James McElvenny
List of John Benjamins publications for which James McElvenny plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 0302-5160 | E-ISSN 1569-9781
Articles
2018. August Schleicher and Materialism in 19th-Century Linguistics. Historiographia Linguistica 45:1/2, pp. 133–152
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 customary… read more | Article
2015. Evaluating Cartesian Linguistics: From historical antecedents to computational modeling. Historiographia Linguistica 42:1, pp. 169–172
Review
2015. The application of C.K. Ogden’s semiotics in Basic English. Language Problems and Language Planning 39:2, pp. 187–204
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 | Article