Author: Abram Smythe Palmer
Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Folk-etymology
Author: Abram Smythe Palmer
Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Folk-etymology
Author: Abram Smythe Palmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Semantic Theories in Europe, 18301930
Author: Brigitte Nerlich
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027277265
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
It is widely believed by historians of linguistics that the 19th-century was largely devoted to historical and comparative studies, with the main emphasis on the discovery of soundlaws. Syntax is typically portrayed as a mere sideline of these studies, while semantics is seldom even mentioned. If it comes into view at all, it is usually assumed to have been confined to diachronic lexical semantics and the construction of some (mostly ill-conceived) typologies of semantic change. This book aims to destroy some of these prejudices and to show that in Europe semantics was an important, although controversial, area at that time. Synchronic mechanisms of semantic change were discovered and increasing attention was paid to the context of the sentence, to the speech situation and the users of the language. From being a semantics of transformations', a child of the biological-geological paradigm of historical linguistics with its close links to etymology and lexicography, the field matured into a semantics of comprehension and communication, set within a general linguistics and closely related to the emerging fields of psychology and sociology.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027277265
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
It is widely believed by historians of linguistics that the 19th-century was largely devoted to historical and comparative studies, with the main emphasis on the discovery of soundlaws. Syntax is typically portrayed as a mere sideline of these studies, while semantics is seldom even mentioned. If it comes into view at all, it is usually assumed to have been confined to diachronic lexical semantics and the construction of some (mostly ill-conceived) typologies of semantic change. This book aims to destroy some of these prejudices and to show that in Europe semantics was an important, although controversial, area at that time. Synchronic mechanisms of semantic change were discovered and increasing attention was paid to the context of the sentence, to the speech situation and the users of the language. From being a semantics of transformations', a child of the biological-geological paradigm of historical linguistics with its close links to etymology and lexicography, the field matured into a semantics of comprehension and communication, set within a general linguistics and closely related to the emerging fields of psychology and sociology.
Hermann Paul's 'Principles of Language History' Revisited
Author: Peter Auer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110384736
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Hermann Paul's Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte served as the most important codification and development of Neogrammarian thought for more than four decades. Four well-known linguists have translated specially selected chapters of the Prinzipien into English and provide their reflections on Hermann Paul's contribution on a range of topics.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110384736
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Hermann Paul's Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte served as the most important codification and development of Neogrammarian thought for more than four decades. Four well-known linguists have translated specially selected chapters of the Prinzipien into English and provide their reflections on Hermann Paul's contribution on a range of topics.
Homer's Winged Words
Author: Steve Reece
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004174419
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
For over 2500 years many of the most learned scholars of the Greek language have concerned themselves with the topic of etymology. The most productive source of difficult, even inexplicable, words was Homer s 28,000 verses of epic poetry. Steve Reece proposes an approach to elucidating the meanings of some of these difficult words that finds its inspiration primarily in Milman Parry s oral-formulaic theory. He proposes that during the long period of oral transmission acoustic uncertainties, especially regarding word boundaries, were continually occurring: a bard uttered one collocation of words, but his audience thought it heard another. The consequent resegmentation of words and phrases is the probable cause of some of the etymologically inexplicable words in our Homeric texts.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004174419
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
For over 2500 years many of the most learned scholars of the Greek language have concerned themselves with the topic of etymology. The most productive source of difficult, even inexplicable, words was Homer s 28,000 verses of epic poetry. Steve Reece proposes an approach to elucidating the meanings of some of these difficult words that finds its inspiration primarily in Milman Parry s oral-formulaic theory. He proposes that during the long period of oral transmission acoustic uncertainties, especially regarding word boundaries, were continually occurring: a bard uttered one collocation of words, but his audience thought it heard another. The consequent resegmentation of words and phrases is the probable cause of some of the etymologically inexplicable words in our Homeric texts.
Lexicology, Semantics, and Lexicography
Author: Julie Coleman
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027237019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Including a selection of papers originally presented at the 10th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, the contributions to this volume aim to show the breadth and depth of late-1990s studies in lexicology, semantics and lexicography.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027237019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Including a selection of papers originally presented at the 10th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, the contributions to this volume aim to show the breadth and depth of late-1990s studies in lexicology, semantics and lexicography.
Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion
Author: Brian R. Clack
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023037168X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion expounds and analyses the argument of Wittgenstein's Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough . It details the reasons for Wittgenstein's rejection of the intellectualist theory of religion, and suggests a new interpretation of his rival view of ritual. Denying that Wittgenstein's account is straightforwardly expressivist, the author builds his own interpretation on Wittgenstein's claim that magic is akin to metaphysics. In the course of the book, the author considers such matters as expressivism, 'perspicuous representation', the nature of human sacrifice, and Wittgenstein's cultural pessimism.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023037168X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion expounds and analyses the argument of Wittgenstein's Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough . It details the reasons for Wittgenstein's rejection of the intellectualist theory of religion, and suggests a new interpretation of his rival view of ritual. Denying that Wittgenstein's account is straightforwardly expressivist, the author builds his own interpretation on Wittgenstein's claim that magic is akin to metaphysics. In the course of the book, the author considers such matters as expressivism, 'perspicuous representation', the nature of human sacrifice, and Wittgenstein's cultural pessimism.
Transactions of the Cambridge Philological Society
Author: Cambridge Philological Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Vol. 1 includes reprints of the "Memoranda" issued by the Society 1872-79; also "Officers of the ... Society from the commencement to the year 1879" and "Earliest list of members, 1872".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Vol. 1 includes reprints of the "Memoranda" issued by the Society 1872-79; also "Officers of the ... Society from the commencement to the year 1879" and "Earliest list of members, 1872".
Transactions
Author: Cambridge Philological Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Vol. 1 includes reprints of the "Memoranda" issued by the Society 1872-79; also "Officers of the ... Society from the commencement to the year 1879" and "Earliest list of members, 1872".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Vol. 1 includes reprints of the "Memoranda" issued by the Society 1872-79; also "Officers of the ... Society from the commencement to the year 1879" and "Earliest list of members, 1872".
Peculiar Language
Author: Derek Attridge
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415340571
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First published in 1988, this classic text is established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. Re-issued as a result of recent critical interest, this edition includes a new preface by the author.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415340571
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First published in 1988, this classic text is established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. Re-issued as a result of recent critical interest, this edition includes a new preface by the author.