout the history of Western linguistics. Based on an analysis of over 200 genetically and typologically diverse languages, the author shows that these seemingly arbitrary and redundant categories play in… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 121] 2013. xiv, 405 pp.
On Language Diversity and Relationship from Bibliander to Adelung
George J. Metcalf
From the Renaissance onwards, European scholars began to collect and study the various languages of the Old and the New Worlds. The recognition of language diversity encouraged them to explain how differences between languages emerged, why languages kept changing, and in what language families they… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 120] 2013. viii, 181 pp.
Touching the Past: Studies in the historical sociolinguistics of ego-documents
Edited by Marijke J. van der Wal and Gijsbert Rutten
The study of ego-documents figures as a prominent theme in cutting-edge research in the Humanities. Focusing on private letters, diaries and autobiography, this volume covers a wide range of different languages and historical periods, from the sixteenth century to World War I. The volume stands out… read more[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 1] 2013. vii, 279 pp.
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES IV): Desde el año 1801 hasta el año 1860
Miguel Ángel Esparza Torres y Hans-Josef Niederehe
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It has been the purpose of BICRES I (from the early… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 118] 2012. v, 696 pp.
Robert Lowth (1710-1787): The making of his grammar and its influence
Guest-edited by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 39:1 (2012) vi, 183 pp.
Translators through History: Revised edition
Edited and directed by Jean Delisle and Judith Woodsworth
Acclaimed, when it first appeared, as a seminal work – a groundbreaking book that was both informative and highly readable – Translators through History is being released in a new edition, substantially revised and expanded by Judith Woodsworth. Translators have played a key role in intellectual… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 101] 2012. xxv, 337 pp.
History of Linguistics 2008: Selected papers from the eleventh International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XI), 28 August - 2 September 2008, Potsdam
Edited by Gerda Haßler
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Potsdam 2008) which are especially representative of the concerns of the conference and its thematic range. The reflection about language and the individual languages… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 115] 2011. xi, 468 pp.
Interpreters in Early Imperial China
Rachel Lung
This monograph examines interpreters in early imperial China and their roles in the making of archival records about foreign countries and peoples. It covers ten empirical studies on historical interpreting and discusses a range of issues, such as interpreters’ identities, ethics, non-mediating… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 96] 2011. xvii, 181 pp.
Portuguese Missionary Grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800
Otto Zwartjes
From the 16th century onwards, Europeans encountered languages in the Americas, Africa, and Asia which were radically different from any of the languages of the Old World. Missionaries were in the forefront of this encounter: in order to speak to potential converts, they needed to learn local… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 117] 2011. xiv, 359 pp.
Sprache und Metaphysik: Meister Eckharts Prädikationstheorie und ihre Auswirkung auf sein Denken
Tamar Tsopurashvili
Die vorliegende Studie zielt darauf ab, die Metaphysik Meister Eckharts auf systematische Weise darzustellen und das gemeinsame Fundament zu ermitteln, das anzeigt, dass seine spekulativen lateinischen wie auch seine von bildhaften Ausdrucksweisen geprägten deutschen Schriften inhaltlich… read more[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 52] 2011. xi, 188 pp.
Theory of Language: The representational function of language
Karl Bühler
Karl Bühler (1879–1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of the twentieth century. Although primarily a psychologist, Bühler devoted much of his attention to the study of language and language theory. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) quickly gained recognition in the fields of… read more[Not in series, 164] 2011. xcviii, 518 pp.
Words in Dictionaries and History: Essays in honour of R.W. McConchie
Edited by Olga Timofeeva and Tanja Säily
Bringing together fifteen articles by scholars in Europe and North America, this collection aims to represent and advance studies in historical lexis. It highlights the significance of the understanding of dictionary-making and language-making as important socio-cultural phenomena. With its general… read more[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 14] 2011. xvi, 292 pp.
“And he knew our language”: Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Marcus Tomalin
This ambitious and ground-breaking book examines the linguistic studies produced by missionaries based on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America (and particularly Haida Gwaii) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Making extensive use of unpublished archival materials, the… read more
Chomskyan (R)evolutions
Edited by Douglas A. Kibbee
It is not unusual for contemporary linguists to claim that “Modern Linguistics began in 1957” (with the publication of Noam Chomsky’s Syntactic Structures). Some of the essays in Chomskyan (R)evolutions examine the sources, the nature and the extent of the theoretical changes Chomsky introduced in… read more
Missionary Linguistics IV / Lingüística misionera IV: Lexicography. Selected papers from the Fifth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Mérida, Yucatán, 14-17 March 2007
Edited by Otto Zwartjes, Ramón Arzápalo Marín and Thomas C. Smith-Stark
This fourth volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on lexicography. It contains a selection of papers derived from the Fifth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics held in Mérida, Yucatán (Mexico), 14th–17th March 2007. As with the previous three volumes (2004, on general issues,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 114] 2009. vi, 340 pp.
Quot homines tot artes: New Studies in Missionary Linguistics
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and E.F.K. Koerner †
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 36:2/3 (2009) vii, 292 pp.
Limiting the Iconic: From the metatheoretical foundations to the creative possibilities of iconicity in language
Ludovic De Cuypere
Iconicity has become a popular notion in contemporary linguistic research. This book is the first to present a synthesis of the vast amount of scholarship on linguistic iconicity which has been produced in the previous decades, ranging from iconicity in phonology and morpho-syntax to the role of… read more[Iconicity in Language and Literature, 6] 2008. xiii, 286 pp.
Universal Index of Biographical Names in the Language Sciences
E.F.K. Koerner †
This alphabetical listing of more than 15,000 authors and their life-dates aims to be “universal” in the sense that it covers, as far as possible for the work of a single individual, all linguistic traditions from the earliest beginnings of reflection about the nature of language to the present.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 113] 2008. xvi, 286 pp.
History of Linguistics 2002: Selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, 27-30 August 2002, São Paulo - Campinas
Edited by Eduardo Guimarães and Diana Luz Pessoa de Barros
This volume brings together a selection of revised papers, originally presented at ICHoLS IX (São Paulo/Campinas). The papers in the first section deal with studies ranging from the Latin model in post-Renaissance grammars to new scientific propositions at the turn of the 19th century; the second… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 110] 2007. x, 242 pp.
History of Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHOLS X), 1–5 September 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Edited by Douglas A. Kibbee
As each period in the history of the language sciences has chosen to focus on different key questions, the study of that history promises to open our eyes to the variety of interesting questions that can be asked, and answered – taking off the blinders of contemporary preoccupations. September 1–5,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 112] 2007. x, 451 pp.
Missionary Linguistics III / Lingüística misionera III: Morphology and Syntax. Selected papers from the Third and Fourth International Conferences on Missionary Linguistics, Hong Kong/Macau, 12–15 March 2005, Valladolid, 8–11 March 2006
Edited by Otto Zwartjes, Gregory James and Emilio Ridruejo
This third volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on morphology and syntax. It contains a selection of papers derived from the international conferences on missionary linguistics held in Hong Kong/Macau and Valladolid. As with the previous two volumes (2004, on general issues, and 2005, on… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 111] 2007. vi, 357 pp.
New Approaches to the Study of Later Modern English
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 33:1/2 (2006) 272
Aspects of English Negation
Edited by Yoko Iyeiri
This book contains eleven carefully selected papers, all discussing negative constructions in English. The aim of this volume is to bring together empirical research into the development of English negation and analyses of syntactic variations in Present-day English negation. The first part… read more[Not in series, 132] 2005. xii, 239 pp.
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES III): Desde el año 1701 hasta el año 1800
Hans-Josef Niederehe
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It has been the purpose of BICRES I (from the early… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 108] 2005. vi, 474 pp.
Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity: A study of Priscian's sources
Anneli Luhtala
This book examines the various philosophical influences contained in the ancient description of the noun. According to the traditional view, grammar adopted its philosophical categories in the second century B.C. and continued to make use of precisely the same concepts for over six hundred years,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 107] 2005. x, 171 pp.
Missionary Linguistics II / Lingüística misionera II: Orthography and Phonology. Selected papers from the Second International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, São Paulo, 10–13 March 2004
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Cristina Altman
This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550–1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of which are only known today thanks to their… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 109] 2005. vi, 292 pp.
Essays in the History of Linguistics
E.F.K. Koerner †
The present volume follows the author's tradition of bringing together at certain intervals selections of articles which more often than not had previously been published in not easily accessible places, or which had not been published before. These papers do not typically represent mere reprints… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 104] 2004. x, 271 pp.
