Jean-Michel Fortis Laboratoire dâhistoire des thĂ©ories linguistiques, UniversitĂ© Paris-Diderot On peut sâinterroger sur lâĂ©volution qui voit Bloomfield passer de la psychologie Ă dominante wundtienne, qui imprĂšgne son Introduction de 1914, au behaviorisme, et dâune linguistique âmentalisteâ Ă une linguistique psycho-abstinente…
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Bloomfield : Du mentalisme au behaviorisme
Tagged with: behaviourism, history of structuralism, Leonard Bloomfield, linguistics, mentalism, psychology, Wilhelm Wundt
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, Article, History, Linguistics, Structuralism
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, Article, History, Linguistics, Structuralism
El Sermonario de fray Bernardino de SahagĂșn y los fondos en lenguas indĂgenas de la Biblioteca Nacional de MĂ©xico
Pilar MĂĄynez Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma de MĂ©xico Sobre el repositorio que resguarda la versiĂłn tardĂa del Sermonario de los Sanctos del año en lengua mexicana La Biblioteca Nacional de MĂ©xico fue oficialmente inaugurada el 2 de abril de 1884 en…
Tagged with: 15th-century, history, Mexico, NĂĄhuatl, Spain
Posted in 15th century, 16th century, America, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics
Posted in 15th century, 16th century, America, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics
Toponymy and ecolinguistics
Joshua Nash University of Adelaide Ecolinguistics can be divided into two strands. The first deals with environmental discourse analysis, often termed eco-critical discourse analysis, critical ecolinguistics, or the language of ecology and environmentalism, while the second, language ecology, which deals…
Hendrik Pos and the epistemological foundations of structuralism
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…
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
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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
History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 