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9780192849045

The Limits of Structuralism Forgotten Texts in the History of Modern Linguistics

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    9780192849045

  • ISBN10:

    0192849042

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2023-06-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


James McElvenny, Researcher, CRC Media of Co-operation, University of Siegen

James McElvenny is a researcher in the Special Collaborative Research Centre 'Media of Co-operation' at the University of Siegen, having previously held positions at the University of Potsdam and the University of Edinburgh. He is a linguist and historian of science whose research focuses on the history of modern linguistics, and his books include Form and Formalism in Linguistics (Language Science Press, 2019) and Gabelentz and the Science of Language (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).

Table of Contents


The contributors
1. Scouting the limits of structuralism, James McElvenny
2. 'Primitive structures', polysynthesis, and Peter Stephen du Ponceau, Floris Solleveld
3. Franz Boas' 'purely analytical approach' to language classification in the backdrop to American structuralism, Margaret Thomas
4. Georg von der Gabelentz's typology: Humboldtian linguistics on the threshold of structuralism, James McElvenny
5. Grammaticalization and the sentimental evolution of Antoine Meillet, John E. Joseph
6. Roman Jakobson, language unions, and structuralism in Russia: Encounter or misunderstanding?, Patrick Sériot
7. Louis Hjelmslev on the correlational structure of language: The place within the system, Lorenzo Cigana
8. Émile Benveniste on the relation between linguistic and social structures: 'Let us then consider that language interprets society', Chloé Laplantine
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