Practicing Linguistic Historiography
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This collection contains 24 articles on the history of linguistics written between 1978 and 1988, divided into three parts:
1. Methods and Models in Linguistic Historiography 2. Tradition and Transmission of Linguistic Notions 3. Schools and Scholars in the History of Linguistics
Three articles are written in German, two in French and one in Italian. The remaining eighteen articles are in English.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 50] 1989. xiv, 455 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 3 October 2011
Published online on 3 October 2011
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Table of Contents
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Preface & Acknowledgements | p. vii
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Part I: Methods and Models in Linguistic Historiography
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1. On ‘Unrewriting the History of Linguistics’ | p. 3
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2. Das Problem der Metasprache in der Sprachwissenschaftsgeschichtsschreibung | p. 13
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3. On the Problem of ‘Influence’ in Linguistic Historiography | p. 31
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4. Models in Linguistic Historiography | p. 47
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5. On Practicing Linguistic Historiography | p. 61
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6. Continuities and Discontinuities in the History of Linguistics | p. 69
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7. The Neogrammarian Doctrine: Breakthrough or extension of the Schleicherian paradigm: A problem in linguistic historiography | p. 79
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8. The Chomskyan ‘Revolution’ and Its Historiography: Observations of a bystander | p. 101
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Part II: Tradition and Transmission of Linguistic Notions
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9. Observations on the Sources, Transmission, and Meaning of ‘Indo-European’ and Related Terms in the Development of Linguistics | p. 149
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10. Sulla origine e storia dell'asterisco nella linguistica storica: Un cenno storiografico | p. 179
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11. August Schleicher and the Tree Idea in Comparative Linguistics | p. 185
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12. Positivism in 19th and 20th Century Linguistics | p. 191
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13. Schleichers Einfluß auf Haeckel: Schlaglichter auf die wechselseitige Abhängigkeit zwischen linguistischen und biologischen Theorien im 19. Jahrhundert | p. 211
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14. On the Historical Roots of the Philology vs Linguistics Controversy | p. 233
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15. Pilot and Pirate Disciplines in the Development of Linguistic Science | p. 245
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16. Sur l'origine du concept et du terme de ‘synchronique’ en linguistique | p. 257
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Part III: Schools and Scholars in the History of Linguistics
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17. Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Historical-Comparative Grammar | p. 269
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18. Franz Bopp (1791-1867): Biographische Skizze | p. 291
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19. Jacob Grimm's Place in the Foundation of Linguistics as a Science | p. 303
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20. August Schleicher and Linguistic Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century | p. 325
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21. Mikołaj Kruszewski's Contribution to General Linguistic Theory | p. 377
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22. Antoine Meillet, Saussure et la linguistique générale: Une question d”influence' | p. 401
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23. Holger Pedersen (1867-1953): A sketch of his life and work | p. 417
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24. Leonard Bloomfield and the Cours de linguistique générale | p. 435
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Index of Authors | p. 445
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List of illustrations and portraits
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One of Schleicher's two family trees of 1853 | p. 190, 219
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Title page of Schleicher's ‘Offenes Sendschreiben an … Häckel’ (1863) | p. 210
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One of Ernst Haeckel's many genealogical trees of 1866 | p. 220
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Portrait of Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) | p. 268
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Portrait of Franz Bopp (1791-1867) | p. 298
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Portrait of August Schleicher (1821-1868) | p. 324
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Portrait of Mikołaj Kruszewski (1851-1887) | p. 376
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Portrait of Antoine Meillet (1866-1936) | p. 400
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Portrait of Holger Pedersen (1867-1953) | p. 416
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Portrait of Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) | p. 434
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Linguistics
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CF: Linguistics
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General