A History of Language Philosophies
Lia Formigari
Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on language as a cognitive tool, on its bodily roots and philogenetic role. read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 105] 2004. x, 252 pp.
Linguistica Berolinensia
Edited by Thorsten Fögen and E.F.K. Koerner †
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 31:2/3 (2004) 314 pp.
Missionary Linguistics/Lingüística misionera: Selected papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Oslo, 13–16 March 2003
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Even Hovdhaugen
When the first European missionaries arrived on other continents, it was decided that the indigenous languages would be used as the means of christianization. There emerged the need to produce grammars and dictionaries of those languages. The study of this linguistic material has so far not… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 106] 2004. vi, 288 pp.
History of Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, 14–19 September 1999, Fontenay-St.Cloud
Edited by Sylvian Auroux
This volume represents a selection of 25 out of altogether 86 papers given at the Eighth International Conference for the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS VIII), which took place at the Ecole Normale Supérieure at Fontenay-aux-Roses, near Paris, in September 1999. This conference was marked… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 99] 2003. xii, 397 pp.
From Whitney to Chomsky: Essays in the history of American linguistics
John E. Joseph
What is ‘American’ about American linguistics? Is Jakobson, who spent half his life in America, part of it? What became of Whitney’s genuinely American conception of language as a democracy? And how did developments in 20th-century American linguistics relate to broader cultural trends?This book… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 103] 2002. viii, 240 pp.
Jewish Translation History: A bibliography of bibliographies and studies
Robert Singerman
A classified bibliographic resource for tracing the history of Jewish translation activity from the Middle Ages to the present day, providing the researcher with over a thousand entries devoted solely to the Jewish role in the east-to-west transmission of Greek and Arab learning and science into… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 44] 2002. xxxvi, 420 pp.
The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century. Volume 1: Philosophy of science, syntax and semantics
Edited by Bruce E. Nevin
Zellig Harris opened many lines of research in language, information, and culture, from generative grammar to informatics, from mathematics to language pedagogy. An international array of scholars here describe further developments and relate this work to that of others. Volume 1 begins with a… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 228] 2002. xxxv, 323 pp.
The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century. Volume 2: Mathematics and computability of language
Edited by Bruce E. Nevin and Stephen B. Johnson
Zellig Harris had a profound influence in formal systems and applied mathematics, in demonstrations of the computability of language, and in informatics. Volume 2 begins with a commentary by André Lentin on Harris's grounding in constructivist, intuitionist mathematics, drawing a parallel between… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 229] 2002. xix, 312 pp.
The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century. 2 Volumes (set)
Edited by Bruce E. Nevin and Stephen B. Johnson
Zellig Harris opened many lines of research in language, information, and culture. In these two volumes an international array of scholars describe Harris’s work, further developments, and relate this work to that of others.Volume 1 focuses on the importance of Harris’s work in the philosophy of… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 228-229] 2002. xxxvi, 323 pp. & xx, 312 pp.
The Mirror of Grammar: Theology, philosophy and the Modistae
L.G. Kelly
Much is known about the grammar of the modistae and about its eclipse; this book sets out to trace its rise. In the late eleventh century grammar became an analytical rather than an exegetical discipline under the impetus of the new theology. Under the impetus of Arab learning the ancient sciences… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 101] 2002. x, 236 pp.
200 Years of Syntax: A critical survey
Giorgio Graffi
This book argues convincingly against the widespread opinion that very few syntactic studies were carried out before the 1950s. Relying on the detailed analysis of a large amount of original sources, it shows that syntactic matters were in fact carefully investigated throughout both the 19th… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 98] 2001. xiv, 551 pp.
History of Linguistics in Spain/Historia de la Lingüística en España: Volume II
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner † and Hans-Josef Niederehe
The contributions in this volume, a sequel to the volume published in 1986 (SiHoLS 34), treat many aspects of the history of the language sciences in Spain and in Hibero-America, from the Renaissance and ‘Siglo de Oro’ to the 20th century. Most papers were published in the journal Historiographia… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 100] 2001. xxii, 463 pp.
Language and Ideology: Volume 1: theoretical cognitive approaches
Edited by René Dirven †, Bruce Hawkins and Esra Sandikcioglu
Together with its sister volume on Descriptive Cognitive Approaches, this volume explores the contribution which cognitive linguistics can make to the identification and analysis of overt and hidden ideologies. As a theory of language which sees language as the accumulation of the conventionalised… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 204] 2001. vi, 301 pp.
Towards a History of Linguistics in Poland: From the early beginnings to the end of the 20th century
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner † and Aleksander Szwedek
Apart from the names of Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845–1929), Mikołaj Kruszewski (1851–1887), and, later, Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895–1978), Polish linguists and Polish linguistics generally have been little known in the West. The first two were mentioned with approval by Saussure in an unpublished… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 102] 2001. xxii, 335 pp.
Early Years in Machine Translation: Memoirs and biographies of pioneers
Edited by John W. Hutchins
Machine translation (MT) was one of the first non-numerical applications of the computer in the 1950s and 1960s. With limited equipment and programming tools, researchers from a wide range of disciplines (electronics, linguistics, mathematics, engineering, etc.) tackled the unknown problems of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 97] 2000. xii, 400 pp.
Entmachtung der Zeichen?: Augustin über Sprache
Klaus Kahnert
This volume presents the first book-length study of Augustine’s philosophy of language. Taking as its theme the relation of language and thought, it highlights the tension in Augustine’s philosophy between a pointed epistemological devaluation of language and a profound consciousness of its… read more[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 29] 2000. x, 271 pp.
Explorations in Linguistic Relativity
Edited by Martin Pütz and Marjolijn H. Verspoor
About a century after the year Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) was born, his theory complex is still the object of keen interest to linguists. Rencently, scholars have argued that it was not his theory complex itself, but an over-simplified, reduced section taken out of context that has become known… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 199] 2000. xvi, 369 pp.
Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703): An English translation of ‘Arte de la lengua Mandarina’. With an Introduction by Sandra Breitenbach
W. South Coblin and Joseph A. Levi
Francisco Varo’s Arte de la Lengua Mandarina, completed ca. 1680, is the earliest published grammar of any spoken form of Chinese and the fullest known description of the standard language of the seventeenth century. It establishes beyond doubt that this “Language of the Mandarins” was not… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 93] 2000. liv, 282 pp.
Functional Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition: Papers in honor of Sydney M. Lamb
Edited by David G. Lockwood, Peter H. Fries and James E. Copeland
This volume contains functional approaches to the description of language and culture, and language and cultural change. The approaches taken by the authors range from cognitive approaches including Stratificational grammar to more socially oriented ones including Systemic Functional linguistics.… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 163] 2000. xxxiv, 656 pp.
Historiographia Linguistica 1973–1998: Indexes to Volumes I–XXV
Compiled by E.F.K. Koerner †
This index provides an important and useful tool to access the contents of the 25 volumes of Historiographia Linguistica that have appeared in print from the journals foundation in 1973 until 1998. The index consists of four parts. Part I offers the complete tables of contents of all issues; Part… read more[Historiographia Linguistica, 27:IND] 2000. x, 230 pp.
History and Perspectives of Language Study: Papers in honor of Ranko Bugarski. .
Edited by Olga Mišeska Tomić and Milorad Radovanović
Each of the contributions in this volume expresses in some way the hope that it is possible to achieve an integrity of linguistics, understood as a science of man, in its psychological, sociological, pragmatic and cultural context. The first section focuses on the history of language study, the… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 186] 2000. xxi, 305 pp.
Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic naturalism and its opposites in Plato's Cratylus and modern theories of language
John E. Joseph
The idea that some aspects of language are ‘natural’, while others are arbitrary, artificial or derived, runs all through modern linguistics, from Chomsky’s GB theory and Minimalist program and his concept of E- and I-language, to Greenberg’s search for linguistic universals, Pinker’s views on… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 96] 2000. x, 224 pp.
Sprache und Dialektik in der Aristotelischen Philosophie
Rudolf Rehn
Entgegen der Ansicht, Aristoteles sei als Sprachphilosoph und -wissenschaftler “nur sehr wenig über Platon hinausgekommen” (H. Arens, R. Haller u.a.), will die vorliegende Untersuchung zeigen, daß Aristoteles einen tiefgreifenden Einschnitt in der Entwicklung der Sprachwissenschaft und -philosophie… read more[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 31] 2000. xii, 357 pp.
