Ghilâad Zuckermann University of Adelaide Language is an archaeological vehicle, full of the remnants of dead and living pasts, lost and buried civilizations and technologies. The language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. Russell Hoban…
Monthly Archives: June 2013
The creation of âparts of speechâ for Chinese: âtranslingual practiceâ across Graeco-Roman and Sinitic traditions
Edward McDonald University of Sydney The English term âparts of speechâ is actually a mistranslation of long standing of the Latin partÄs oratiĆnis, itself a translation of the Greek merÄ logou, in which the term oratiĆ / logos takes not…
Tagged with: History of Chinese grammar, Ma Shi, Mashi Wentong
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, China, History, Linguistics, Syntax
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, China, History, Linguistics, Syntax
Analyses du fonctionnement sĂ©mantico-rĂ©fĂ©rentiel du nom propre dans lâInde ancienne
Ămilie Aussant Laboratoire dâhistoire des thĂ©ories linguistiques (CNRS) â UniversitĂ© Paris Diderot Introduction La question du « sens » des noms propres a suscitĂ©, aussi bien en Occident quâen Inde, de nombreuses rĂ©flexions. Si les dĂ©bats ont longtemps concernĂ©, en Occident, la…
Tagged with: history of grammar, history of semantics, India, Sanskrit, semantics
Posted in Article, History, India, Linguistics, Semantics
Posted in Article, History, India, Linguistics, Semantics
History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 