History and Historiography of Linguistics

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987

Volume 1: Antiquitity–17th Century

Editors

Hans-Josef Niederehe

E.F.K. Koerner

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These two volume present papers from the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), held at the University of Trier, Germany, in August 1987. Volume 1 contains the following sections: I. Generalia; II. Antiquity; III. Arabic Linguistics; IV. Middle Ages; V. Renaissance; VI. 17th Century. Volume 2 continues with: VII. 18th Century; VIII. 19th Century; IX. 20th Century; and provides Author and Subject Indexes.

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 51:1] 1990. xxv, 1-396 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.51.1

Table of Contents

Teil I
Vorwort	xi
Konferenzprogramm	xiii
Opening Address Aldo Scaglione	xxi
I. Generalia
De la ‘technê“ au calcul: La question de la scientificité de la grammaire Sylvian Auroux	3
Grammatik als ‘inventio’ Richard Baum	19
Die ersten Stunden: Am Ursprung der Sprachwissenschaft Volker Heeschen	33
On the History of Linguistic Terminology Joachim Mugdan	49
On ‘Unrewriting the History of Linguistics’ E.F.K. Koerner	63
II. Antike
Free Will versus Arbitrariness in the History of the Linguistic Sign Talbot J. Taylor	79
Roman Evidence on the Authenticity of the Grammar Attributed to Dionysius Thrax Vivien A. Law	89
Some Formal Aspects of Aristotelian Componential Semantics William E. McMahon	97
Zu Text und Interpretation der grammatischen Abschnitte in Aristoteles’ Poetik und zur Umdeutung und Umformung der Redeteileinteilung bis ins orientalische Mittelalter Haiim B. Rosén	111
III. Arabische Sprachwissenschaft
New North Arabian Epigraphic Evidence for the History of the Decipherment of the Alphabet William J. Jobling	125
Al-Mubarrad's Place in the History of Arabic Grammar Janusz Danecki	135
Are Linguists Ridiculous?: A heavenly discussion between grammarians in the 11th century Kees Versteegh	147
An Aspect of 19th-Century Arabic Lexicography: The modernizing role and contribution of Faris al-Shidyak (1804?-1887) Mohammed Sawaie	157
IV. Mittelalter
Commentary and Metalanguage in Early Medieval Latin Grammar Mark E. Amsler	175
Un courant méconnu de la grammaire spéculative Irène Rosier-Catach	189
Medieval Philosophers and Translation L.G. Kelly	205
Alonso de Madrigal: A medieval Spanish pioneer of translation theory Julio-Cesar Santoyo	219
“Ydioma tripharium” (Dante De vulgari eloquentia, I 8-9) Mirko Tavoni	233
V. Renaissance
Zum Begriff der ‘brevitas’ in der Grammatik (16. und 17. Jahrhundert) Claire Lecointre	251
Grammaire et philosophie chez Jules-César Scaliger Pierre Lardet	261
Translation in Pedro-Simón Abril's (1530-1600) Teaching Method Manuel Breva-Claramonte	275
On the History of Classifications in the Romance Language Group Olga Koutna	287
French Grammarians and Grammars of French in the 16th Century Douglas A. Kibbee	301
La tradizione storico-filologica nella linguistica italiana del Settecento Claudio Marazzini	315
Lexikbeschreibung und Lexikographie zum Spanischen in Amerika Hans-Dieter Paufler	329
VI. 17. Jahrhundert
The Origins of Syntax: Descartes or the ‘Modistae’? Aldo Scaglione	339
On Comenius' Universal Language Jana Přívratská	349
John Wilkins’ Theory of the Origin and Development of Language: Historical linguistics in 17th-century Britain Joseph L. Subbiondo	357
‘Influence’ in Linguistic Historiography: Some examples from 17th-century France Wendy Ayres-Bennett	367
Le traitement de l'article dans les grammaires françaises à l'usage des néerlandophones en Belgique (du XVIIe au XIXe siècle) Annie Boone	381

Subjects

Linguistics

History of linguistics

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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