Bibliografía Nebrisense: Las obras completas del humanista Antonio de Nebrija desde 1481 hasta nuestros días
Miguel Ángel Esparza Torres and Hans-Josef Niederehe
The Spanish humanist Antonio de Nebrija (1444-1522) is the author of an impressive body of scientific work which comprises a broad spectrum of humanistic knowledge. While the languages dealt with by Nebrija include not only Latin and Spanish, but the most prominent Romance languages, his… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 90] 1999. vi, 374 pp.
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES II): Desde el año 1601 hasta el año 1700
Hans-Josef Niederehe
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza, (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It has been the purpose of BICRES I (from the beginnings… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 91] 1999. vi, 472 pp.
The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. Volume 1: Historiographical perspectives
Edited by Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe
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… read more[Not in series, EMLS 1] 1999. lvi, 310 pp.
The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. Volume 2: Methodological perspectives and applications
Edited by Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe
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… read more[Not in series, EMLS 2] 1999. lvi, 335 pp.
History of Interpreting
Edited by Ingrid Kurz and Margareta Bowen
Highlights two of the earliest milestones in simultaneous interpreting (the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials) focusing on conference interpreting, interpreter training, the organization of the profession, court interpreting, and community interpreting. read moreSpecial issue of Interpreting 4:1 (1999)
History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 1: Traditions in Linguistics Worldwide
Edited by David Cram, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak
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… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 94] 1999. xx, 341 pp.
History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 2: From Classical to Contemporary Linguistics
Edited by David Cram, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak
This volume contains papers on linguistic historiography ranging chronologically from ancient Greece to the present, and covering philosophical, social and political aspects of language as well as the study of grammar in the narrow sense. The work opens with the report on a round-table discussion… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 95] 1999. xx, 390 pp.
Images of Language: Six essays on German attitudes to European languages from 1500 to 1800
William Jervis Jones
This volume consists of six essays on interrelated themes, focusing on key aspects of language reflection during the period 1500-1800, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century. German speakers are seen attempting to discover and define the nature of adjacent languages, whilst also… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 89] 1999. x, 299 pp.
Linguistic Historiography: Projects & prospects
E.F.K. Koerner †
The present volume brings together the author's most recent thinking on the tasks and methods of linguistic historiography and his critical assessment of the legacy of a number of major 20th-century scholars. Some of the chapters are revisions of previously published articles, which together with… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 92] 1999. x, 236 pp.
Abhandlung über die bedeutsamen Verhaltensweisen der Sprache. [Tractatus de Modis significandi.]: Aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt und eingeleitet von Stephan Grotz
Thomas von Erfurt und Stephan Grotz
Der lange dem Duns Scotus zugeschriebene Traktat des Thomas von Erfurt wird hier erstmals in einer deutschen Übersetzung vorgestellt. Er gilt als der abschließende Höhepunkt der spekulativen Grammatik, einer der gewichtigsten Ausformungen der spätmittelalterlichen Sprachtheorie. Von Bedeutung… read more[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 27] 1998. liv, 116 pp.
American Sociolinguistics: Theorists and theory groups
Stephen O. Murray
This is a revised version of Theory Groups and the Study of Language in North America (1994), the post-World-War-II history of the emergence of sociolinguistics in North America that was described in Language in Society as “a heady combination of detailed scholarship, mordant wit, and sustained… read more[Not in series, 86] 1998. x, 339 pp.
And Along Came Boas: Continuity and revolution in Americanist anthropology
Regna Darnell
The advent of Franz Boas on the North American scene irrevocably redirected the course of Americanist anthropology. This volume documents the revolutionary character of the theoretical and methodological standpoint introduced by Boas and his first generation of students, among whom linguist Edward… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 86] 1998. xviii, 333 pp.
An Annotated Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century Grammars of English
Manfred Görlach †
In the 19th century, education became accessible to much wider circles of society in a great number and variety of schools and the teaching of grammar came to be obligatory from 1870/72 with the advent of general education. Whereas these general trends of the 19th century are well-known to scholars… read more[Library and Information Sources in Linguistics, 26] 1998. ix, 395 pp.
Die Grenzen der Sprache: Sprachimmanenz – Sprachtranszendenz
Herausgegeben von Christoph Asmuth, Friedrich Glauner und Burkhard Mojsisch
Der vorliegende Sammelband widmet sich einem Thema der Sprachphilosophie: den Grenzen der Sprache. Die Begrenztheit des Sprechens, das Versagen der Sprache und das Schweigen sind Bereiche, denen das Interesse dieses Buches gilt. Groß e Bedeutung gewinnt deshalb die Frage, in welchem Sinne und ob… read more[Not in series - Grüner, 143] 1998. ix, 406 pp.
First Person Singular III: Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †
This sequel to the First Person Singular volumes published in 1980 and 1991, respectively (SiHoLS 21 and 61) presents autobiographical accounts by major North American linguists. This material provides an important primary source for the history and development of the discipline during the 20th… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 88] 1998. x, 267 pp.
History of Linguistics in Poland
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 25:1/2 (1998)
The Virtues of Language: History in language, linguistics and texts. Papers in memory of Thomas Frank
Edited by Dieter Stein and Rosanna Sornicola
The volume contains 13 specially written specialist articles on a wide range of subjects within the ambit of the history of the English language and prominent literary uses of it. In uniting linguistic and literary pursuits in a single volume, it follows the noble Neapolitan scholars research… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 87] 1998. viii, 232 pp.
The Emergence of Semantics in Four Linguistic Traditions: Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic
Wout J. van Bekkum, Jan Houben, Ineke Sluiter and Kees Versteegh
The aim of this study is a comparative analysis of the role of semantics in the linguistic theory of four grammatical traditions, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic. If one compares the organization of linguistic theory in various grammatical traditions, it soon turns out that there are marked… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 82] 1997. ix, 322 pp.
The Noblest Animate Motion: Speech, physiology and medicine in pre-Cartesian linguistic thought
Jeffrey Wollock
The body of theory on speech production and speech disorder developed prior to Descartes has been so neglected by historians that its very existence is practically unknown today. Yet it provides a framework for understanding the speech process which is not only comprehensive and coherent, but of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 83] 1997. l, 462 pp.
De Lingua Latina X: A new critical text and English translation with prolegomena and commentary
Daniel J. Taylor
De Lingua Latina X has never been so courageously edited nor so daringly translated as in this long-awaited sequel to Taylors Declinatio (SiHoLS 2). The editors intimate familiarity with both the extant archetype and Varros unique linguistic theory and practice make this volume indispensable for… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 85] 1996. x, 205 pp.
Language and Society in Early Modern England: Selected essays 1982–1994
Vivian Salmon
This volume brings together twelve previously published essays, divided into three sections: 1. Surveys of 16th- and 17th-Century Linguistic Scholarship, 2. The Study of Universal and Particular Traits of Language, and 3. Language Learning and Language Instruction. The volume is completed by an… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 77] 1996. viii, 276 pp.
Language, Action and Context: The early history of pragmatics in Europe and America 1780–1930
Brigitte Nerlich and David D. Clarke
The roots of pragmatics reach back to Antiquity, especially to rhetoric as one of the three liberal arts. However, until the end of the 18th century proto-pragmatic insights tended to be consigned to the pragmatic, that is rhetoric, wastepaper basket and thus excluded from serious philosophical… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 80] 1996. xiv, 497 pp.
Prague Linguistic Circle Papers: Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague nouvelle série. Volume 2
Edited by Eva Hajičová, Oldřich Leška †, Petr Sgall and Zdena Skoumalová
Volume 2 of the Prague Linguistic Circle Papers constitutes a single whole together with Vol. 1 of the series, reviving the classical series of Travaux du Cercle linguistique de Prague which was of great importance for the development of European structural linguistics in the 1930s. In the present… read more[Prague Linguistic Circle Papers / Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague N.S., 2] 1996. viii, 346 pp.
The Whorf Theory Complex: A critical reconstruction
Penny Lee
At last — a comprehensive account of the ideas of Benjamin Lee Whorf which not only explains the nature and logic of the linguistic relativity principle but also situates it within a larger ‘theory complex’ delineated in fascinating detail. Whorf’s almost unknown unpublished writings (as well as… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 81] 1996. xix, 324 pp.
