Images of language : six essays on German attitudes to European languages from 1500 to 1800 / William Jervis Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, William Jervis, 1941-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 89.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 89

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language awareness--Germany.

Language awareness.

Europe--Languages.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume consists of six essays on interrelated themes, focusing on key aspects of language reflection during the period 1500-1800, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century. German speakers are seen attempting to discover and define the nature of adjacent languages, whilst also shaping and demarcating the identity and image of their native tongue.The first essay outlines and illustrates what European linguists believed, in an age before the advent of comparative philology, about the historical-genetic position of German within the circle of Classical and modern European lan

Contents:

IMAGES OF LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. KÖNIG DEUTSCH ZU ABRAHAMS ZEITEN"": PERCEPTIONS OF THE PLACE OF GERMAN IN THE FAMILY OF LANGUAGES FROM AVENTINUS TO ZEDLER; 2. ""MIT RAINEM TEUTSCHEN LISPELN"":ATTITUDES TO LANGUAGE AMONG EARLIER GERMAN PURISTS; 3. ""DIE SOHNE WOLTEN NICHT DER EIGNEN MUTTER SCHONEN"": LEXIS AND METAPHOR IN THE FORMATION OF GERMAN PURISTIC DISCOURSE; 4. ""MIT DEN FEINDEN TEUTSCH REDEN"": ABRAHAM KOLBINGEROF AUGSBURG AND THE PURITY OF GERMAN MILITARY LANGUAGE

5. ""FRANZÖSISCH KAUDER-WALSCH MACHT UNSRE SPRACHE FALSCH"": DIAGNOSES OF GALLOMANIA6. ""SPUMA LINGUARUM"": ON THE STATUS OF ENGLISH IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES BEFORE 1700; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; INDEX OF WORDS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-260) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-17470-7

9786613174703

90-272-8383-4

OCLC:

742361643