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Last Papers in Linguistic Historiography
E.F.K. Koerner †
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 128] 2020
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Chapter 6
Hermann Paul, Saussure, and general linguistic theory

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Problems in recognizing Paul as a general linguist
  • 3.Paul vs. Gabelentz as forerunners of descriptive linguists
  • 4.Non-historical aspects of Paul’s theories of language study
    • 4.1Descriptive vs. historical linguistics and the concept of language state
    • 4.2Language custom vs. individual speech act
    • 4.3Formal and material connections between words
  • 5.Terminological and conceptual correspondences
  • 6.Concluding remarks
  • 7.Coda
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
Published online: 12 August 2020
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