Historical roots of linguistic theories / edited by Lia Formigari, Daniele Gambarara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Formigari, Lia, 1931-

Gambarara, Daniele.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 74.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Historiography--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Linguistics--France--Congresses.

Linguistics--Italy--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most of the papers collected in this volume concentrate on the history of linguistic ideas in France and Italy in the modern period (from the Renaissance to the present day). Some of them are specifically focused on the links between the two traditions of reflection on language.The contributions have a common methodological outlook: the authors do not believe that the history of linguistic ideas is a separate activity from research on language or that it is marginal with respect to the latter. On the contrary, they are convinced that in contemporary research into language we can still discern

Contents:

HISTORICAL ROOTS OF LINGUISTIC THEORIES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Linguistic Historiography between Linguistics and Philosophy of Language; On the Origins of Historical Linguistics. Materials and proposals for the Italian case; The Legacy of Classical Rhetorics; Mechanical Models and the Language Sciences in the 18th Century; The Beginnings of Psycholinguistics. Natural and artificial signs in the treatment oflanguage disorders; The Theory of Interjectionsin Vico and Rousseau; The French Sources of Leopardi's linguistics

Intellectual History, History of Ideas, History of Linguistic Ideas.The 'Imperfect' Language. Notes on Alessandro Manzoni's linguistic ideas; Old Debates and Current Problems. Völkerpsychologie and the question of theindividual and the social in language; The Question of the Significatum. A problem raised and solved; The Embarassment of Communication from Mandeville to Grice; The Semiological Sources of Semantics; The Language User in Saussure (and after); The Analysis of French between the two World Wars (1914-1940); Forms of Imperfect Augustinianism

The Convention of Geneva. History of linguistic ideas and history of communicative practicesIndex of Authors; Index of Subjects and Terms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31267-0

9786613312679

90-272-7639-0

OCLC:

756484601