LINGUIST List 24.1884

Wed May 01 2013

Books: Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft bei den Griechen und Römern: Steinthal

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Date: 01-May-2013
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcambridge.org>
Subject: Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft bei den Griechen und Römern: Steinthal
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Title: Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft bei den Griechen und RömernSubtitle: Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die LogikPublication Year: 2013Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org

Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item6878491/Geschichte%20der%20Sprachwissenschaft%20bei%20den%20Griechen%20und%20R%C3%B6mern/?site_locale=en_US

Author: Heymann Steinthal

Paperback: ISBN: 9781108050906 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 39.00Paperback: ISBN: 9781108050906 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 58.00

Abstract:

Heymann Steinthal (1823–99) was a German philologist and universityprofessor who insisted that the development of linguistics could beproperly understood only when viewed within a general cultural andphilosophical framework. Initially an admirer of Wilhelm von Humboldt,he increasingly found more value in the works of fellow philologistAugust Böckh, to whom this 1863 work is dedicated. In this history oflinguistics, Steinthal explores the concept of language in the Greek andRoman traditions, with special emphasis on the relationship to logic.The work is divided into two parts: in the first part, the author accountsfor the nature of language in the philosophy of Plato, the Sophists andthe Stoics; in the second part, he focuses on how grammar hasdeveloped since the Alexandrian school. Steinthal readily admits thatSocratic irony and Aristotelian analytics are not simple concepts andwarns against misrepresenting them by applying a contemporaryinterpretation.

Contents

1. Einleitung2. Die Philosophen3. Die Grammatiker.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Historical Linguistics

Written In: German (deu)

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