Wilhelm Pfaffel
List of John Benjamins publications for which Wilhelm Pfaffel plays a role.
Articles
1987 Wie modern war die varronische Etymologie? The History of Linguistics in the Classical Period, Taylor, Daniel J. (ed.), pp. 207–228 | Article
1986 Wie Modern war die Varronische Etymologie? Historiographia Linguistica 13:2/3, pp. 381–402 | Article
Summary Varronian etymology is largely in the tradition of Hellenistic etymology. Varro, however, intends to master the shortcomings of the speculative etymology of the Stoa. On the highest level of etymology (quartus gradus: LL V.8) he aims to clarify the etymological relation postulated between… read more