Toon Van Hal University of Leuven Unlike the other posts to this blog, the present post is not intended as a contribution to learning. Its sole ambition is to open a discussion on a rather sensitive topic (which is not…
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Linguists choosing the wrong side: Jacob van Ginneken and other alleged Nazi collaborators
Tagged with: 20th century, history, Jacob van Ginneken, linguistics, Nazi ideology
Posted in 20th century, Article, History, Linguistics
Posted in 20th century, Article, History, Linguistics
Rethinking the history of the Aryan paradigm
Christopher Hutton University of Hong Kong My involvement with this topic began when I observed that the notion of a superior âAryan raceâ, which functions in the English-speaking world as a near-universal shorthand for Nazi ideology, has no clear counterpart…
Tagged with: Aryan, Germany, history of linguistics, Nazi ideology, race, Volk
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, Germany, History, Linguistics
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, Germany, History, Linguistics
Do linguists measure anything?
Nick Riemer University of Sydney and Laboratoire dâhistoire des thĂ©ories linguistiques, UniversitĂ© Paris-Diderot Few questions in linguistics can be as hoary, fundamental or, perhaps, as unsatisfactorily handled, as that of the disciplineâs empirical status â a question typically presented as…
Tagged with: philosophy of linguistics, science, scientificity, scientism, semantics
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Philosophy, Semantics
Posted in Article, Linguistics, Philosophy, Semantics
Early writing and printing in the Philippines
Rebeca FerndĂĄndez RodrĂguez Universidade de TrĂĄs-os-Montes e Alto Douro Printing and publishing began in the Philippines with the arrival of the Spanish in 1565. Encountering an enormous number of native languages, the Spaniards felt a pressing need to describe the…
Tagged with: 16th century, history, Philippines, printing, Spain, writing
Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, Article, History, Philippines
Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, Article, History, Philippines
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
Theoretical linguistics and artificial languages
Alan Reed Libert University of Newcastle, New South Wales Mainstream theoretical linguists have generally ignored artificial languages, apparently considering them unworthy of attention. This is true not only of “fictional languages” such as Klingon, but also of “serious” languages such…
Tagged with: artificial languages, constructed languages, Esperanto, government and binding, international languages, Klingon
Posted in Article, Linguistics
Posted in Article, Linguistics
The notion of stereotype in language study
Elena L. Vilinbakhova St. Petersburg State University 1. Introduction Originally, the word stereotype derives from two Ancient Greek roots: ÏÏΔÏΔÏÏ âsolidâ and ÏÏÏÎżÏ âimpressionâ. It was first used by the French printer Firmin Didot in 1796 as a typographical term. Later,…
Tagged with: Hilary Putnam, linguistics, prototype, semantics, stereotype
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Posted in Article, Linguistics, Semantics
Otto Jespersen and progress in international language
James McElvenny University of Sydney When it comes to expressing the ideas of our own day, the deficiencies of classical Latin appear with ruthless clarity: telephones and motor-cars and wireless have no room in Ciceronian Latin, and it will be…
Tagged with: 19th century, 20th century, aesthetics, constructed languages, Couturat, Gabelentz, grammar, history, international language, Jespersen, linguistics, Ogden, Peano, philosophy, Sapir
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, History, Linguistics
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Article, History, Linguistics
History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 