Hermann Paul's 'Principles of Language History' Revisited : Translations and Reflections.

Hermann Paul's 'Principles of Language History' Revisited : Translations and Reflections.

Hermann Paul's Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte served as the most important codification and development of Neogrammarian thought for more than four decades. Four well-known linguists have translated specially selected chapters of the Prinzipien into English and provide their reflections on Her...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Auer, Peter
Other Authors: Murray, Robert W., Fertig, David, Hopper, Paul J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015.
Series:Linguae & litterae.
Subjects:
Comparative linguistics.
Language and languages.
Reconstruction (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Comparative linguistics
Language and languages
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Original Table of Contents. Principles of Language History (Paul 1920: ix-xiv); Part 1: Translations; Introduction (1-10); On the General Nature of Language Development (chapter 1, 11-21); Phonetic Change (chapter 3, 32-50); Analogy (chapter 5, 75-84); Basic Syntactic Relationships (chapter 6, 85-102); Syntactic Rebracketing (chapter 16, 196-213); References; Part 2: Reflections; Reflections on Hermann Paul as a Usage-Based Grammarian; Two Conceptions of Analogical Innovation/Change; Hermann Paul's Emergent Grammar.
  • In the Beginning was the Sound Image: Paul's Theory of Sound ChangeAppendix: A Note on Strong's (1891) Translation; Index.

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