Language: Communication and Human Behavior

The Linguistic Essays of William Diver

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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William Diver of Columbia University (1921-1995) critiqued the very roots of traditional and contemporary linguistics and founded a school of thought that aims for radical aposteriorism in accounting for the distribution of linguistic forms in authentic text. Grammatical and phonological analyses of Homeric Greek, Classical Latin, and Modern English reveal language to be an instrument whose structure is shaped by its communicative function and by the peculiarly human characteristics of its users. Diver's foundational works, many never before published, appear here newly edited and annotated, with introductions by the editors. The volume presents for the first time to a wide audience the depth and originality of Diver's iconoclastic thought.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-10-14
Mått155 x 235 x 38 mm
Vikt998 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor566
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004208582

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William Diver, Ph.D. (1953) in Linguistics, Columbia University, was Professor of Linguistics at Columbia University and the intellectual founder of the Columbia School of Linguistics. He was Professor Emeritus until his death in 1995.Alan Huffman, Ph.D. (1985) in Linguistics, Columbia University, is Professor of Linguistics and English in The City University of New York. He is the author of The Categories of Grammar: French lui and le (John Benjamins, 1997), and many articles on Columbia School linguistics.Joseph Davis, Ph.D. (1992) in Linguistics, Columbia University, is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the School of Education, The City College of New York. He was co-editor of Advances in Functional Linguistics: Columbia School Beyond its Origins (John Benjamins, 2006).

Introduction: The Enduring Legacy of William DiverAlan HuffmanPART I: INTRODUCTION TO DIVER’S THOUGHT1. Substance and Value in Linguistic AnalysisWilliam Diver2. The Nature of Linguistic MeaningWilliam Diver3. The Elements of a Science of LanguageWilliam DiverPART II: GREEK4. The DualWilliam Diver5. Putting the Horse Before the Cart: Linguistic Analysis and Linguistic TheoryWilliam Diver6. The System of Relevance of the Homeric VerbWilliam Diver7. Spheres of Interaction: Linguistic Analysis and Literary AnalysisWilliam DiverPART III: LATIN8. The Subjunctive Without SyntaxWilliam Diver9. Latin Voice and CaseWilliam Diver and Joseph Davis10. Avoidance of the Obvious: The Pronoun as a Minimax SolutionWilliam Diver11. The Latin DemonstrativesWilliam Diver12. Latin seWilliam DiverPART IV: PHONOLOGY13. Phonology as Human BehaviorWilliam Diver14. The Phonology of the Extremes Or, What is a Problem?William Diver and Joseph Davis15. The Phonological Motivation for Verner’s Law and Grimm’s LawWilliam Diver and Alan HuffmanPART V: LINGUISTIC THEORIES16. Traditional Grammar and Its Legacy in Twentieth-Century LinguisticsWilliam Diver, Joseph Davis, and Wallis Reid17. TheoryWilliam DiverPart VI: RECAPITULATION: THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS18. The History of Linguistics in the West: How the Studyof Language Went Wrong in the Western TraditionWilliam DiverBibliography of William DiverGeneral Bibliography