Semantic theories in Europe, 1830-1930 : from etymology to contextuality / Brigitte Nerlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nerlich, Brigitte, 1956-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 59.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics--Europe--History.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31315-4

9786613313157

90-272-7726-5

OCLC:

758008560