Abstract
The work of Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) is linked to that of his predecessors Rasmus Rask (1787–1832) and Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) in ways that are clear and explicit, though complicated. Hjelmslev’s first book, Principes de grammaire générale (1928), avowedly owes more to Saussure than anyone else. Gradually, Saussure becomes a figure to be superseded, and Rask the guiding spirit who points the way. This is surprising, given that Rask’s work belonged to an earlier age, while Saussure’s defined the modern where linguistics was concerned (see Joseph 2017). This study examines what each of them represented for Hjelmslev, set against the evolving meaning and use of key terms such as mechanical, organic and psychological, using evidence from text-based n-grams.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Linguistica e Filosofia del Linguaggio |
| Subtitle of host publication | Studi in Onore di Daniele Gambarara |
| Editors | Marcello Walter Bruno, Felice Cimatti, Donata Chiricò, Anna De Marco, Emanuele Fadda, Giorgio Lo Feudo, Marco Mazzeo, Claudia Stancati |
| Place of Publication | Milan |
| Publisher | Mimesis |
| Pages | 295-305 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 May 2018 |
Keywords
- history of linguistics
- Louis Hjelmslev
- Ferdinand de Saussure
- Rasmus Rask