Michael Silverstein University of Chicago It should be clear to anyone who surveys the historical record that the “discovery” of the phoneme – that is, the codification of phonological theory and method – was key in linguists’ consciousness of a…
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From Inductivism to Structuralism: the ‘method of residues’ goes to the field
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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 beings’ oldest objects of study. In different cultures, it has been understood in different ways,…
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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 