Contemporary Research in Romance Linguistics: Papers from the XXII Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, El Paso/Juárez, February 22–24, 1992
Edited by Jon Amastae, Grant Goodall, M. Montalbetti and M. Phinney
This volume contains 23 papers selected from those presented at the 22nd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages. The papers address issues in phonology, morphology, syntax/semantics from contemporary theoretical perspectives. In addition, in keeping with the symposium's US-Mexico location and… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 123] 1995. viii, 381 pp.
The Explanation of Linguistic Causes: Az-Zağğāğī's Theory of Grammar. Introduction, translation, commentary
Kees Versteegh
The ultimate aim of every linguistic tradition is to go beyond the purely descriptive level and seek an explanation for linguistic phenomena. Traditions differ, however, with regard to the class of linguistic phenomena they wish to explain and the framework in which they define their explanation.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 75] 1995. xvi, 310 pp.
Historical Roots of Linguistic Theories
Edited by Lia Formigari and Daniele Gambarara
Most of the papers collected in this volume concentrate on the history of linguistic ideas in France and Italy in the modern period (from the Renaissance to the present day). Some of them are specifically focused on the links between the two traditions of reflection on language. The contributions… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 74] 1995. viii, 309 pp.
Iconicity in Language
Edited by Raffaele Simone
Several current linguistic approaches converge in rejecting the wide-spread idea that language is an autonomous system, i.e. that it is structured independently from the outside world and the natural equipment of language users. Around the world, semiotically biased linguistics (functionalism,… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 110] 1995. xii, 315 pp.
Professing Linguistic Historiography
E.F.K. Koerner †
The volume brings together recent papers by the author, selected to form a broad picture of his teachings, all of them revised and updated, either addressing particular topics in the Histor(iograph)y of Linguistics (Part I) or offering historical accounts of linguistic subfields (Part II), in… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 79] 1995. viii, 274 pp.
Translators through History
Edited and directed by Jean Delisle and Judith Woodsworth
In AD 629, a Chinese monk named Xuan Zang set out for India on a quest for sacred texts. He returned with a caravan of twenty-two horses bearing Buddhist treasures and spent the last twenty years of his life in the “Great Wild Goose Pagoda”, in present-day Xi’an, translating the Sanskrit… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 13] 1995. xvi, 345 pp.
Writings in General Linguistics: On Sound Alternation (1881) and Outline of Linguistic Science (1883)
Mikołaj Kruszewski (1851–1887)
This volume brings together the most important general linguistic writings by Mikołay Kruszewski (1851-1887), whom Roman Jakobson described as “one of the greatest theoreticians of language among the world linguists of the late nineteenth century”. Apart from reissuing a revised version of the late… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 11] 1995. xl, 188 pp.
Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache: New edition
Wilhelm Scherer (1841–1886)
Wilhelm Scherer (1841-1886) has gained wide recognition for his extraordinary accomplishments in linguistics as well as in literary studies.His first and most important contribution to the development of linguistic science was his monumental work of 508 pages Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache,… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 16] 1995. lxii, 492 pp.
'Geschichtszahlen der Phonetik' (1941), together with 'Quellenatlas der Phonetik' (1940): New edition
Giulio Panconcelli-Calzia (1878–1966)
In this volume two monographs are reprinted in their entirety; these texts by the most distinguished phonetician of the first half of this century, Giulio Panconcelli-Calzia (1878-1966), are even today still the most comprehensive accounts of the 3000-year history of the study of sound by humans.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 16] 1994. xxxviii, 174 pp.
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES): Desde los principios hasta el año 1600
Hans-Josef Niederehe
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología castellana by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza, (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It is the purpose of the present bibliography… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 76] 1994. vi, 457 pp.
On the History of Grammar among the Arabs
Ignaz Goldziher
This essay was written in 1878 by I. Goldziher, who is considered one of the founders and greatest masters of Islamic studies in Europe. He examines the origin and early history of Arabic grammar and some features of its later development with special regard to the cultural historical apsects of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 73] 1994. xx, 153 pp.
A Paradigm Lost: The linguistic thought of Mikołaj Kruszewski
Joanna Radwańska-Williams
The general theory of language of Mikołaj Kruszweski (1851-1887) is, this book argues, a “lost paradigm” in the history of linguistics. The concept of 'paradigm' is understood in a broadly construed Kuhnian sense, and its applicability to linguistics as a science is examined. It is argued that… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 72] 1994. xii, 200 pp.
Reader in the History of Aphasia: From Franz Gall to Norman Geschwind
Edited by Paul Eling
The study of language and the brain is heavily dependent on the work of the early aphasiologists, and those wanting to get acquainted with the discipline will come across frequent references to these classic authors. This collection brings together seminal publications by 19th- and 20th-century… read more[Classics in Psycholinguistics, 4] 1994. xvi, 392 pp.
Theory Groups and the Study of Language in North America: A social history
Stephen O. Murray
Based on extensive archival research, interviews, and participant observation over the course of two decades, Theory Groups in the Study of Language in North America provides a detailed social history of traditions and “revolutionary” challenges to traditions within North American linguistics,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 69] 1994. xx, 598 pp.
History of Linguistic Thought in the Early Middle Ages
Edited by Vivien A. Law
Surveys of linguistics in the Middle Ages often begin with the twelfth century, dismissing the preceding six centuries as 'devoid of originality' or 'dependent upon Donatus and Priscian'. This collection of articles devoted to linguistics in the early Middle Ages attempts to redress the balance by… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 71] 1993. viii, 255 pp.
Signs, Science and Politics: Philosophies of language in Europe 1700–1830
Lia Formigari
This book tells the story of how 18th-century European philosophy used Locke's theory of signs to build a natural history of speech and to investigate the semiotic tools with which nature and civil society can be controlled. The story ends at the point where this approach to language sciences was… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 70] 1993. x, 218 pp.
Studies in Functional Stylistics
Edited by Jan Chloupek and Jiří Nekvapil
The 15 contributions in the present collection can be divided roughly into three groups: (1) Papers directly following up functional stylistics and the theory of language culture, elaborated in the classical period of the Prague Linguistic School. (2) Papers concerning the problems of style in a… read more[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe, 36] 1993. 293 pp.
Diversions of Galway: Papers on the history of linguistics from ICHoLS V
Edited by Anders Ahlqvist
This volume contains a selection of papers from the Fifth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, dealing with subjects ranging from the classical period till the 20th century.read more
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 68] 1992. xxviii, 384 pp.
The History of Linguistics in the Low Countries
Edited by Jan Noordegraaf, Kees Versteegh and E.F.K. Koerner †
The importance of the Low Countries as a centre for the study of foreign languages is well-known. The mutual relationship between the Dutch grammatical tradition and the Western European context has, however, been largely neglected. In this collection of papers on the history of linguistics in the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 64] 1992. vi, 400 pp. + ills.
John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics
Edited by Joseph L. Subbiondo
In this reader, 19 articles have been collected that bring out the central position of John Wilkins and his Essay Toward a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668) in the history of ideas in 17th-century Britain.read more
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 67] 1992. xvi, 374 pp.
Language and Earth: Elective affinities between the emerging sciences of linguistics and geology
Edited by Bernd Naumann, Frans Plank and Gottfried Hofbauer
In former times, the study of language was rarely pursued in isolation, and many of the other intellectual concerns that used to be intertwined with language study have long been on the record of historians of linguistics. The present volume is the first to probe into an association of linguistics… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 66] 1992. xvi, 445 pp.
Prehistory, History and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory: Papers in honor of Oswald Szemerényi I
Edited by Bela Brogyanyi
This collection of papers deals primarily with topics in general linguistics, including history of linguistic science. The volume is divided in 5 parts: I. Origin and Prehistory of Language, II. Historiography of Linguistics, III. Phonology and Phonetic Change, IV. Morphology and Syntax, and V.… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 64] 1992. x, 407 pp.
Semantic Theories in Europe, 1830–1930: From etymology to contextuality
Brigitte Nerlich
It is widely believed by historians of linguistics that the 19th-century was largely devoted to historical and comparative studies, with the main emphasis on the discovery of soundlaws. Syntax is typically portrayed as a mere sideline of these studies, while semantics is seldom even mentioned. If… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 59] 1992. xi, 359 pp.
