The German sinologist and general linguist Georg von der Gabelentz (1840—1893) occupies a crucial place in linguistic scholarship around the end of the nineteenth century. As professor at the University of Leipzig and then at the University of Berlin, Gabelentz was present at the main centers of linguistics of the time. He was, however, generally critical of the narrow, technical focus of mainstream historical-comparative linguistics as practiced by the Neogrammarians and instead emphasized approaches to language inspired by a line of researchers stemming from Wilhelm von Humboldt. Gabelentz’ alternative conception of linguistics led him to several pioneering insights into language that anticipated elements of the structuralist revolution of the early twentieth century. *Gabelentz and the Science of Language* brings together four essays that explore Gabelentz’ contributions to linguistics from a historical perspective. In addition, it makes one of his key theoretical texts, ‘Content and Form of Speech’, available to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Gabelentz family in their own words
- Annemete von Vogel and James McElvenny
- 3. Georg von der Gabelentz as a pioneer of information structure
- 4. The Basque-Berber connection of Georg von der Gabelentz
- Bernhard Hurch and Kathrin Purgay
- 5. Phenomenological aspects of Georg von der Gabelentz’s Die Sprachwissenschaft
- 6. Content and Form of Speech
- Index
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