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Lectures On Language Theory 1942-1943

by Hjelmslev Louis Hjelmslev

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 The present book is the English translation of Louis Hjelmslev’s lectures on glossematics, the theory of language developed in the forties by him and Hans Jørgen Uldall, and taught at the University of Copenhagen in 1942-43, thoroughly taken down in shorthand by his student Harry Wett Frederiksen. The document, unpublished so far, is one-of-a-kind in its pedagogical dimension, as it aims to introduce students, and now readers, to the glossematician’s workshop, informally discussing its theoretical framework, the operations employed in description and the reasons why such operations were devised via a concrete analysis of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tale "The Sweethearts". Overall, the document offers a unique glimpse into the machinery of one of the most epistemologically aware and rigorous theories of language developed in the 20th century.
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History Of Linguistics 2021 - Selected Papers From The 15th International Conference On The History Of The Language Sciences (Ichols 15), Milan, 28 August - 1 September

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 This volume comprises two invited talks and fifteen selected papers, chosen from over 200 submissions to the 15th International Conference on the History of Language Sciences (ICHoLS XV). Originally scheduled to be held in Milan in 2020, the conference was postponed and moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Held from August 23-27, 2021, it connected scholars from 30 countries across various time zones. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part, devoted to General and Particular Issues in the History of Linguistics, recalls classical authors in relation to contemporary ones as well as newly established disciplines and subtle epistemological inquiries. The second part, Antiquity, mainly investigates the Sanskrit language and various descriptive and didactic studies, approached from both ancient and contemporary metalinguistic frameworks. The third part deals with Sixteenth to Twentieth Century Works, ranging from the Tamil language to American archives, and from experimental phonostylistics to the history of monosemy.
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Missionary Grammars And Dictionaries Of Chinese - The Contribution Of Seventeenth Century Spanish Dominicans

by Zwartjes Otto Zwartjes

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 This monograph aims to shed light on the linguistic endeavors and educational practices employed by 17th century Spanish Dominicans in their efforts to understand and disseminate knowledge of the Chinese language during this historical period. Ample attention is dedicated to the evolution of Chinese grammars and dictionaries by these authors. Central to the monograph is the manuscript "Marsh 696", which comprises a Chinese-Spanish dictionary and a fragmentary Spanish grammar of Mandarin Chinese, a hitherto unknown and unpublished anonymous and undated text entitled Arte de lengua mandarina. This text is probably a fragment of the earliest grammar written by a Westerner of Mandarin Chinese (completed in Manila in c.1641), previously presumed lost. It is presented here as a facsimile, a transcription of the Spanish text and an English translation alongside a detailed linguistic analysis. The historical framework outlined in this monograph spans from the predecessors of Francisco Díaz (1606-1646) around 1620, including the Jesuit linguistic production in mainland China and Early Manila Hokkien sources, to the era wherein Antonio Díaz (1667-1715) finalized his revised version of Francisco Díaz’s dictionary. The monograph scrutinizes these texts in relation to the linguistic contributions of Francisco Varo (1627-1687). Additionally, the monograph incorporates other unpublished texts that are significant for reconstructing the educational curriculum for teaching and learning Chinese by Dominican friars during this period.
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History Of The Study Of The Indigenous Languages Of North America

by Kilarski Marcin Kilarski

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 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 linguistics and across disciplines, this book examines the history of approaches to these languages through the lens of some of their most prominent properties. These properties include consonant inventories and the near absence of labials in Iroquoian languages, gender in Algonquian languages, verbs for washing in the Iroquoian language Cherokee and terms for snow and related phenomena in Eskimo-Aleut languages. By tracing the interpretations of the four examples by European and American scholars, the author illustrates their role in both lay and professional contexts as a window onto unfamiliar languages and cultures, thus allowing a more holistic view of the history of language study in North America.
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Missionary Linguistics Vi - Missionary Linguistics In Asia. Selected Papers From The Tenth International Conference On Missionary Linguistics, Rome, 21-24 March 2018