Studies out in Left Field: Defamatory essays presented to James D. McCawley on his 33rd or 34th birthday. Reprint of the original edition
Edited by Arnold M. Zwicky, Peter H. Salus, Robert I. Binnick and Anthony L. Vanek
Transformational Grammar’s Underground Classic!Back in Print in the Nick of Time!(Just as the photocopies were getting too fuzzy to read!)Here is the complete and unexpurgated version of the legendary lost classic of porno- and scatolinguistic theory. Included are the seminal writings of Quang Phuc… read more[Not in series, 63] 1992. xxiv, 200 pp.
Thirty Years of Linguistic Evolution: Studies in honour of René Dirven on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Edited by Martin Pütz
For this volume, 30 well-known linguistics and researcher in related fields were invited to present an overview of their most important insights and theories as these have evolved over the past 30 years. Against the background of work done in other areas of study, the contributors reflect on the… read more[Not in series, 61] 1992. xl, 632 pp.
A Dictionary of English Normative Grammar 1700–1800 (DENG)
Bertil Sundby, Anne Kari Bjørge and Kari E. Haugland
Eighteenth-century English grammarians plead eloquently for purity, precision and perspicuity, but their method of teaching largely amounts to citing examples of impurity, imprecision and lack of clarity from contemporary writings. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed systematic… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 63] 1991. x, 486 pp.
English Traditional Grammars: An international perspective
Edited by Gerhard Leitner
Until recently grammars of English have received surprisingly little scholarly attention, while a lot of research is done on dictionaries. It appears, however, that learners of English shy away from modern grammars and prefer to consult dictionaries or traditional reference grammars instead. This… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 62] 1991. x, 392 pp.
First Person Singular II: Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †
This sequel to First Person Singular (1980) presents autobiographical sketches of 15 eminent scholars in the language sciences. These personal reminiscences on their careers in linguistics reflect developments in the field over the past decades and shed light on the role each of them played and the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 61] 1991. x, 303 pp.
For to Speke Frenche Trewely: The French language in England, 1000–1600. Its status, description and instruction
Douglas A. Kibbee
The first grammatical descriptions of the French language were produced in England, several centuries before the first grammar written in French (but also several centuries after the Norman Conquest). This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 60] 1991. viii, 268 pp.
Universal History of Linguistics: India, China, Arabia, Europe
Esa Itkonen
This wide-ranging book presents the linguistic achievements of four major cultures to readers presumably conversant with modern theoretical linguistics. The chapter on India discusses in detail Pāṇini's (c. 400 B.C.) grammar Ast-adhy-ay-i as well as the work of his commentators Kātyāyana,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 65] 1991. x, 368 pp.
Untersuchungen über die Grundfragen des Sprachlebens: Reprint from the 1885 edition
Philipp Wegener (1848–1916)
Newly edited by Konrad Koerner (University of Ottawa), with an introduction by Clemens Knobloch (Universitat Siegen)The importance of Wegener's Untersuchungen uber die Grundfragen des Sprachlebens can only be compared to that of Karl Buhler's Sprachtheorie. Even now, however, Wegener's work remains… read more[Classics in Psycholinguistics, 5] 1991. lii, viii, 214 pp.
The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604–1755
De Witt T. Starnes and Gertrude E. Noyes
This study by Starnes and Noyes was immediately recognized as a unique and pioneering work of scholarship and has long been the standard work on the emergence and early flowering of English lexicography. Within the last 20 years we have been witnessing a remarkable scholarly interest in the study… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 57] 1991. cxii, xxii, 299 pp.
Charles S. Peirce, 1839–1914: An intellectual biography
Gérard Deledalle
This work is the intellectual biography of the greatest of American philosophers. Peirce was not only a pioneer in logic and the creator of a philosophical movement pragmatism he also proposed a phenomenological theory, quite different from that of Husserl, but equal in profundity; and long before… read more[Not in series, 42] 1990. xxxii, 92 pp.
De Ortu Grammaticae: Studies in medieval grammar and linguistic theory in memory of Jan Pinborg
Edited by Geoffrey L. Bursill-Hall, Sten Ebbesen and E.F.K. Koerner †
The Danish scholar Jan Pinborg (1937-1982) made outstanding contributions to our understanding of medieval language study. The papers in this volume clearly demonstrate the wealth of Pinborg's scholarly interests and the extent of his influence.Though centered on medieval theories of grammar and… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 43] 1990. x, 372 pp.
Early Arabic Grammatical Theory: Heterogeneity and standardization
Jonathan Owens
The Arabic grammatical tradition is remarkable for having organized a large amount of descriptive material within a sophisticated formal framework. The present study seeks to elucidate the early development of this system from a theory-internal perspective; it is mainly concerned with the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 53] 1990. xvi, 294 pp.
Essays on Significs: Papers presented on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Victoria Lady Welby (1837–1912)
Edited by H. Walter Schmitz
Significs is one of those (by no means exclusively) sign theoretically relevant movements which arose at the turn of the century. It established a philosophical tradition which, from its very inception, was interlaced with widely varying movements ranging, for example, from Breal's semantics to… read more[Foundations of Semiotics, 23] 1990. xv, 313 pp.
The Grimm Brothers and the Germanic Past
Edited by Elmer H. Antonsen, James W. Marchand and Ladislav Zgusta
The pioneering work of Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm in the areas of Germanic comparative and historical linguistics, lexicography, philology, and medieval studies places them squarely among the most important figures in the history of the language sciences. The contributions to this volume present… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 54] 1990. x, 162 pp.
History and Historiography of Linguistics: Proceedings of the fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987. 2 Volumes. 2 Volumes (set)
Edited by Hans-Josef Niederehe and E.F.K. Koerner †
This wide-ranging volume brings together a selection of papers dealing with the history of linguistics from Antiquity to the present and from various areas of the world. The volume is divided into nine sections and includes an index of names and an index of subjects. I. Generalia: Sylvain Auroux,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 51:S] 1990. xxv, x, 873 pp.
History and Historiography of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987. Volume 1: Antiquitity–17th Century
Edited by Hans-Josef Niederehe and E.F.K. Koerner †
These two volume present papers from the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), held at the University of Trier, Germany, in August 1987. Volume 1 contains the following sections: I. Generalia; II. Antiquity; III. Arabic Linguistics; IV. Middle Ages; V.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 51:1] 1990. xxv, 396 pp.
History and Historiography of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987. Volume 2: 18th–20th Century
Edited by Hans-Josef Niederehe and E.F.K. Koerner †
These two volume present papers from the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), held at the University of Trier, Germany, in August 1987. Volume 1 contains the following sections: I. Generalia; II. Antiquity; III. Arabic Linguistics; IV. Middle Ages; V.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 51:2] 1990. x, 397-873 pp.
Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism: Proceedings of the international conference, Rome, 25–28 September 1986
Edited by Tullio De Mauro † and Lia Formigari
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… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 49] 1990. vii, 329 pp.
A Life for Language: A biographical memoir of Leonard Bloomfield
Robert A. Hall, Jr.
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was one of the greatest linguists of the twentieth century. He devoted his entire life to a thorough-going study of language, its structure and its use, summed up in masterly fashion in his book Language (1933). After his premature death at the age of 62, his work was… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 55] 1990. x, 129 pp.
North American Contributions to the History of Linguistics
Edited by Francis P. Dinneen, S.J. and E.F.K. Koerner †
This volume unites papers given by members of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS) at meetings held in Washington, D.C., in March and December 1989, respectively. They represent the scope and breadth of interest of North American scholars in this growing… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 58] 1990. xii, 238 pp.
Peter of Spain: Language in Dispute. An English translation of Peter of Spain's Tractatus called afterwards Summulae Logicales, based on the critical edition by L.M. de Rijk
Francis P. Dinneen, S.J.
This volume presents an English translation of Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis’ (d. 1277) Tractatus — called afterwards Summulae Logicales — on the basis of the critical edition established by L. M. de Rijk (1972). The Summulae’s first part (I-V) introduces Aristotelian ideas familiar enough at the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 39] 1990. xl, 271 pp.
Studies in the History of Arabic Grammar II: Proceedings of the second symposium on the history of Arabic grammar, Nijmegen, 27 April–1 May, 1987
Edited by Kees Versteegh and Michael G. Carter
This volume presents papers given at the second Symposium on the History of Arabic Grammar (Nijmegen, 1987). The subject has many aspects and invites many different approaches, which might roughly be categorized into three main groupings, viz. treatments of individual grammarians, examinations of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 56] 1990. x, 320 pp.
Etymology and Grammatical Discourse in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Mark E. Amsler
This study focuses on the uses of the grammatical concept of etymologia in primarily Latin writings from the early Middle Ages. Etymologia is a fundamental procedure and discursive strategy in the philosophy and analysis of language in early medieval Latin grammar, as well as in Biblical exegesis,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 44] 1989. xi, 280 pp.
