11. August Schleicher and the Tree Idea in Comparative Linguistics

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface & Acknowledgements vii
3. Table of contents xi
4. Part I: Methods and Models in Linguistic Historiography
5. 1. On ‘Unrewriting the History of Linguistics’ 3
6. 2. Das Problem der Metasprache in der Sprachwissenschaftsgeschichtsschreibung 13
7. 3. On the Problem of ‘Influence’ in Linguistic Historiography 31
8. 4. Models in Linguistic Historiography 47
9. 5. On Practicing Linguistic Historiography 61
10. 6. Continuities and Discontinuities in the History of Linguistics 69
11. 7. The Neogrammarian Doctrine: Breakthrough or extension of the Schleicherian paradigm 79
12. 8. The Chomskyan ‘Revolution’ and Its Historiography 101
13. Part II: Tradition and Transmission of Linguistic Notions
14. 9. Observations on the Sources, Transmission, and Meaning of ‘Indo-European’ and Related Terms in the Development of Linguistics 149
15. 10. Sulla origine e storia dell'asterisco nella linguistica storica 179
16. 11. August Schleicher and the Tree Idea in Comparative Linguistics 185
17. 12. Positivism in 19th and 20th Century Linguistics 191
18. 13. Schleichers Einfluß auf Haeckel 211
19. 14. On the Historical Roots of the Philology vs Linguistics Controversy 233
20. 15. Pilot and Pirate Disciplines in the Development of Linguistic Science 245
21. 16. Sur l'origine du concept et du terme de ‘synchronique’ en linguistique 257
22. Part III: Schools and Scholars in the History of Linguistics
23. 17. Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Historical-Comparative Grammar 269
24. 18. Franz Bopp (1791-1867): Biographische Skizze 291
25. 19. Jacob Grimm's Place in the Foundation of Linguistics as a Science 303
26. 20. August Schleicher and Linguistic Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century 325
27. 21. Mikołaj Kruszewski's Contribution to General Linguistic Theory 377
28. 22. Antoine Meillet, Saussure et la linguistique générale: Une question d”influence' 401
29. 23. Holger Pedersen (1867-1953): A sketch of his life and work 417
30. 24. Leonard Bloomfield and the Cours de linguistique générale 435
31. Index of Authors 445
32. About the author 455