The linguistic thought of Friedrich August Wolf

A reconsideration of the relationship between classical philology and linguistics in the 19th century

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3954485
AutoresDag Haug (0000-0001-5275-8073, University of Oslo, autor de correspondencia), Dag T Haug
Año2005
Volumen32
Número1-2
Páginas35-60
Fecha de publicación2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistoriographia Linguistica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781
EditorialJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/hl.32.1-2.03hau
OpenAlexW4254700578
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

This paper examines the linguistic thought of Friedrich August Wolf (1759-1824), the founder of modern classical philology, and tries to show that contrary to what is commonly assumed, grammar played an important role in his research program for a 'science of antiquity'. Specifically, Wolf encouraged the study of philosophical grammar, which was the leading linguistic paradigm in Germany around 1800, and he developed an original theory of tense within this methodological framework. But philosophical grammar would appear obsolete soon after the establishment of historical-comparative linguistics and this, it is argued, is an important reason for the enmities in the first half of the 19th century between Indo-Europeanists and the Classical scholars who stayed within the old linguistic paradigm

Cognition · Comparative linguistics · Epistemology · Grammar · Historical linguistics · History of linguistics · Linguistic relativity · Linguistics · Philology · Sociology · Theoretical linguistics · Classical Studies and Philology · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Psychology