Full Description
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.
Contents
1. Teil I; 2. Vorwort; 3. Konferenzprogramm; 4. Opening Address (by Scaglione, Aldo); 5. I. Generalia; 6. De la 'techne" au calcul: La question de la scientificite de la grammaire (by Auroux, Sylvian); 7. Grammatik als 'inventio' (by Baum, Richard); 8. Die ersten Stunden: Am Ursprung der Sprachwissenschaft (by Heeschen, Volker); 9. On the History of Linguistic Terminology (by Mugdan, Joachim); 10. On 'Unrewriting the History of Linguistics' (by Koerner, E.F.K.); 11. II. Antike; 12. Free Will versus Arbitrariness in the History of the Linguistic Sign (by Taylor, Talbot J.); 13. Roman Evidence on the Authenticity of the Grammar Attributed to Dionysius Thrax (by Law, Vivien A.); 14. Some Formal Aspects of Aristotelian Componential Semantics (by McMahon, William E.); 15. Zu Text und Interpretation der grammatischen Abschnitte in Aristoteles' Poetik und zur Umdeutung und Umformung der Redeteileinteilung bis ins orientalische Mittelalter (by Rosen, Haiim B.); 16. III. Arabische Sprachwissenschaft; 17. New North Arabian Epigraphic Evidence for the History of the Decipherment of the Alphabet (by Jobling, William J.); 18. Al-Mubarrad's Place in the History of Arabic Grammar (by Danecki, Janusz); 19. Are Linguists Ridiculous?: A heavenly discussion between grammarians in the 11th century (by Versteegh, Kees); 20. An Aspect of 19th-Century Arabic Lexicography: The modernizing role and contribution of Faris al-Shidyak (1804?-1887) (by Sawaie, Mohammed); 21. IV. Mittelalter; 22. Commentary and Metalanguage in Early Medieval Latin Grammar (by Amsler, Mark E.); 23. Un courant meconnu de la grammaire speculative (by Rosier-Catach, Irene); 24. Medieval Philosophers and Translation (by Kelly, L.G.); 25. Alonso de Madrigal: A medieval Spanish pioneer of translation theory (by Santoyo, Julio-Cesar); 26. "Ydioma tripharium" (Dante De vulgari eloquentia, I 8-9) (by Tavoni, Mirko); 27. V. Renaissance; 28. Zum Begriff der 'brevitas' in der Grammatik (16. und 17. Jahrhundert) (by Lecointre, Claire); 29. Grammaire et philosophie chez Jules-Cesar Scaliger (by Lardet, Pierre); 30. Translation in Pedro-Simon Abril's (1530-1600) Teaching Method (by Breva-Claramonte, Manuel); 31. On the History of Classifications in the Romance Language Group (by Koutna, Olga); 32. French Grammarians and Grammars of French in the 16th Century (by Kibbee, Douglas A.); 33. La tradizione storico-filologica nella linguistica italiana del Settecento (by Marazzini, Claudio); 34. Lexikbeschreibung und Lexikographie zum Spanischen in Amerika (by Paufler, Hans-Dieter); 35. VI. 17. Jahrhundert; 36. The Origins of Syntax: Descartes or the 'Modistae'? (by Scaglione, Aldo); 37. On Comenius' Universal Language (by Privratska, Jana); 38. John Wilkins' Theory of the Origin and Development of Language: Historical linguistics in 17th-century Britain (by Subbiondo, Joseph L.); 39. 'Influence' in Linguistic Historiography: Some examples from 17th-century France (by Ayres-Bennett, Wendy); 40. Le traitement de l'article dans les grammaires francaises a l'usage des neerlandophones en Belgique (du XVIIe au XIXe siecle) (by Boone, Annie)
