Robert H. Robins

List of John Benjamins publications for which Robert H. Robins plays a role.

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Subjects History of linguistics | Medieval linguistics | Medieval philosophy
Subjects History of linguistics
Robins, Robert H. 1987 Social phonological constraints on grammatical formations: examples from four languagesLanguage Topics: Essays in honour of Michael Halliday, Steele, Ross and Terry Threadgold (eds.), pp. 307–318 | Article
Robins, Robert H. 1987 Some phonological constraints on grammatical formations: examples from four languagesLanguage Topics: Essays in honour of Michael Halliday, Steele, Ross and Terry Threadgold (eds.), pp. 307–318 | Article
Robins, Robert H. 1980 PrefaceHistoriographia Linguistica 7:1/2, pp. 1–5 | To be specified
Robins, Robert H. 1980 PrefaceStudies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980, Koerner, E.F.K. †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Preface
Robins, Robert H. 1980 Functional Syntax in Medieval EuropeHistoriographia Linguistica 7:1/2, pp. 231–240 | Review article
In contrast to the fairly fully developed theories of phonological and morphological description achieved by classical antiquity, no general theory of syntax (sentence structure) was presented in the works of the classical grammarians such as Apollonius Dyscolus and Priscian, but rather a… read more
Robins, Robert H. 1980 Functional Syntax in Medieval EuropeStudies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980, Koerner, E.F.K. †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins (eds.), pp. 231–240 | Article
Robins, Robert H. 1978 ForewordToward a Historiography of Linguistics: Selected Essays, Koerner, E.F.K. †, pp. ix–xiv | Foreword
Two contrasting attitudes towards the scientific study of language have been apparent from the earliest period of linguistic studies in Europe. The forms that the contrast has taken have varied from one era to another. In Greece the debate was between the claims of grammar to be a science… read more