Essays in the history of linguistics / / E.F.K. Koerner

• Autore: Koerner E. F. K
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 410.9
• Soggetto topico: Linguistics - History; Linguistics - Research - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- PREFACE & -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Table of contents -- PART I. PROGRAMMATIC PAPERS IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS -- CHAPTER 1. ON THE PLACE OF LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY WITHIN THE SCIENCES OF LANGUAGE, AGAIN -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. The uses of the history of a field for the discipline in general -- 2.1 The introduction to the field of linguistics through its history -- 2.2 Historical knowledge of the subject as part of a scientist's education -- 2.3 Historical knowledge as a means of evaluating new hypotheses -- 2.4 Historical knowledge as leading to moderation in linguistic theory -- 2.5 Historical knowledge as furthering unity within a complex subject -- 3. What kind of History of Linguistics? -- 4. Remaining challenges in linguistic historiography -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. IDEOLOGY, POLITICS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INTELLECTUALS -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. On defining 'ideology' -- 3. Has there been a National-Socialist linguistics? -- 4. Present-day instances of linguistic ideology and public politics -- 5. Explicating 'Resonanzbedarf' -- 6. Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. MYTHS IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS THE CASE OF THE GOALS OF GEORG WENKER'S DIALECTOLOGY -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. Myth-building, a difficult subject for the historian to investigate -- 3. The genesis of the myth concerning Wenker's work -- 3.1 Sketching the historical context -- 3.2 Wrede's career and interpretation of Wenker's work -- 3.3 The transmission of the myth concerning Wenker's intentions -- 4. Wenker's own assessment of his work -- 4.1 A few remarks on Wenker's academic career -- 4.2 The importance of context and chronology in linguistic historiography -- 4.3 Wenker's self-assessment of his work. ; 5. Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. ON 'INFLUENCE' IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY MORPHOPHONEMICS IN AMERICAN STRUCTURALISM -- 1. Summary statement -- 2. The issue of 'influence' in linguistic historiography -- 3. History-writing MIT style -- 3.1 Chomsky's affirmations concerning Bloomfield (1939) -- 4. A return to the sources of morphophonemics -- 4.1 The idea of ordered rules in Bloomfield -- 4.2 The idea of ordered rules in Harris -- 4.3 Suggested lines of transmission: Bloomfield-> -- Harris-> -- Chomsky -- 4.4 Some methodological statements in Chomsky (1951) -- 5. Tentative conclusions -- REFERENCES -- PART II. STUDIES IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 5. MISSIONARY LINGUISTICS IN THE AMERICAS THE 'HEROIC PERIOD' -- 1. Introductory observations -- 2. General considerations -- 3. Missionary linguistics of the Americas -- 3.1 Missionary linguistics in Latin America -- 3.2 Missionary linguistics in the remaining Latin American areas -- 4. Missionary linguistics in America north of Mexico -- 4.1 The French tradition -- 4.2 The English tradition -- 5. Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. THE PLACE OF GEOLOGY IN W. D. WHITNEY'S LINGUISTIC ARGUMENT -- 1. Introductory observations -- 2. Whitney and the geological sciences -- 2.1 Whitney and the natural sciences -- 2.2 The relation between linguistics and geology in terms of Whitney' sphilosophy of science -- 2.3 The concept of change in linguistics and geology -- 3. Whitney's importance in the history of linguistic theory -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. TOWARD A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF POLISH LINGUISTICS -- 1. Introductory observations -- 2. Polish history-writing in linguistics -- 3. Summarizing the contributions to Koerner & -- Szwedek (2001) -- 4. Concluding remarks -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 8. THREE SAUSSURES - ONE 'STRUCTURALIST' A VANT LA LETTRE. ; 1. Introductory observations -- 2. Three or more Saussures? -- 3. The search for language as a system 'où tout se tient' in Saussure -- 4. Attributions of 'où tout se tient' to Saussure -- 4.1 Early attributions -- 4.2 Later ascriptions -- 5. On the heels of the sources of 'où tout se tient' -- 5.1 The circuitous history of 'où tout se tient' -- 5.2 Getting closer to the sources of 'où tout se tient' -- 6. The place of 'system' in Saussure 's linguistic thought -- 7. Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- PART III. SKETCHES HISTORIOGRAPHICAL AND (AUTO)BIOGRAPHICAL -- CHAPTER 9. R. H.ROBINS, J. R. FIRTH, AND LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 0. Introductory remarks -- 1. Robins as the father of the history of linguistics? -- 2. Firth as the grandfather of the history of linguistics in Britain -- 3. Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. MY EDINBURGH CONNECTIONS, 1964-PRESENT -- 0. Introductory remarks -- 1. Student days at Edinburgh University, 1964-1965 -- 2. Interlude 1968-1976 -- 3. Edinburgh, the glorious summer of 1977 -- 4. 1988-1995 -- 5. The story continues -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. REMARKS CONCERNING THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE HENRY SWEET SOCIETY -- 1. The occasion for the present account -- 2. On launching societies for the history of linguistics -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES -- 1. Launching a learned society for historians of linguistics -- 2. On founding scholarly societies -- 3. What's in the name? -- 4. Some observations on other scholarly societies -- PART IV. ZELLIG S. HARRIS: A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1932-2002 -- ZELLIG SABBETTAI HARRISA COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS, 1932-2002 -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. Bibliography -- 3. Secondary sources -- INDEX OF BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS, TERMS & -- LANGUAGES. ; The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences.
• Sommario/riassunto: The present volume follows the author's tradition of bringing together at certain intervals selections of articles which more often than not had previously been published in not easily accessible places, or which had not been published before. These papers do not typically represent mere reprints but in most instances thoroughly revised versions.This volume contains twelve articles organized under three headings, "Programmatic Papers in the History of Linguistics", "Studies in Linguistic Historiography", and "Sketches historiographical and (auto)biographical", plus as an appendix a complete list of Zellig Harris' writings as an illustration of Koerner's penchant for and belief in the importance of good bibliographies as a basis for historical research. While the first two sections, which take up the bulk of the volume, either show the author as an historian engagé or demonstrate his work as a historiographer of 19th and 20th century linguistics, the third section is much shorter and less heavy going. Indexes of Biographical Names and of Subjects, Terms & Languages round out the volume, which also contains a number of portraits of linguists and other illustrations.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essays in the history of linguistics
• ISBN: 9786613092434; 1-283-09243-3; 90-272-8537-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817206403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series III, . -Studies in the history of the language sciences ; ; v. 104.