Papers on Language Theory and History
Volume I: Creation and Tradition in Language
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1977
XX, 171 pages
978-90-272-8150-0 (ISBN)
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Interest in word-meaning is on the increase among mainstream linguists again after a half-century of neglect. During this interval progress in phonology and syntax was great, but further progress in these sub-disciplines will remain blocked until it is recognized that the prime functional unit of speech is the word, that the central problem of language theory is lexis. Word-meaning is typically complicated by changes across time; for a theory of language creativity, these effects must be discerned from spontaneous creation. The articles brought together in this volume attempt to illuminate, on the basis of particular lexical studies, the dynamics of perception and word-meaning, of language and mind.
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- LANGUAGE THEORY AND HISTORY I
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Table of contents
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- THE PARADOX OF CREATION AND TRADITION IN GRAMMAR
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- POSTSCRIPT
- Italian mostaccio
- References :
- POSTSCRIPT
- ETYMOLOGY AND GENERATIVE PHONOLOGY IN TRADITIONAL LEXICON: A Study of Latin aqua 'water/ aquila 'eagle/ aquilus 'dark/ and aquilo 'northwind/
- 1.0 THE ARGUMENT: GENERATIVE PHONOLOGY OR ETYMOLOGY?
- 1.1 A CASE STUDY
- 2.0 PHILOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM
- 2.1 THE PHILOGICAL BACKGROUND
- 2.2 ARCHEOLOGICAL CORRELATES
- 3.0. THE ETYMOLOGY: THEORY AND METHOD
- 3.1. CONTEXTS.
- 3.1.1. Context of Natural Ecology
- 3.1.2 Context of Material Culture
- 3.1.3. Context of Social Structure.
- 3.1.4. Context of "Which Language?
- 3.1.5. Context of "Which Component?" of the Grammar.
- 3.1.6. Context of Situation
- 3.1.7. Firthian Contexts
- 3.1.8. Context of Chronological State
- 3.2 ANCIENT VIEW: ANACHRONISM AND DIFFUSION
- 3.2.1 Anachronism
- 3.2.2 Diffusion
- 3.3 THE SOLUTION: TEXTS, OR PERFORMANCE, AND CONTEXTS
- EPILOGUE:COLLOCATION AND SYNONYMY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES CONSULTED
- THE LINGUISTIC PALEONTOLOGY OF SOMEPRE-CHRISTIAN BURIAL TERMSIN SLAVIC LEXICON
- REFERENCES
- HaE?MON: '(STONE) AXE' AND 'SKY' IN I-E/BATTLE-AXE CULTURE
- 1. The current standard theory: 'der steinerne Himmel'
- 2. Other views of the sky besides 'stone heaven'
- 3. A new etymology: *Haekmon 'sharp-thing - ([stone] axe (=thunder [= 'dark' sky]))'
- 3.1. Archeology:
- 3.2. Ethnography
- 3.3. Linguistics
- 3.3.1: PIE.
- 3.3.2. *Haek'mon replaced in Latin by a synonym.
- 3.3.3.0. Baltic and Slavic
- 3.3.3.1. Baltic.
- 3.3.3.2. Slavic
- 4. The Battle-Axe Cult beyond the IE frontiers.
- REFERENCES
- THE ETHNONYM OF THE SLAVS -COMMON SLAVIC SLOVENE
- 2.0 A new etymology.
- 2.1 Horizon 1: The Greek-Slavic contact.
- 2.2 Horizon 2: Slavic-internal place of *slovene.
- 2.2.1 *Slovene a derivative of slava?
- 2.2.2. Is slovene derived from a toponym?
- REFERENCES
- POSTSCRIPT
- PHONETIC LAW AND SUPPLETION IN THE HISTORY OF THE PARADIGM OF THE SLAVIC ETHNICA IN -JANE
- An Alternative to Meillet's Explanation
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- Neglected Reflexesof Proto-Indo-European *pet- « fly »:Greek pétros « stone »/pétra « cliff »
- with notes onthe role of syntax (IC structure) in polysemyand semantic change, and the situationalmotivation of syntax
- I. Pétros.
- II. Pétra « cliff ».
- REFERENCES
- THE SITUATIONAL MOTIVATION OF SYNTAX ANDTHE SYNTACTIC MOTIVATION OF POLYSEMY ANDSEMANTIC CHANGE: SPANISH-ITALIAN BRAVO ETC.
- REFERENCES
- PUBLICATIONSBY J, PETER MAHER1966-1976
- INDEX OF NAMES
- INDEXOF SUBJECTS AND TERMS
