Saussure and Sechehaye: Myth and Genius, A Study in the History of Linguistics and the Foundations of Language.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seuren, Pieter A. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--History.

Linguistics.

Psychology.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 267 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In this book, Pieter Seuren argues that Ferdinand de Saussure has been grossly overestimated over the past century, while his junior colleague Albert Sechehaye has been undeservedly ignored. Saussure was anything but the great innovator he is generally believed to be. Sechehaye was a genius providing many trenchant analyses and anticipating many modern insights. The lives and works of both men are discussed in detail and they are placed in the cultural, intellectual and social environment of their day. Much attention is paid to the theoretical issues involved, in particular to the notion and history of structuralism, to the great subject-predicate debate that dominated linguistic theory at the time, and to questions of methodology in the theory of language.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Contents / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Preface / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Introduction / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Who was Ferdinand de Saussure? / Pieter A.M. Seuren

The Cours: A Critical Look / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Charles-Albert Sechehaye / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Sechehaye and the Great Subject-Predicate Debate / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Structuralism, Rationalism and Romanticism in Psychology and Linguistics / Pieter A.M. Seuren

Conclusions / Pieter A.M. Seuren.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9789004378155

9004378154

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004378155 DOI