The asterisk from historical to descriptive and theoretical linguistics
An historical note
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3955405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgio Graffi (University of Verona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-338 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historiographia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/hl.29.3.04gra |
| OpenAlex | W2005946825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
The use of the asterisk in descriptive and theoretical linguistics is attested well before the 1950s (contrary to what has been maintained by Householder in 1973). It is suggested that the meaning of the asterisk was extended from that of 'unattested form', which was standard in historical linguistics, to that of 'unattested form' in sense of 'non-existent'; a further step was to assign to the asterisk the meaning of 'impossible form', hence also of 'ungrammatical sentence
Applied linguistics · Asterisk · Epistemology · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Sentence · Sociology · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |