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SiHoLS 98
200 Years of Syntax
A critical survey
Giorgio Graffi
April 2001. xiv, 551 pp.
This book argues convincingly against the widespread opinion that very few syntactic studies were carried out before the 1950s. Relying on the detailed analysis of a large amount of original sources, it shows that syntactic... read more
SiHoLS 86
And Along Came Boas
Continuity and revolution in Americanist anthropology
Regna Darnell
November 1998. xviii, 333 pp.
The advent of Franz Boas on the North American scene irrevocably redirected the course of Americanist anthropology. This volume documents the revolutionary character of the theoretical and methodological standpoint introduced by... read more
SiHoLS 118
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES IV)
Desde el año 1801 hasta el año 1860
Miguel Ángel Esparza Torres y Hans-Josef Niederehe
February 2012. v, 696 pp.
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language... read more
SiHoLS 124
Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES V)
Desde el año 1861 hasta el año 1899
Miguel Ángel Esparza Torres and Hans-Josef Niederehe
October 2015. v, 957 pp.
Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown... read more
SiHoLS 103
From Whitney to Chomsky
Essays in the history of American linguistics
John E. Joseph
December 2002. viii, 240 pp.
What is ‘American’ about American linguistics? Is Jakobson, who spent half his life in America, part of it? What became of Whitney’s genuinely American conception of language as a democracy? And how did developments in... read more
SiHoLS 119
German Colour Terms
A study in their historical evolution from earliest times to the present
William Jervis Jones
June 2013. xiv, 663 pp.
This monograph provides, for the first time, a comprehensive historical analysis of German colour words from early beginnings to the present, based on data obtained from over one thousand texts.
Part 1 reviews... read more
SiHoLS 125
Grammatica, Gramadach and Gramadeg
Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and Wales
Edited by Deborah Hayden and Paul Russell
March 2016. xvi, 226 pp.
Grammatica, Gramadach, and Gramadeg : Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and Wales is concerned with the history of linguistic ideas and literary theory in the vernacular languages of medieval... read more
SiHoLS 105
A History of Language Philosophies
Lia Formigari
October 2004. x, 252 pp.
Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on... read more
SiHoLS 115
History of Linguistics 2008
Selected papers from the eleventh International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XI), 28 August - 2 September 2008, Potsdam
Edited by Gerda Haßler
April 2011. xi, 468 pp.
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Potsdam 2008) which are especially representative of the concerns of the conference and its... read more
SiHoLS 123
History of Linguistics 2011
Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XII), Saint Petersburg, 28 August - 2 September 2011
Edited by Vadim Kasevich, Yuri A. Kleiner and Patrick Sériot
August 2014. xviii, 221 pp.
This volume brings together a selection of papers presented at the 12th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XII) held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 28 August – 2 September 2011. It begins with... read more
SiHoLS 126
History of Linguistics 2014
Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XIII), Vila Real, Portugal, 25–29 August 2014
Edited by Carlos Assunção, Gonçalo Fernandes and Rolf Kemmler
August 2016. xii, 277 pp.
This volume brings together a selection of 20 out of altogether 170 papers presented at the 13th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XIII), held at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto... read more
SiHoLS 127
History of Linguistics 2017
Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, (ICHoLS 14), Paris, 28 August – 1 September
Edited by Émilie Aussant and Jean-Michel Fortis
May 2020. xviii, 245 pp.
The present book is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Paris 2017). The volume is divided thematically into three parts: I. Notions and categories, II.... read more
SiHoLS 129
A History of the Study of the Indigenous Languages of North America
Marcin Kilarski
Expected October 2021. xii, 418 pp. + index
The languages indigenous to North America are characterized by a remarkable genetic and typological diversity. Based on the premise that linguistic examples play a key role in the origin and transmission of ideas within... read more
SiHoLS 128
Last Papers in Linguistic Historiography
E.F.K. Koerner
August 2020. x, 214 pp.
This volume brings together — in 8 chapters — what has occupied the author during his many years as editor of Historiographia Linguistica. Namely, how the history of linguistics has developed into a major field of scholarly... read more
SiHoLS 122
Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V
Translation theories and practices
. Selected papers from the Seventh International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Bremen, 28 February - 2 March 2012
Edited by Otto Zwartjes, Klaus Zimmermann and Martina Schrader-Kniffki
April 2014. xii, 350 pp.
The object of this volume is the study of missionary translation practices which occur within a colonial context of political domination and spiritual conquest. Missionary translation becomes especially manifest in bilingual... read more
SiHoLS 130
Missionary Linguistics VI
Missionary Linguistics in Asia
. Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Rome, 21–24 March 2018
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Paolo De Troia
Expected December 2021. xii, 296 pp.
This is the sixth volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by missionaries in Asia. This volume presents research into the documentation, study and description of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Tamil.... read more
SiHoLS 121
Nominal Classification
A history of its study from the classical period to the present
Marcin Kilarski
December 2013. xiv, 405 pp.
This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the study of gender and classifiers throughout the history of Western linguistics. Based on an analysis of over 200 genetically and typologically diverse languages, the author... read more
SiHoLS 120
On Language Diversity and Relationship from Bibliander to Adelung
George J. Metcalf
September 2013. viii, 181 pp.
From the Renaissance onwards, European scholars began to collect and study the various languages of the Old and the New Worlds. The recognition of language diversity encouraged them to explain how differences between languages... read more
SiHoLS 117
Portuguese Missionary Grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800
Otto Zwartjes
November 2011. xiv, 359 pp.
From the 16th century onwards, Europeans encountered languages in the Americas, Africa, and Asia which were radically different from any of the languages of the Old World. Missionaries were in the forefront of this encounter: in... read more
SiHoLS 116
“And he knew our language”
Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Marcus Tomalin
April 2011. xi, 203 pp.
This ambitious and ground-breaking book examines the linguistic studies produced by missionaries based on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America (and particularly Haida Gwaii) during the late nineteenth and... read more