The Philosophical Foundations of Humboldt's Linguistic Doctrines

• Preface | p. VII
• Key to Abbreviations | p. IX
• Introduction
• 0.1 Introduction | p. 1
• 0.2 A brief review of the secondary literature | p. 4
• 0.3 The structure of Humboldt's philosophy of language | p. 10
• Part One: The Philosophical Foundations
• Chapter One: Humboldt's Philosophical Background | p. 17
• Chapter Two: The Psychological Function of Language | p. 29
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The term ‘articulation’
• 2.3 Signification and conceptualization
• 2.4 Earlier versions of the articulation argument
• Chapter Three: Humboldt's Theory of Designation | p. 51
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Lexical designation
• 3.3 Grammatical designation
• Chapter Four: General Aspects of Language Variation | p. 67
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Different kinds of language variation
• 4.3 Humboldt's treatment of universal grammar
• 4.4 The terminology of language variation
• Chapter Five: Linguistic Variation and Perceptual Variation | p. 91
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Perceptual variation
• Chapter Six: National Character and Language | p. 103
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Humboldt's early discussion of character
• 6.3 Discussion of character in Humboldt's later writings
• Part Two: The Linguistic Doctrines
• Chapter Seven: The Inflectional Superiority Thesis | p. 125
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Language typology
• 7.3 The meaning of ‘inflection’ for Humboldt
• 7.4 The argument for the inflectional superiority thesis
• Chapter Eight: The Linguistic Relativity Thesis | p. 143
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The historical context
• 8.3 Humboldt's philosophical grounding of the linguistic relativity thesis
• 8.4 The conjunction of linguistic relativity with linguistic variation
• Conclusion | p. 159
• Notes | p. 165
• Index Nominum | p. 209
• Index Rerum | p. 215

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