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Schools of Thought

The Development of Linguistics from Bopp to Saussure

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Olga Amsterdamska

    1. Department of Science Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Sociology of the Sciences - Monographs (SOSM, volume 6)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Schools of Thought: Some Theoretical Observations

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 1-31

  3. The Idea System of the Early Comparative Grammarians

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 32-62

  4. Linguistics at the German University

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 63-89

  5. The Neogrammarian Doctrine

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 90-120

  6. The Neogrammarian Revolution From Above

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 121-143

  7. The Idealist Reaction

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 144-175

  8. Saussure’s Revolution From Within

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 176-233

  9. Schools on the Periphery

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 234-251

  10. Conclusions

    • Olga Amsterdamska
    Pages 252-272

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 273-321
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About this book

This book is based on the assumption that the development of science has to be understood both as a social and as an intellectual process. The division between internal and external history, between history of ideas and sociology of science, has been harmful not only to our understanding of scientific rationality but also to our understanding of the social processes of scientific development. Just as philosophy of science must be informed by its history, so also must sociology of science be both historically and philosophically informed. Proceeding on this assumption, I examine in detail the contents of linguistic ideas and the changes they underwent, as well as the institutional processes of disciplinary development and school formation. The development of linguistics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has provided me with a convenient locus for a study of the processes of cognitive change and continuity in the context of modern academically institutionalized science. This book examines first the idea system and the institutionalization of historical and comparative linguistics in the first half of the nineteenth century, and then focusses on the for­ mation and development of three schools of thought: the Neogrammarians, the Neo-Idealists, and the Geneva School of Ferdinand de Saussure.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Science Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Olga Amsterdamska

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Schools of Thought

  • Book Subtitle: The Development of Linguistics from Bopp to Saussure

  • Authors: Olga Amsterdamska

  • Series Title: Sociology of the Sciences - Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3759-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2391-8Published: 31 March 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8175-7Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3759-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 322

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Linguistics, general, Philosophy of Science

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