Studies in the History of Linguistics: Traditions and Paradigms (Indiana University Studies in the History and Theory of Linguistics)

Introduction: Traditions And Paradigms / Dell Hymes -- 1. Contrastive Beginnings: Very Ancient Linguistics: Babylonian Grammatical Texts / Thorkild Jacobsen -- The Origin And Development Of Linguistics In India / J.f. Staal -- 2. Traditions: The Nature Of Language And Of Grammar: Toward A History Of Linguistics In The Middle Ages, 1100-1450 / G.l. Bursill-hall -- The Tradition Of Condillac: The Problem Of The Origin Of Language In The Eighteenth Century And The Debate In The Berlin Academy Before Herder / Hans Aarsleff -- The Dithyramb To The Verb In Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Linguistics / Edward Stankiewicz -- Vicissitudes Of Paradigms / Pieter A. Verburg -- 3. First Paradigm : Comparison And Explanation Of Change: The Indo-european Hypothesis In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries / George J. Metcalf -- Some Eighteenth Century Antecedents Of Nineteenth Century Linguistics: The Discovery Of Finno-ugrian / János Gulya -- The Foundation Of Comparative Linguistics: Revolution Or Continuation? / Paul Diderichsen -- Rask's View Of Linguistic Development And Phonetic Correspondences / W. Keith Percival -- Friedrich Diez's Debt To Pre-1800 Linguistics / Yakov Malkiel -- From Paleogrammarians To Neogrammarians / Paul Kiparsky -- Fallacies In The History Of Linguistics: Notes On The Appraisal Of The Nineteenth Century / Henry M. Hoenigswald -- 4. The Slow Growth Of Grammatical Adequacy: Sixteenth And Seventeenth Century Grammars / John Howland Rowe -- Humboldt's Description Of The Javanese Verb / W. Keith Percival -- On Bonaparte And The Neogrammarians As Field Workers / Eric P. Hamp -- Phonemics In The Nineteenth Century, 1876-1900 / Rulon Wells -- The Boas Plan For The Study Of American Indian Languages / George W. Stocking, Jr. -- 5. Complementary Perspectives: The History Of Science And The History Of Linguistics / John C. Greene -- Notes On The Sociology Of Knowledge And Linguistics / Kurt H. Wolff And Barrie Thorne -- Some Comments On History As A Moral Discipline: Transcending 'textbook' Chronicles And Apologetics / George W. Stocking, Jr. Edited By Dell Hymes. Includes Bibliographies.