On the Medieval Theory of Signs
Edited by Umberto Eco and Costantino Marmo
In the course of the long debate on the nature and the classification of signs, from Boethius to Ockham, there are at least three lines of thought: the Stoic heritage, that influences Augustine, Abelard, Francis Bacon; the Aristotelian tradition, stemming from the commentaries on De… read more[Foundations of Semiotics, 21] 1989. ix, 224 pp.
Otto Jespersen: Facets of his Life and Work
Edited by Arne Juul and Hans Frede Nielsen †
This is the first book to give a comprehensive view of the work of Otto Jespersen (1860-1943), the Danish linguist who is perhaps best known for his monumental work A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles. The articles in this volume show the wide range of Jespersen's interests and… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 52] 1989. xviii, 154 pp.
Practicing Linguistic Historiography
E.F.K. Koerner †
This collection contains 24 articles on the history of linguistics written between 1978 and 1988, divided into three parts: 1. Methods and Models in Linguistic Historiography 2. Tradition and Transmission of Linguistic Notions 3. Schools and Scholars in the History of Linguistics Three articles are… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 50] 1989. xiv, 455 pp.
Semiotics and Pragmatics: Proceedings of the Perpignan Symposium, 1983
Edited by Gérard Deledalle
This collective volume contains carefully selected papers presented at the international semiotics conference ‘Semiotique et pragmatique’ that took place in Perpignan on 17 to 19 November, 1983. The volume starts of with four debate papers by Searle, Apel, Greimas and Landowski, and is followed… read more[Foundations of Semiotics, 18] 1989. xii, 467 pp.
The Foundations of Grammar: An introduction to medieval Arabic grammatical theory
Jonathan Owens
The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the great traditions in the history of linguistics, yet it is also one that is comparatively unknown to modern western linguistics. The purpose of the present book is to provide an introduction to this grammatical tradition not merely by summarizing it,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 45] 1988. xii, 371 pp.
Karl Bühler's Theory of Language/Karl Bühlers Sprachtheorie: Proceedings of the Conference held at Kirchberg, August 26, 1984 and Essen, November 21–24, 1984
Edited by Achim Eschbach
This volume contains selected proceedings of the conferences held at Kirchberg, August 26, 1984 and Essen, November 21–24, 1984 devoted to Karl Bühler's Theory of Language. Both conferences took place exactly fifty years after the publication of Bühler's masterpiece. However, it was felt necessary… read more[Viennese Heritage/Wiener Erbe, 2] 1988. xxxi, 433 pp.
Language and Experience in 17th-Century British Philosophy
Lia Formigari
The focus of this volume is the crisis of the traditional view of the relationship between words and things and the emergence of linguistic arbitrarism in 17th-century British philosophy. Different groups of sources are explored: philological and antiquarian writings, pedagogical treatises, debates… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 48] 1988. viii, 178 pp.
Old and Middle English Language Studies: A classified bibliography 1923–1985
Compiled by Matsuji Tajima
Since the publication of Kennedy's monumental Bibliography of Writings on the English Language, no bibliography has systematically surveyed the Old and Middle English scholarship accumulated over the past 60 years. Tajima's work aims to meet the need for an updated bibliography of Old and Middle… read more[Library and Information Sources in Linguistics, 13] 1988. xxxii, 391 pp.
The Study of Language in 17th-Century England: Second Edition
Vivian Salmon
This volume brings together a number of papers by Vivian Salmon, previously published in various journals and collections that are unfamiliar, and perhaps even inaccessible, to historians of the study of language. The central theme of the volume is the study of language in England in the 17th… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 17] 1988. x, 218 pp.
Topics in Cognitive Linguistics
Edited by Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn
This volume presents new developments in cognitive grammar and explores its descriptive and explanatory potential with respect to a wide range of language phenomena. These include the formation and use of locationals, causative constructions, adjectival and nominal expressions of oriented space,… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 50] 1988. x, 704 pp.
Charles S. Peirce, phénoménologue et sémioticien
Gérard Deledalle
Le présent ouvrage est la première introduction française à une lecture systématique de Peirce. Par une reconstruction chronologique qui tente à supprimer quelques-uns des pseudo-problèmes que l’édition thématique des écrits de Peirce ont soulevés, cet ouvrage tente à donner une idée aussi exacte… read more[Foundations of Semiotics, 14] 1987. ix, 114 pp.
The History of Linguistics in the Classical Period
Edited by Daniel J. Taylor
The study of Greek and Roman language science has figured prominently in the remarkable renascence of interest in the history of linguistics of the last twenty years. We know more now than we did several decades ago about what the Greeks and Romans were thinking, writing, and doing in matters… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 46] 1987. xii, 298 pp.
Leonard Bloomfield: Essays on his life & work
Edited by Robert A. Hall, Jr.
These essays were brought together to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bloomfield (1887–1949), one of the most outstanding and influential linguists of the twentieth century. The contributions have been grouped in three sections according to their relevance to his work,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 47] 1987. x, 237 pp.
Linguistics and Pseudo-Linguistics
Robert A. Hall, Jr.
The doctrines of transformational-generative grammar (as promulgated in 1957, with frequent later emendations) have on occasion been criticised, sometimes severely. Such criticism have, however, appeared mostly in article-form, and mostly in relatively inaccessible places. Discussions in bookform… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 55] 1987. vii, 147 pp.
Papers in the History of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS III), Princeton, 19–23 August 1984
Edited by Hans Aarsleff, L.G. Kelly and Hans-Josef Niederehe
This volume presents a selection of – slightly revised versions – of papers from the third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS III), Princeton, 1984. The papers are organized under the following headings: I Generalia; II Classical Period; III Medieval Period; IV… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 38] 1987. xxvi, 680 pp.
A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama
Vivian Salmon and Edwina Burness
In recent years the language of Shakespearean drama has been described in a number of publications intended mainly for the undergraduate student or general reader, but the studies in academic journals to which they refer are not always easily accessible even though they are of great interest to the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 35] 1987. xx, 523 pp.
Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, Philosophical Analysis: Papers in the Philosophy of Language
Edited by Dino Buzzetti and Maurizio Ferriani
This volume brings together papers originally presented at a seminar series on Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis, held at the University of Bologna in 1984. The seminars aimed at considering various aspects of the interplay between linguistic theories on the one… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 42] 1987. x, 269 pp.
The History of Lexicography
Edited by R.R.K. Hartmann
Most dictionaries have forerunners, and all have imitators; an understanding of the historical foundations of dictionary-making is therefore one of the preconditions of further progress in academic lexicography. The papers in this volume, which were presented at the 1986 Exeter Seminar, survey most… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 40] 1986. viii, 265 pp.
The History of Linguistics in Italy
Edited by Paolo Ramat, Hans-Josef Niederehe and E.F.K. Koerner †
This volume brings together the papers published in Historiographia Linguistica 9:3 (1982), which was devoted to the history of linguistics in Italy, with Marazzini’s paper first published in Historiographia Linguistica 10:1/2 (1983), and an original article by Franco Lo Piparo expressly written… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 33] 1986. x, 364 pp.
The History of Linguistics in Spain
Edited by Antonio Quilis Morales and Hans-Josef Niederehe
This selection of papers is concerned with the history of linguistics in Spain, dealing with the evolution of linguistic ideas from the Middle Ages and the European context of the linguistic debates in Spain to the 20th century, concluding with Malkiel's appraisal of Ramón Menéndez Pidal… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 34] 1986. viii, 360 pp.
Les Idéologues: Sémiotique, philosophie du langage et linguistique pendant la Révolution française. Proceedings of the Conference, held at Berlin, October 1983
Edited by Winfried Busse and Jürgen Trabant
Le présent volume réunit les contributions d’un colloque sur la pensée sémiotique et linguistique des Idéologues qui s’est tenu à Berlin du 3 au 5 octobre 1983. Ce recueil d’articles fait suite à un fascicule de la revue Histoire Epistémologie Langage qui était consacré au même sujet et dont il… read more[Foundations of Semiotics, 12] 1986. xvi, 404 pp.
New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (Ottawa, 1–3 October 1984)
Edited by William Cowan, Michael Foster and E.F.K. Koerner †
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edward Sapir (1884-1939) a conference was held in the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada, where Sapir had his office for most of his time as Chief of the Anthropological Division of the Geographical Survey of Canada (1910-1925). This… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 41] 1986. xiv, 627 pp.
