Martin L. Manchester

List of John Benjamins publications for which Martin L. Manchester plays a role.

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The Philosophical Foundations of Humboldt's Linguistic Doctrines

Martin L. Manchester

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 32] 1985. xii, 216 pp.
Subjects Philosophy | Theoretical linguistics

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Manchester, Martin L. 1983 Sprachansichten: Der Begriff der menschlichen Rede in der Sprachphilosophie Wilhelm von Humboldts. By Tilman Borsche Historiographia Linguistica 10:3, pp. 325–329 | Review
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Manchester, Martin L. 1982 Philosophical Motives in Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Defense of the Inflectional Superiority Thesis Historiographia Linguistica 9:1/2, pp. 107–120 | Article
Wilhelm von Humboldt, like many other linguists in the early 19th century, claimed that inflectional languages are superior to non-inflecting languages. This thesis waned in popularity after the middle of the century, and the reasons why the claim was made have become historically obscured. The… read more