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 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. It provides a selection of papers which primarily concentrate on the Society of Jesus and their linguistic production, but also covers linguistic works written by Franciscans, the Order of Discalced Carmelites and works of other religious institutions, such as the Propaganda Fide and the Missions Etrangeres de Paris. New insights are provided regarding these works and their reception among European scholars interested in these 'exotic' languages and cultures. Each text is placed in its historical context and various approaches to some of the most important descriptive problems faced by these linguists avant la lettre are analyzed, such as the establishment of an adequate romanization system, the description of typological features of these Asian languages, such as tonality and aspiration in Chinese and Vietnamese, agglutination and derivational morphology in Japanese and Tamil, and, pragmatics, in particular politeness in Japanese. This volume not only looks at methodology and descriptive techniques, but also comments on missionary linguistic policies in Asia and offers articles of interest to historiographers of linguistics, historians, typologists, descriptive linguists and those interested in translation studies.
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Last Papers In Linguistic Historiography

by Koerner E.F.K. Koerner

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 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 research, and that the discussion of questions of method and epistemology needs to be continued to avoid stereotypical practice. The author takes up a number of subjects that often had been regarded as settled, but which require a revisit. This is shown in several chapters, whether it appears subjects like 'analogy' or the relationships between well-known linguists like Saussure, Hermann Paul, and others.
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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

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 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. Representations and receptions, III. Learning, codification and the linguistic practices of social actors. The first part is especially concerned with data not easily handled by extant traditions of linguistic analysis, and with constructs and perspectives which proved difficult to establish in the linguist's descriptive apparatus. Part II groups six studies dealing with alternative representations of linguistic data, and matters of interpretation and reception regarding the work of three important linguists (Saussure, Jespersen, Chomsky). The scope of part III embraces social and pedagogical practices as well as the involvement of linguists in questions of national identity.
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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

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 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 Douro in Vila Real, Portugal, 25-29 August 2014. It is divided chronologically into four parts, ranging from classical antiquity to the end of the 20th century. Part I deals with general and theoretical topics in the history of linguistics in the United States, in Brazil, and the fields of lexicography and the relation of gesture to thought and language. Part II examines aspects of ancient Greek and Latin grammars, the concept of interjection from antiquity to humanism, and the classification of the parts of speech in the classical Sanskrit grammars. Part III focuses on 16th-century Latin-Portuguese grammaticography, the importance of 17th-century plurilingual textbooks, as well as two papers dedicated to French idéologues and their participation in late 18th-century prize competitions. Part IV is devoted to the works of 19th to late 20th-century European grammarians, philosophers, logicians and linguists, as well as some 19th-century Chilean grammarians and lexicographers of the Spanish language.
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Bibliografia Cronologica De La Linguistica, La Gramatica Y La Lexicografia Del Espanol (Bicres V) - Desde El Año 1861 Hasta El Año 1899

by Esparza Torres Miguel Angel Esparza Torres e Niederehe Hans-Josef Niederehe

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 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 considerably, and most manuscript and secondary sources had never been tapped before Hans-Josef Niederehe of the University of Trier courageously undertook the task to bring together any available bibliographical information together with much more recent research findings, scattered in libraries, journals and other places. The resulting Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español: Desde los principios hasta el año 1600 (BICRES) began appearing in 1994. BICRES I covered the period from the early beginnings to 1600, followed by BICRES II (1601-1700), BICRES III (1701-1800), and together with Miguel Ángel Esparza Torres of Madrid there followed BICRES IV (1801 to 1860). Now, the fifth volume, has become available, covering the years from 1861 to 1899. Access to the bibliographical information of altogether 5,272 titles is facilitated by several detailed indexes, such as a short title index, a listing of printers, publishers and places of production, and an author index. More than twenty years of research in the major libraries of Spain and other European countries have gone into this unique work — relative sources of the Americas have also been covered — making it exhaustive source for any serious scholar of any possible aspect of the Spanish language.
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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

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 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 contributions on 17th-century rationalist ideas and practical grammar writing, and then covers a great variety of 18th and 19th century topics from Western grammars of Chinese to Saussure’s remarks on semiology of the years 1881-1891. The most noteworthy feature, however, is an entire section devoted to linguistics in Russia from the early Soviet period until the 1950s, including attempts to establish a Marxist view of language as well as phases to critically adapt Western ideas and at times efforts to participate successfully in international linguistic scholarship, both in phonetics and semantics.
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Missionary Linguistics V / Linguistica Misionera V - Translation Theories And Practices. Selected Papers From The Seventh International Conference On Missionary Linguistics, Bremen, 28 February - 2 March