Noam Chomsky: A personal bibliography, 1951–1986
Compiled by E.F.K. Koerner † and Matsuji Tajima
The impetus for producing a bibliography of Noam Chomky’s output (so far) derives from a strong interest in and commitment to a historical accounting of the contribution to the field of linguistic theory and possibly other subjects, such as philosophy and political science, by a man who has… read more[Library and Information Sources in Linguistics, 11] 1986. xi, 217 pp.
Sprachphilosophie in Antike und Mittelalter: Bochumer Kolloquium, 2.–4. Juni 1982
Herausgegeben von Burkhard Mojsisch
[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 3] 1986. vii, 488 pp.
William Bathe, S.J., 1564–1614: A pioneer in linguistics. English translation from the Irish edition, Dublin, 1981
Seán P. Ó Mathúna
William Bathe, S.J. (1564-1614) was a pioneer in linguistics. The present book deals with Bathe's family background, his life and service as a courtier, diplomat and, finally, Jesuit educator, and, in particular, his contribution to the study of language and his most important publication, Ianua… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 37] 1986. iv, 211 pp. + 16 ill.
Aristotle's Theory of Language and its Tradition: Texts from 500 to 1750, sel., transl. and commentary by Hans Arens
Hans Arens
This volume contains a fragment from Aristotle’s Peri Hermeneias [16a1–17a7], with a translation into English and a commentary. This fragment is crucial to the understanding of Aristotle’s thinking about language. It is followed by (translations of) commentaries on Aristotle’s text by scholars… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 29] 1984. v, 532 pp.
Edward Sapir – Appraisals of his life and work
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edward Sapir (1884–1939), this volume brings together a number of papers by distinguished North American scholars appraising the life and work of the world-renowned anthropologist and linguist. It includes an introduction by the editor, a full… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 36] 1984. xxviii, 224 pp.
The Metaphysics of Transcendental Subjectivity: Descartes, Kant and W. Sellars
Joseph Claude Evans
The general topic of this book is the metaphysics of the subject in Kantian transcendental philosophy. A critical appreciation of Kant's achievements requires that we be able to view Kant's positions as transformations of pre-Kantian philosophy, and that we understand the ways in which contemporary… read more[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 5] 1984. xii, 138 pp.
Sociolinguistics in the Low Countries
Edited by Kas Deprez
This volume contains the papers read at the Second Sociolinguistics Conference of the Association Belge de Linguistique Appliquee (Belgian Association of Applied Linguistics) that was held at the University of Antwerp on the in May, 1980. The papers are grouped around two topics: 'Language and… read more[Studies in the Sciences of Language Series, 5] 1984. viii, 359 pp.
Die Sprachen Europas in systematischer Übersicht: Linguistische Untersuchungen (Bonn, 1850). New edition
August Schleicher (1821–1868)
In Die Sprachen Europas in systematischer Uebersicht (Bonn 1850) Schleicher works out a naturalistic conception of language and a research program inspired by the methods of the natural sciences, in particular botany and geology. It does not only provide a general exposition of Schleicher’s views,… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 4] 1983. lxii, viii, 270, 4 pp (altog. 344 pp).
Essays in the History of Linguistic Anthropology
Dell H. Hymes
Anthropology and linguistics, as historically developing disciplines, have had partly separate roots and traditions. In particular settings and in general, the two disciplines have partly shared, partly differed in the nature of their materials, their favorite types of problem the personalities of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 25] 1983. xxiii, 406 pp.
A Glance at the History of Linguistics: with particular regard to the historical study of phonology
Holger Pedersen (1867–1953)
This volume presents a translation into English of Holger Pedersen’s Et Blik på Sprogvidenskabens Historie (Copenhagen 1916). In addition, it provides an introductory article by E.F.K. Koerner on Pedersen’s life and work, and a bibliography of his writings. read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 7] 1983. xxxii, 100 pp.
An Introduction to the Study of Language: New edition
Leonard Bloomfield
This is a fac simile edition of Bloomfield's An Introduction to the Study of Language (New York 1914), with an introductory article by Joseph S. Kess.Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was responsible for two classic textbooks in the field of linguistics. The earlier, reproduced here, shows some… read more[Classics in Psycholinguistics, 3] 1983. xxxviii, x, 335 pp.
The Letter Liveth: The life, work and library of August Friedrich Pott (1802–87)
Joan Leopold
Recently, there has been increased appreciation of the fact that August Friedrich Pott (1802–1887) possessed valuable insights and articulated uncommon positions in Indo-European comparative linguistics, general linguistics, and linguistic ethnology. This introduction and accompanying bibliography… read more[Library and Information Sources in Linguistics, 9] 1983. clii, 438 pp.
Uniformitarianism in Linguistics
T. Craig Christy
This study examines specific implications of the considerable overlap in methodology and theory of 19th-century geology and philology. Recognition of this overlap is indispensable to a complete understanding of philology’s development into the more empirical science of linguistics, especially as… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 31] 1983. xiv, 139 pp.
The History of Linguistics in the Near East
Edited by Kees Versteegh, E.F.K. Koerner † and Hans-Josef Niederehe
This collection of papers deals with aspects of the history of Arabic and Hebrew linguistics. These papers appeared simultaneously in Historiographia Linguistica 8:2/3 (1981). read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 28] 1982. xii, 265 pp.
A History of Semantics
W. Terrence Gordon
In this monograph the author outlines, for the first time in the history of linguistics, the development of the study of 'meaning', from the pioneering work of Christian Karl Reisig (1792-1829), Friedrich Haase (1808-1867), Ferdinand Heerdegen (1845-1930), Arsène Darmesteter (1846-88) and Michel… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 30] 1982. viii, 284 pp.
Sanctius' Theory of Language: A contribution to the history of Renaissance linguistics
Manuel Breva-Claramonte
This volume presents the main tenets of Sanctius’ linguistic theory and explores the questions raised by Robin Lakoff in her 1969 review of the Grammaire générale et raisonnée (Port Royal). Part I surveys earlier developments in the study of language, in particular the Graeco-Roman and Medieval… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 27] 1982. viii, 294 pp.
Apollonius Dyscolus: The Syntax of Apollonius Dyscolus
Translated and with commentary by Fred W. Householder
Apollonius Dyscolus was the first formal syntactician in Graeco-Roman linguistics. He considered the nature of language to be logical and rule-governed, and assumed an underlying structure for all levels of language. It might be said that from the work of his predecessors, he extracted syntax. This… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 23] 1981. vi, 281 pp.
Arab Linguistics: An introductory classical text with translation and notes
Edited by Michael G. Carter
This volume provides an analysis of a famous medieval Arabic grammatical text, al-Ājurrūmiya (c. 1300), as commented on by aš-Šhirbīnī (d. 1570). This edition includes the original text and a translation into English, as well as extensive comments and annotations, with the aim of making accessible… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 24] 1981. ix, 485 pp.
Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in European Letters (2nd rev.ed. London, 1863)
Richard Lepsius (1810–1884)
This new edition of Carl Richard Lepsius’s Standard Alphabet reproduces the text of the second, enlarged, edition of 1863. The extensive Introduction by J. Alan Kemp places it in its historical setting and provides comments on the phonetic basis for the Alphabet and the notation. read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 5] 1981. x, 99, xvii, 336 pp.
First Person Singular: Papers from the Conference on an Oral Archive for the History of American Linguistics. (Charlotte, N.C., March 1979)
Edited by Boyd Davis and Raymond K. O’Cain
This volume consists of autobiographical by the following scholars, together with pictures and autographs: Raven I. McDavid, Jr., Henry M. Hoenigswald, John B. Carroll, William G. Moulton, Archibald A. Hill, Yakov Malkiel, Charles F. Hockett, Harold B. Allen, William Bright, Einar Haugen, George S.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 21] 1980. xiv, 239 pp.
Godfrey of Fontaine's Abridgement of Boethius of Dacia's Modi Significandi sive Quaestiones super Priscianum Maiorem: A text edition with English translation and introduction
Edited by A. Charlene Senape McDermott
This volume presents the Latin text, critically established by Heinrich Roos, S.J. and Jan Pinborg (Copenhagen 1969), together with an English translation on opposite pages. This is prefaced by an introductory article, which places Boethius the Dane’s Modistic grammar into historical perspective. A… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 22] 1980. ix, 237 pp.
