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The Prague Linguistic Circle and the Analogy between Musicology and Linguistics

Posted on 7 March 2017 by bartkarstens — 3 Comments

Bart Karstens University of Amsterdam In recent historiography an upsurge in interest in the interaction between academic disciplines can be seen. This is in no small part due to the rise of the history of humanities as a specialized field…

Tagged with: history of humanities, musicology, Prague Linguistic Circle, Roman Jakobson
Posted in 20th century, Article, Europe, History, Linguistics, Phonology

Le Formalisme russe dans l’histoire de la linguistique

Posted on 23 April 2015 by Patrick Flack — Leave a comment

Patrick Flack sdvig press Le Formalisme russe, à bien des égards, constitue un phénomène paradoxal. Il a, c’est bien connu, fourni les fondements d’une approche systématique de la littérature (ou du « langage poétique « ) et contribué à produire une grande partie…

Tagged with: 20th century, formalism, linguistique structurale, Roman Jakobson, Russian formalism, structuralism
Posted in 20th century, Article, Europe, Structuralism

Hendrik Pos and the epistemological foundations of structuralism

Posted on 30 October 2013 by Patrick Flack — 3 Comments

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…

From Inductivism to Structuralism: the ‘method of residues’ goes to the field

Posted on 11 September 2013 by mchlslvrstn — Leave a comment

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…