Degérando’s three prize essays and the shift in linguistic thought at the turn of the 19th century
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Gerda Haßler
Abstract
Degérando started out from the views of the French ideologists on the relationship of language and thought, but increasingly distanced himself from them. This is already evident based on the choice of reference authors and also on the increasing emphasis on empirical research. His prize essays reflect the fundamental changes in linguistic thought during the late 18th century. He was successful in the competition of the Institut National (1797/1799) and with another essay at the Berlin Academy (1802). His main argument against Condillac and the ideologists is that empirical knowledge does not depend on signs. Therefore, the development of better languages will not improve this kind of human knowledge.
Abstract
Degérando started out from the views of the French ideologists on the relationship of language and thought, but increasingly distanced himself from them. This is already evident based on the choice of reference authors and also on the increasing emphasis on empirical research. His prize essays reflect the fundamental changes in linguistic thought during the late 18th century. He was successful in the competition of the Institut National (1797/1799) and with another essay at the Berlin Academy (1802). His main argument against Condillac and the ideologists is that empirical knowledge does not depend on signs. Therefore, the development of better languages will not improve this kind of human knowledge.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgments vii
- Editors’ introduction ix
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Part I. General and particular issues in the history of linguistics
- What do we talk about, when we talk about the history of linguistics? 3
- On the concept of grammatical tradition and its application to linguistic studies in Brazil 17
- The history of the concept of lexicography 31
- The relation of gesture to thought and language 43
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Part II. Antiquity and Middle Ages
- The ancient Greek and Byzantine notion of dialektos 55
- On the typology of ancient grammars 69
- L’interjection dans la tradition grammaticale latine, de l’Antiquité à l’Humanisme 83
- Classifications of words in ancient Sanskrit grammars 97
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Part III. Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century Works
- Notas sobre la difusión en Portugal del Libellus de constructione octo partium orationis (Londres 1513) durante la primera mitad del siglo XVI 113
- Study of the dialogues in the Sprachbücher by Juan Ángel de Zumaran (fl. 1617–1634) 125
- Models of language and mankind in the milieu of the ‘Idéologues’ 139
- Degérando’s three prize essays and the shift in linguistic thought at the turn of the 19th century 149
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Part IV. Nineteenth to Twentieth Century Studies
- Anton Marty’s philosophy of language and his dialogue with linguists 163
- Voices from the field 177
- Saussure et la temporalité 191
- Compléments indirects et circonstanciels dans la grammaire française au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle 205
- Poétique saussurienne, poétique jakobsonienne 219
- A first history of Functional Grammar 233
- Polysemy in 19th century linguistic studies in Chile 247
- Presupposition and implicitness in the 20th century 257
- Name index 269
- Subject index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgments vii
- Editors’ introduction ix
-
Part I. General and particular issues in the history of linguistics
- What do we talk about, when we talk about the history of linguistics? 3
- On the concept of grammatical tradition and its application to linguistic studies in Brazil 17
- The history of the concept of lexicography 31
- The relation of gesture to thought and language 43
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Part II. Antiquity and Middle Ages
- The ancient Greek and Byzantine notion of dialektos 55
- On the typology of ancient grammars 69
- L’interjection dans la tradition grammaticale latine, de l’Antiquité à l’Humanisme 83
- Classifications of words in ancient Sanskrit grammars 97
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Part III. Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century Works
- Notas sobre la difusión en Portugal del Libellus de constructione octo partium orationis (Londres 1513) durante la primera mitad del siglo XVI 113
- Study of the dialogues in the Sprachbücher by Juan Ángel de Zumaran (fl. 1617–1634) 125
- Models of language and mankind in the milieu of the ‘Idéologues’ 139
- Degérando’s three prize essays and the shift in linguistic thought at the turn of the 19th century 149
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Part IV. Nineteenth to Twentieth Century Studies
- Anton Marty’s philosophy of language and his dialogue with linguists 163
- Voices from the field 177
- Saussure et la temporalité 191
- Compléments indirects et circonstanciels dans la grammaire française au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle 205
- Poétique saussurienne, poétique jakobsonienne 219
- A first history of Functional Grammar 233
- Polysemy in 19th century linguistic studies in Chile 247
- Presupposition and implicitness in the 20th century 257
- Name index 269
- Subject index 275
