Patrick Flack Charles University, Prague The name of Dutch linguist and philosopher Hendrik Josephus Pos (1898-1955) is not one that rings many bells today, except perhaps in the Netherlands and the (growing) circles of Merleau-Ponty specialists. But to the keen…
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A uniform orthography and early linguistic research in Australia
David Moore University of Western Australia Introduction A Uniform orthography can be defined as one which is segmental and phonographic. Each graphic segment is pronounced and has a distinct value. Internal consistency in transcription is achieved by defining each segment…
Tagged with: Australian languages, field linguistics, uniform orthography
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, Australia, Field linguistics, History, Linguistics, Phonology
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, Australia, Field linguistics, History, Linguistics, Phonology
Emile Benveniste et les langues amérindiennes.
ChloĂ© Laplantine Laboratoire dâHistoire des ThĂ©ories Linguistiques CNRS-UniversitĂ© Paris Diderot Les langues amĂ©rindiennes ont une place critique dans la linguistique d’Emile Benveniste (1902-1976). A deux reprises dans les ProblĂšmes de linguistique gĂ©nĂ©rale, il explique lâimportance pour lâhistoire de la linguistique…
The social cognition of linguists
Andrea C. Schalley Griffith University It is social cognition which enables us to construct functioning societies sharing knowledge, values and goals, and to undertake collaborative action. It is also crucial to empathising and communicating with others, to enriching imprecise signs…
Tagged with: linguistics, psycholinguistics, social cognition, sociolinguistics, sociology of linguistics
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
From Inductivism to Structuralism: the ‘method of residues’ goes to the field
Michael Silverstein University of Chicago It should be clear to anyone who surveys the historical record that the âdiscoveryâ of the phoneme â that is, the codification of phonological theory and method â was key in linguistsâ consciousness of a…
Tagged with: Bauduoin de Courtenay, Bloomfield, Daniel Jones, field linguistics, history of linguistics, Jerzy KuryÆowicz, Neogrammarians, phoneme, phonology, Roman Jakobson, Sapir, Saussure, structuralism, Trubetskoy
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics, Structuralism
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics, Structuralism
Historical Chinese phonology as a meeting ground for the Indian, the Chinese, and the Western linguistic tradition
Lei Zhu Shanghai International Studies University The speech sound, being the most important medium between our physical body and linguistic mind, is one of human beingsâ oldest objects of study. In different cultures, it has been understood in different ways,…
Tagged with: China, chinese phonology, chinese scholarship, Europe, fanqie, history of linguistics, India, phonology, rhyme study, Western
Posted in Article, China, Europe, History, India, Linguistics, Phonology
Posted in Article, China, Europe, History, India, Linguistics, Phonology
Authenticity and the correction of errors in the context of language reclamation
Rob Amery University of Adelaide Introduction Most languages spoken in the world today have an unbroken tradition. Languages like English, Japanese, Navajo and Pitjantjatjara have been passed on from generation to generation without intervention. Children in Ernabella, for instance, are…
Otto Neurath’s Isotype and his philosophy of language
James McElvenny University of Sydney The public image of the Vienna Circle, a group of thinkers active in Vienna in the 1920s and 30s (see Haller 1993; Stadler 2001[1997]), was characterised by a near-fanatical faith in ‘scientific’ thinking. In their…
Tagged with: Isotype, Otto Neurath, philosophy of language, physicalism, protocol sentence debate, Rudolf Carnap, Vienna Circle
Posted in 20th century, Article, History, Philosophy
Posted in 20th century, Article, History, Philosophy
Der Artikel ist keine ‘Wortart’! Zur synthetischen Grammatik von Sekiguchi
Kennosuke Ezawa Ost-West-Gesellschaft fĂŒr Sprach- und Kulturforschung, Berlin Die Linguistik war lange nicht zur Erkenntnis dessen gekommen, was durch den Artikel geschieht, wenn er verwendet wird. âAllheitâ ist bekanntlich ein Inhalt, der im Deutschen mit dem sogenannten bestimmten Artikel realisiert…
Tagged with: Article, Artikel, Georg von der Gabelentz, semantics, syntax, synthetische Grammatik, Tsugio Sekiguchi
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax
History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 