Semantic theories in Europe, 1830-1930 [[electronic resource] ] : from etymology to contextuality / / Brigitte Nerlich

• Autore: Nerlich Brigitte <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 pages)
• Disciplina: 401/.43/09409034
• Soggetto topico: Semantics - Europe - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The development of semasiology in Germany -- pt. 2. The development of la Sémantique in France -- pt. 3. The development of semantics in England-- from semantology to significs and beyond.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is widely believed by historians of linguistics that the 19th-century was largely devoted to historical and comparative studies, with the main emphasis on the discovery of soundlaws. Syntax is typically portrayed as a mere sideline of these studies, while semantics is seldom even mentioned. If it comes into view at all, it is usually assumed to have been confined to diachronic lexical semantics and the construction of some (mostly ill-conceived) typologies of semantic change. This book aims to destroy some of these prejudices and to show that in Europe semantics was an important, although c
• Titolo autorizzato: Semantic theories in Europe, 1830-1930
• ISBN: 1-283-31315-4; 9786613313157; 90-272-7726-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781727803321
• 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. 59.