A paradigm lost : the linguistic theory of Mikoaj Kruszewski
- 作者： Williams, Joanna Radwanska
- 其他題名：
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science ;
- 出版： Amsterdam ;Philadelphia : J. Benjamins
- 叢書名： Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ;v. 72
- 主題： Kruszewski, Mikoaj 1851-1887 , Linguistics--History
- ISBN： 9027245592 、 1556196083 (hbk.): US$53.50
- 資料類型: 圖書
- 內容註: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and indexes
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- 系統號： 005204736 | 機讀編目格式
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The general theory of language of Mikolaj Kruszweski (1851-1887) is, this book argues, a lost paradigm in the history of linguistics. The concept of 'paradigm' is understood in a broadly construed Kuhnian sense, and its applicability to linguistics as a science is examined.It is argued that Kruszewski's theory was a covert paradigm in that his major work, Ocerk nauki o jazyke ('An Outline of the Science of Language', 1883), had the potential to be seminal in the history of linguistics, i.e. to achieve the status of a 'classical text', or 'exemplar'. This potential was not realized because Kruszewski's influence was hindered by various historical factors, including his early death and the simultaneous consolidation of the Neogrammarian paradigm, with its emphasis on phonology and language change. The book examines the intellectual background of Kruszweski's thought, which was rooted, in part, in the tradition of British empiricism. It also discusses Kruszewski's relationship to his teacher Jean Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929), his attitude towards the Neogrammarian movement in linguistics, the ambivalent reception of his theory by his contemporaries, and the influence of his work on the linguistic theory of Roman Jakobson (1896-1982).