Concise history of the language sciences : from the Sumerians to the cognitivists / / edited by E. F. K. Koerner and R. E. Asher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827876803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England : , : Pergamon, , 1995; ©1995
• ISBN: 1-4832-9754-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (510 p.)
• Disciplina: 410.9; 410/.9
• Soggetti: Historical linguistics; Linguistics - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editors' Foreword; SECTION I: General; Chapter 1. History of Linguistics: The Field; Bibliography; Chapter 2. Historiography of Linguistics; 1. Approaches to Linguistic Historiography; 2. Developing Principles for Linguistic Historiography; 3. Conclusion: Tasks for the Historiography of Linguistics; Bibliography; SECTION II: Antiquity to Middle Ages- the Near East; Chapter 3. Babylonian Grammatical Texts; 1. Cuneiform Scholarship: The List as Data/Discourse Structure2. Grammar as Word-List; 3. Grammar as Word-Constituent-List; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Hebrew Linguistic Tradition; 1. A Late Beginning and a Quick Development; 2. The Development of Hebrew Linguistics; 3. Selected Topics; Bibliography; Chapter 5. Arabic Linguistic Tradition; 1. The Beginnings of Arabic Grammar; 2. The Foundation of Arabic Grammar; 3. Transmitted Data; 4. Analogy (Qiyās); 5. The Organization of Arabic Grammar; 6. Lexicography; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; SECTION III: Antiquity - the Far East; Chapter 6. Chinese Linguistic Tradition1. Metalinguistic Speculation; 2. Lexicography; 3. Dialect Geography; 4. Phonological Studies; 5. Twentieth-century Developments; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Linguistic ; Thought in Japan; 1. Linguistic Tradition; 2. The Early and Medieval Period; 3. The Early Modern Period; 4. The Modern Period; Bibliography; Chapter 8. History of East Asian Phonetics; 1. China; 2. Korea; 3. Japan; Bibliography; SECTION IV: Antiquity - India; Chapter 9. Päninian Linguistics; 1. Pacini's Grammar; 2. The Indian Grammatical Tradition; 3. The Method of Grammatical Analysis; 4. Morphology/Syntax5. Phonology and Phonetics; 6. Outlook; Bibliography; Chapter 10. Indian Theories of Meaning; 1. Early Efforts; 2. The Grammatical Tradition; 3. Philosophical Theories of Meaning; Bibliography; Chapter 11. Ancient Indian Phonetics; 1. Ancient Indian Phonetics; 2. Origins of Sanskrit Phonetics; 3. Emergence of Formal Phonetic Analysis; 4. Formation of the Sanskrit Alphabet; 5. Descriptive Techniques and Terminology; 6. Phonetics and Phonology in Ancient India; Bibliography; Chapter 12. Tamil Linguistic Tradition; Bibliography; SECTION V: Antiquity - Europe; Chapter 13. Classical Linguistics: An Overview1. Historiographical Problems; 2. From the Origins to Plato and Aristotle; 3. Stoic and Alexandrian Grammar; 4. Linguistic Theory and Practice in Rome: Varro; 5. Early Roman Imperial Grammar and the Alexandrian Renaissance; 6. The Roman Ars grammatica; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 14. Plato and His Predecessors; 1. The Beginnings; 2. The Sophists; 3. Plato; Bibliography; Chapter 15. Aristotle and the Stoics on Language; 1. Aristotle; 2. The Stoics; Bibliography; Chapter 16. Dionysius Thrax, the TechnaU and Sextus Empiricus; 1 The Technai; 2. Dionysius Thrax
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents in a single volume a comprehensive history of the language sciences, from ancient times through to the twentieth century. While there has been a concentration on those traditions that have the greatest international relevance, a particular effort has been made to go beyond traditional Eurocentric accounts, and to cover a broad geographical spread. For the twentieth century a section has been devoted to the various trends, schools, and theoretical framework developed in Europe, North America and Australasia over the past seventy years. There has also been a concentration on t