The History of Grammar in the Middle Ages: Collected Papers. With a select bibliography, and indices
Richard William Hunt (1908–1979)
This volume brings together a number of papers written by R. W. Hunt (1908-1979) on the history of grammar in the Middle Ages. The importance of these papers lies almost as much in the spark of scholarly investigation that they have inspired, as in their contribution to original research. The first… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 5] 1980. xxxvi, 214 pp.
Progress in Linguistic Historiography: Papers from the International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, Ottawa, 28–31 August 1978
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †
This volume presents a selection of revised papers from the International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Ottawa 1978). These have been organized under the following headings: I. Classical Traditions in the Middle Ages and Medieval Thought in the Renaissance and After; II.… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 20] 1980. xiv, 421 pp.
Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980
Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins
This volume presents a set of papers on linguistic thought in the Middle Ages. It is complemented by a comprehensive bibliography and indices. The papers in this volume appeared earlier in Historiographia Linguistica 7:1/2 (1980). read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 26] 1980. vi, 321 pp.
Sir William Jones: A bibliography of primary and secondary sources
Garland Cannon
Sir William Jones (1746 –1794) was an Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. His third annual discourse before the Asiatic Society on the history and culture of the Hindus (1786)… read more[Library and Information Sources in Linguistics, 7] 1979. xiv, 73 pp.
Essay on the Principles of Translation (3rd rev. ed., 1813): New edition
Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747–1813)
This is a reprint of the third edition of Tytler’s Principles of Translation , originally published in 1791, and this edition was published in 1813. The ideas of Tytler can give inspiration to modern TS scholars, particularly his open-mindedness on quality assessment and his ideas on linguistic and… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 13] 1978. li, xvi, 457 (= together 524) pp.
Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die psychologischen Grundlagen der sprachlichen Analogiebildung (1901): New edition
Albert Thumb (1865–1915) and Karl Marbe (1869–1953)
Fac simile edition with a Foreword by E. F. K. Koerner and an Introduction by David J. Murray. The appendix contains Erwin A. Esper’s A Contribution to the Experimental Study of Analogy (1918). read more[Classics in Psycholinguistics, 1] 1978. lxiii, 108 pp.
The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages compared with that of the Modern Languages
Henri Weil (1818–1909)
New edition of a pioneering work on word order, which originally appeared in French in 1844 (3rd ed., 1879), with an index. read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 14] 1978. xxxix, 114 pp.
Toward a Historiography of Linguistics: Selected Essays
E.F.K. Koerner †
The papers brought together in the present volume represent the essence of the author’s reflections on issues concerning linguistic historiography and of particular investigations in 19th and 20th century linguistic thought. The papers are clustered in three sections: I. Towards a Historiography of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 19] 1978. xx, 222 pp.
Western Histories of Linguistic Thought: An annotated chronological bibliography, 1822–1976
E.F.K. Koerner †
The present bibliography suggests that there has been a constant flow of publications which survey the discipline of linguistics in its various stages of development. It attempts to offer a comprehensive coverage of general accounts of the history of linguistic thought in the western world over the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 11] 1978. x, 113 pp.
The Theory of English Lexicography 1530–1791
Tetsuro Hayashi
This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 18] 1978. xii, 168 pp.
Dissertation on the Sanskrit Language
Paulinus A.S. Bartholomaeo
Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo’s Dissertatio historico-critica in linguam Samscrdamicam (1790) serves as an introduction to his Sidharubam, the first Sanskrit grammar published in Europe. The Dissertatio is also important for another reason: it is concerned with speculations about the nature and origin… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 12] 1977. xx, 222 pp.
The Lautgesetz-Controversy: A documentation (1885–86). New edition
Essay(s) by Georg Curtius (1820–85), Berthold Delbrück (1842–1922), Karl Brugmann (1849–1919), Hugo Schuchardt (1842–1927), Hermann Collitz (1855–1945), Hermann Osthoff (1847–1909) and Otto Jespersen (1860–1943)
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… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 9] 1977. 587 pp.
Summa modorum significandi; Sophismata: New edition, on the basis of G. Wallerand's editio prima
Sigerus De Cortraco
The writings of Siger of Courtrai were first edited by Gaston Wallerand in 1913. This new edition on the basis of Wallerand's editio prima , with additions, critical notes, and an introduction by Jan Pinborg, reprints the two works from that edition that have an immediate relevance for the study of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 14] 1977. xli, 108 pp. Small-4to.
The Role of Prescriptivism in American Linguistics 1820–1970
Glendon F. Drake
The phenomenon of absolutist, prescriptive correctness is persistent and pervasive in the linguistic through of educated and intelligent citizens of the United States. This volume is not only and attempt to gain some understanding of the source, nature, and operation of the prescriptive attitude,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 13] 1977. x, 130 pp.
Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier: Ein Beitrag zur Begründung der Altertumskunde (Heidelberg, 1808). New edition
Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829)
This volume presents a fac simile edition of Friedrich Schlegel’s Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier. Ein Beitrag zur Begründung der Altertumskunde (Heidelberg, 1808). It is preceded by an introductory article by Sebastiano Timpanaro ‘Friedrich Schlegel and the beginnings of Indo-European… read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 1] 1977. lvii, 172 + 22pp. (i.e., 2pp.of orig.txt reprod.)
Chronologisches Verzeichnis französischer Grammatiken vom Ende des 14. bis zum Ausgange des 18. Jahrhunderts, nebst Angabe der bisher ermittelten Fundorte derselben
Dargestellt von Edmund Stengel (1845–1935)
This volume (1976) contains a fac simile reprint of the original 1890 edition of Stengel’s Chronologisches Verzeichnis Französischer Grammatiken. In addition, it contains an appendix by Hans-Josef Niederehe which gives a short biography of E.M. Stengel and brings together the additions and… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 8] 1976. x, 240 pp.
The Development of Morphophonemic Theory
James Kilbury
The aim of this book is to provide a concise historical survey of linguistic investigation relating to the notion of morphophonemics. The study is essentially historical and thus does not offer its own theory of morphophonemics. Since attention is focused on the development of morphophonemic… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 10] 1976. viii, 155 pp.
In Memoriam Friedrich Diez: Akten des Kolloquiums zum Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Romanistik/Actes du Colloque sur l'Histoire des Etudes Romanes/ Proc
Edited by Hans-Josef Niederehe and Harald Haarmann
The first 'Kolloquium zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Romanistik' (Trier 1975) was held to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the death of Friedrich Diez, the founder of Romance philology. The colloquium offered Romanists and historians of linguistics the opportunity for intense discussion,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 9] 1976. viii, 508 pp.
Studies in the Grammatical Tradition in Tibet
Roy Andrew Miller
This volume reprints — with additions and corrections — seven papers originally published 1962–1973, on the indigenous grammars of Tibet and their linguistic tradition. Two ancient treatises commonly attributed to “Thon-mi Sambhoṭa” are studied extensively, as well as extracts from many other… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 6] 1976. xix, 142 pp.
Declinatio: A study of the linguistic theory of Marcus Terentius Varro
Daniel J. Taylor
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 B.C.) was one of the most prolific writers in antiquity. However, of his De Lingua Latina only six of 25 books have survived, and these are neither complete nor free of textual corruption. This study is an attempt to provide an adequate, consistent, and comprehensive… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 2] 1974. xv, 131 pp.
Die Anfänge der hebräischen Grammatik (1895), together with Die hebräische Sprachwissenschaft vom 10. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert (1892)
Wilhelm Bacher (1850–1913)
The present volume reproduces two still unsurpassed accounts of the flourish and eventual decline of Hebrew linguistic scholarship covering the period from the 10th to the 16th century, at a time when Christian scholars and theologians – as a result of the Reformation with its emphasis on the… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 4] 1974. xix, 57, 235 pp.
Introduction to the Study of Language: A critical survey of the history and methods of comparative philology of Indo-European languages (Leipzig, 1882). New edition
Berthold Delbrück (1842–1922)
This volume contains a fac simile edition of the 1882 English translation of Delbrück’s Einleitung in das Sprachstudium. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte und Methodik der vergleichenden Sprachforschung (Leipzig 1880), together with a Foreword and a Selected Bibliography.
read more[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 8] 1974. xix, 148 pp. 2nd corrected edition, 1989.
The Importance of Techmer's 'Internationale Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft' in the Development of General Linguistics
E.F.K. Koerner †
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… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 1] 1973. vii, 76 pp., small-4to.