James McElvenny
List of John Benjamins publications for which James McElvenny plays a role.
Journal
Articles
August Schleicher and Materialism in 19th-Century Linguistics Historiographia Linguistica 45:1/2, pp. 133–152 | Article
2018 Towards the end of his career, August Schleicher (1821–1868), the great consolidator of Indo-European historical-comparative linguistics in the mid-19th century, famously drew explicit parallels between linguistics and the new evolutionary theory of Darwinism. Based on this, it has become… read more
2015
The application of C.K. Ogden’s semiotics in Basic English Language Problems and Language Planning 39:2, pp. 187–204 | Article
2015 Although a relatively minor project in terms of its impact on the broader international language movement, Basic English is interesting for the elaborate semiotic theory that underlies it. The creator of Basic English, Charles Kay Ogden (1889–1957), is today remembered chiefly as co-author of The… read more