History of the Language Sciences: v. 2: An International Handbook on the Evolution of the Study of Language from the Beginnings to the Present: v. 2 ... and Communication Science [HSK], 18/2) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110167352 ISBN 13: 9783110167351

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2001

Synopsis

Volume 2 treats, in great detail and, at times quite innovatively, the individual stages of development of the study of language as an autonomous discipline, from the growing awareness in 17th and 18th century Europe of genetic relationships among a host of languages to the establishment of comparative-historical Indo-European linguistics in the 19th century, from the generation of the Schlegels, Bopp, Rask, and Grimm to the Neogrammarians and the application of the comparative method to non-Indo-European languages from all over the globe. Typological linguistic interests, first synthesized by Humboldt, as well as the development of various other non-historical endeavours in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, such as language and psychology, semantics, phonetics, and dialectology, receive ample attention.

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"The book is a convincing collection of papers of high quality, impeccably edited and printed, and a pleasure to read."Manfred Gorlach in: Linguistics 2004

Synopsis:

Writing in English, German or French, more than 300 authors provide an historical description of the beginnings and of the early and subsequent development of thinking about language and languages within the relevant historical context. The gradually emerging institutions concerned with the study, organization, documentation and distribution are considered as well as those dealing with the utilization of language related knowledge. Special emphasis has been placed on related disciplines, such as rhetoric, the philosophy of language, cognitive psychology, logic and neurological science. Volume 2 treats, in great detail and at times quite innovatively, the individual stages of development of the study of language as an autonomous discipline, from the growing awareness in 17th- and 18th-century Europe of genetic relationships among a host of languages to the establishment of comparative-historical Indo-European linguistics in the 19th century, from the generation of the Schlegels, Bopp, Rask and Grimm to the Neogrammarians and the application of the comparative method to non-Indo-European languages from all over the globe.

About this edition

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3110167352
• ISBN 13: 9783110167351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 910
• Editor: Auroux Sylvain, Koerner E.F.K., Niederehe Hans-Josef, Versteegh Kees