Reading theRemarqueurs

Changing perceptions of ‘classic’ texts

Bibliographic Data

ID3954754
AuthorsWendy Ayres-Bennett (University of Cambridge), Wendy Ayres‐bennett (0000-0002-2146-3165, University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume33
Issue3
Pages263-302
Publication date2006-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistoriographia Linguistica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/hl.33.3.02ayr
OpenAlexW2076282729
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

It is commonly stated that metalinguistic texts reflect the historical, social and intellectual context in which they are produced. In this article the author examines how later readings of 'classic' texts can both reflect the changing concerns of the time and colour subsequent readings of those texts. The case-study provided is the work of the three great 17th-century Frenchremarqueursor authors of volumes of observations on the French language - Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585-1650), Gilles Ménage (1613-1692) and Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702); their observations were read by and assimilated into the work of subsequent French grammarians working within often very different socio-cultural and intellectual frames of reference. Readings of these volumes of remarks on French from each century following their publication are used to illustrate the argument

Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Sociology · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy

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