Eight decades of general linguistics : the history of CIPL and its role in the history of linguistics / edited by Ferenc Kiefer and Piet van Sterkenburg.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kiefer, Ferenc.

Sterkenburg, P. G. J. van.

Permanent International Committee of Linguists.

Conference Name:

International Congress of Linguists (18th : 2012 : Seoul, South Korea)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--History--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Linguistics--Congresses.

Historical linguistics--Congresses.

Historical linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (525 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eight Decades of General Linguistics presents the key lectures delivered at the eighteen conferences organized by the Permanent International Committee of Linguists and also a history of the Committee itself. The contributions of outstanding scholars such as Otto Jesperson, Louis Hjelmslev, André Martinet, Uriel Weinreich, Noam Chomsky and many other linguists cannot be over-estimated. The majority of the papers address a radically new topic, each of which became one of the central issues in subsequent linguistic research. In addition to their empirical findings and/or the theoretical innovations presented in their papers, each contribution is still interesting and pivotal to the development of contemporary linguistics.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ferenc Kiefer and Piet van Sterkenburg

Introduction / Ferenc Kiefer and Piet van Sterkenburg

1. Que Pensez-vous de l’Adaption d’une Langue Internationale? / Otto Jespersen

2. La Structure Morphologique (Types de Système) / Louis Hjelmslev

3. Relative Frequency and Dynamic Equilibrium in Phonology and Morphology / George Kingsley Zipf

4. Speech Synthesis as a Research Technique / Pierre Delattre , Franklin S. Cooper , Alvin M. Lieberman and Louis J. Gerstman

5. Les « Laryngales » Indo-européennes / Andre Martinet

6. Research Frontiers in Bilingualism Studies / Uriel Weinreich

7. The Logical Basis of Linguistic Theory / Noam Chomsky

8. On the Methods of Internal Reconstruction / Jerzy Kuryłowicz

9. Linguistics in Its Relations to Other Sciences / Roman Jakobson

10. Numeral Classifiers and Substantival Number: Problems in the Genesis of a Linguistic Type / Joseph Greenberg

11. On the Use of the Present to Explain the Past / William Labov

12. Basic Problems of Semantics / John Lyons

13. Some Basic Principles of Functional Grammar / Simon C. Dik

14. Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Notion of Linguistic Creativity / Robert H. Robins

15. Holistic versus Partial Typologies / Bernard Comrie

16. On the Human Value of Local Language / Ken Hale

17. Grandeur et Misère de la Typologie / Gilbert Lazard

18. Linguistic Universals and Particulars / Emmon Bach

19. Aspects of the Neural Representation of Spoken Language / Grzegorz Dogil.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781283855044

1283855046

9789004242050

9004242058

OCLC:

821180709

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004242050 DOI