Foundations for a science of language / Gustave Guillaume ; excerpts from the manuscripts translated by Walter Hirtle & John Hewson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillaume, Gustave, 1883-1960.

Contributor:

Hirtle, Walter.

Hewson, John, 1930-2022.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 31.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 31

Standardized Title:

Principes de linguistique théorique. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents, for the first time in English, a representative view of Gustave Guillaume's thought. The texts, drawn mainly from his manuscript notes for lectures at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris, were selected as far as possible for their accessibility, as requiring no prior knowledge of his work. The result is a panorama of the far-ranging and often provocative thought of one of the twentieth century's most original linguists.

Contents:

pt. 1. The problematics of a science of language

pt. 2. From problematics to systematics in the study of language

pt. 3. Sign and significate

pt. 4. The act of language

pt. 5. Language and system

pt. 6. Thought and language.

Notes:

Translation of: Principes de linguistique théorique.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31413-4

9786613314130

90-272-8013-4

OCLC:

757403767