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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782528603321

Autore

Bekkum Wout Jac. van

Titolo

The Emergence of Semantics in Four Linguistic Traditions [[electronic resource] ] : Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997

ISBN

1-282-16304-3

9786612163043

90-272-9881-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

Altri autori (Persone)

HoubenJan

SluiterIneke

VersteeghKees

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Arabic language -- Semantics

Bible.  O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish

Greek language -- Semantics

Hebrew language -- Semantics

Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism

Sanskrit language -- Semantics

Semantics, Comparative

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Hebrew language - Semantics

Sanskrit language - Semantics

Greek language - Semantics

Arabic language - Semantics

Judaism

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

THE EMERGENCE OF SEMANTICS IN FOUR LINGUISTIC TRADITIONS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; PREFACE; Contents; Part One THE HEBREW TRADITION; Part Two THE SANSKRIT TRADITION; Part Three



THE GREEK TRADITION; Part Four THE ARABIC TRADITION; Meaning in four linguistic traditions: a comparison; Chronological table; Index of Names; Index of Subjects; The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this study is a comparative analysis of the role of semantics in the linguistic theory of four grammatical traditions, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic. If one compares the organization of linguistic theory in various grammatical traditions, it soon turns out that there are marked differences in the way they define the place of 'semantics' within the theory. In some traditions, semantics is formally excluded from linguistic theory, and linguists do not express any opinion as to the relationship between syntactic and semantic analysis. In other traditions, the whole basis of linguisti