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 Missionary translation becomes especially manifest in bilingual ethnographic descriptions, in (bilingual) catechisms and in the missionaries' lexicographic condensation of bilingual dictionaries. This book presents the study of missionary translation practices which occur within a colonial context of political domination and spiritual conquest.
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Nominal Classification - A History Of Its Study From The Classical Period To The Present

by Kilarski Marcin Kilarski

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 Based on an analysis of over 200 genetically and typologically diverse languages, this title shows that these seemingly arbitrary and redundant categories play in fact a central role in the lexicon, grammar and the organization of discourse.
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On Language Diversity And Relationship From Bibliander To Adelung

by Metcalf George J. Metcalf

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 Brings together the papers of the late George J Metcalf (1908-1994) that discuss the search for possible genetic language relationships, and the study of language developments and origins, in Early Modern Europe.
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German Colour Terms - A Study In Their Historical Evolution From Earliest Times To The Present

by Jones William Jervis Jones

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 Provides an historical analysis of German colour words from early beginnings onwards, based on data obtained from over one thousand texts. This book reviews previous work in colour linguistics. It also describes and documents the formation of popular colour taxonomies and specialised nomenclatures in German across many periods and fields.
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Grammar And Philosophy In Late Antiquity - A Study Of Priscian''S Sources

by Luhtala Anneli Luhtala

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 This book examines the various philosophical influences contained in the ancient description of the noun. According to the traditional view, grammar adopted its philosophical categories in the second century B.C. and continued to make use of precisely the same concepts for over six hundred years, that is, until the time of Priscian (ca. 500). The standard view is questioned in this study, which investigates in detail the philosophy contained in Priscian’s Institutiones grammaticae. This investigation reveals a distinctly Platonic element in Priscian’s grammar, which has not been recognised in linguistic historiography. Thus, grammar manifestly interacted with philosophy in Late Antiquity. This discovery led to the reconsideration of the origin of all the philosophical categories of the noun. Since the authenticity of the Techne, which was attributed to Dionysius Thrax, is now regarded as uncertain, it is possible to speculate that the semantic categories are derived from Late Antiquity.
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From Whitney To Chomsky - Essays In The History Of American Linguistics

by Joseph John E. Joseph

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 Topics covered by the essays in this volume include: the multiple ambiguities of American linguistic identity; the sources of the "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis"; the origins of American sociolinguistics; and the popular interpretations of Whorf and Chomsky.
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Francisco Varo'S Grammar Of The Mandarin Language (1703) - An English Translation Of ‘Arte De La Lengua Mandarina’. With An Introduction By Sandra Breitenbach

by Coblin W. South Coblin e Levi Joseph A. Levi

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 This text is the English translation of one of the earliest known descriptive grammars of Mandarin, the language of Chinese officialdom. It was written by Francisco Varo, a Dominican missionary among the first wave of Christians to penetrate into China.
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First Person Singular Iii - Autobiographies By North American Scholars In The Language Sciences

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 A collection of autobiographical sketches that aim to serve as a useful source of information concerning the development of the scientific study of language.
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And Along Came Boas - Continuity And Revolution In Americanist Anthropology

by Regna (University Of Western Ontario) Darnell

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 An examination of Americanist anthropology, based on Boasian and Powellist principles and centering on the core of the continuity across paradigm transition.
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Noblest Animate Motion - Speech, Physiology And Medicine In Pre-Cartesian Linguistic Thought

by Wollock Jeffrey Wollock

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 This volume looks at the body of theory on speech production and speech disorder developed prior to Descartes, arguing that it provides a framework for understanding the speech process which is relevant to current debates on issues of language performance and applied linguistics.
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De Lingua Latina X - A New Critical Text And English Translation With Prolegomena And Commentary

by Taylor Daniel J. Taylor

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 "De Lingua Latina X" is one of the most important texts in the entire corpus of Latin grammatical writings, and this translation draws on the editor's familiarity with both the extant archetype and Varro's linguistic theory and practice.
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Language And Society In Early Modern England - Selected Essays 1982-1994

by Salmon Vivian Salmon

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 This volume brings together 12 articles divided into three sections: surveys of 16th- and 17th-century linguistic scholarship; the study of universal and particular traits of language; and language learning and language instruction.
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History Of Linguistics 1993 - Papers From The Sixth International Conference On The History Of The Language Sciences (Ichols Vi), Washington Dc, 9-14 August 1993

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 This volume presents papers from the proceedings of a conference held in Washington in 1993. Topics covered include: persistent issues in linguistic historiography; an outline of a history of Jewish interlinguistics; and dictionaries in usage in 17th-century France.
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Explanation Of Linguistic Causes - Az-Zağğāğī''S Theory Of Grammar. Introduction, Translation, Commentary

by Versteegh Kees Versteegh

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 This work presents a translation and commentary on Az-Zaggagi's text, "The Explanation of Linguistic Causes". The book includes chapters describing: the knowledge and definitions of noun, verb and particle; grammatical norms; and theories about declension.
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