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Prolegomena to a Critical Grammar

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  • © 1973

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Authors:
  1. Josef Schächter

    1. Vienna, Austria

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Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Collection (VICC, volume 2)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. The Nature of Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Contents of Part One

      1. Signs and Language
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 5-14
      2. Concerning the Formal
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 15-19
      3. Ogic and Grammar
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 20-33
      4. Logic and Psychology
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 34-42

  3. On the Grammar of Words, Sentences and Combinations of Sentences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Contents of Part Two

      1. General Remarks
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 47-77
      2. Kinds of Words
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 78-109
      3. Kinds of Sentence
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 110-137
      4. Combinations of Sentences
        • Josef Schächter
        Pages 138-161

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 162-165
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About this book

This book is the first English version of Prolegomena zu einer kritischen Grammatik, published by Julius Springer, Vienna, 1935, as Volume 10 of the Vienna Circle's series Schriften zur wissenschaftlichen Weltauffassung. The prefatory remarks of both editor and author acknowledge the influence ofWittgenstein in a general way. However, in aim and approach, the work differs from Wittgenstein's Philosophische Grammatik (l969). This is indeed based on material going back to 1932, some of which Schachter must have known. On the other hand, the present Prolegomena not only explains the general, philosophical principles to be followed, but in the light of these proceeds to cover the entire range of conventional grammar, showing where that is uncritical. Whether Wittgenstein in his turn knew of Schachter's work has never been explored. Schachter's object is universal grammar. As is natural, the examples in the original are largely drawn from German grammar, with occasional minor excursions into other languages. For English readers, what matters are the general problems of grammar: there is no point in tying these to the linguistic peculiarities of German, let alone a local variety of it. One who can grasp German at that level might as well read the original. The translation is therefore twofold: the text as a whole has been rendered into English, and the entire apparatus of examples has been replaced, as far as this can be done, by illustrations from English grammar, chosen so as to bring out the same kinds of problem as in the original.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Vienna, Austria

    Josef Schächter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prolegomena to a Critical Grammar

  • Authors: Josef Schächter

  • Series Title: Vienna Circle Collection

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2555-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1973

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0296-8Published: 31 December 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0301-9Published: 31 December 1973

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2555-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 166

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: Logic, Grammar, History, general

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