Linguistic Categories, Language Description and Linguistic Typology
Edited by Luca Alfieri, Giorgio Francesco Arcodia and Paolo Ramat
[Typological Studies in Language, 132] 2021. vi, 424 pp.
Paolo Ramat
List of John Benjamins publications for which Paolo Ramat plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Cognition and language | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Europe and the Mediterranean as Linguistic Areas: Convergencies from a historical and typological perspective
Edited by Paolo Ramat and Elisa Roma
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 88] 2007. xxvi, 364 pp.
Subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Typology
The History of Linguistics in Italy
Edited by Paolo Ramat, Hans-Josef Niederehe and E.F.K. Koerner †
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 33] 1986. x, 364 pp.
Subjects History of linguistics
Linguistic Reconstruction and Indo-European Syntax: Proceedings of the Colloquium of the 'Indogermanische Gesellschaft'. University of Pavia, 6–7 September 1979
Edited by Paolo Ramat
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 19] 1980. viii, 263 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Syntax
Articles
2021. Chapter 1. Linguistic categories, language description and linguistic typology – An overview. Linguistic Categories, Language Description and Linguistic Typology, Alfieri, Luca, Giorgio Francesco Arcodia and Paolo Ramat (eds.), pp. 1–34
In this paper we propose a critical discussion of the rationale for this volume. After a short introduction (Section 1), an outline of the long-standing opposition between language particular description and universal grammar in the history of the language sciences is provided (Section 2). This… read more | Chapter
2013. Gradualness in contact-induced constructional replication: The Abstract Possession construction in the Circum-Mediterranean area. Synchrony and Diachrony: A dynamic interface, Giacalone Ramat, Anna, Caterina Mauri and Piera Molinelli (eds.), pp. 391–418
It is widely appreciated that the linguistic category of possession does not reduce to any single, familiar value, such as ownership. A moment’s thought reveals the extraordinary variety of the relationships coded by possessive constructions. (Langacker 1991: 169)In this paper we investigate the… read more | Article
2007. Foreword. Europe and the Mediterranean as Linguistic Areas: Convergencies from a historical and typological perspective, Ramat, Paolo and Elisa Roma (eds.), pp. ix–xxv
Miscellaneous
2007. Review of Frajzyngier, Hodges & Rood (2005): Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories. Studies in Language 31:3, pp. 690–699
Review
1994. On Latin absolute constructions. Linguistic Studies on Latin: Selected papers from the 6th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics (Budapest, 23–27 March 1991), Herman, József (ed.), pp. 259 ff.
Article
1990. Da Humboldt ai neogrammatici: Continuità e fratture. Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism: Proceedings of the international conference, Rome, 25–28 September 1986, De Mauro, Tullio † and Lia Formigari (eds.), pp. 199 ff.
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1986. Giacomo Devoto (1898-1974) The man and his work. The History of Linguistics in Italy, Ramat, Paolo, Hans-Josef Niederehe and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 301 ff.
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1982. Giacomo Devoto 1898–1974: The man and his work. Historiographia Linguistica 9:3, pp. 495–513
The paper essays to give a brief survey of the imposing and complex work of Giacomo Devoto (1897–1974), with particular emphasis on its principal traits seen both from the point of view of the history of linguistics and its scientific significance. Especial attention is drawn first of all to… read more | Article
1980. Preface. Linguistic Reconstruction and Indo-European Syntax: Proceedings of the Colloquium of the 'Indogermanische Gesellschaft'. University of Pavia, 6–7 September 1979, Ramat, Paolo (ed.), pp. 1–13
Miscellaneous
1979. Lingua intellettuali egemonia in Gramsci. By Franco Lo Piparo. Historiographia Linguistica 6:3, pp. 385–390
Review
1975. Friedrich Engels Zwischen Anthropologie und Sprachwissenschaft. Historiographia Linguistica 2:3, pp. 335–351
The author aims to show that Friedrich Engels’ linguistic researches, especially in his Der fränkische Dialekt, are to be considered within the same theoretical framework of historic materialism which underlies his more comprehensive studies on the history of primitive peoples, such as the ancient… read more | Article