The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. Volume 2: Methodological perspectives a(The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences)

Alongside considerable continuity, 20th-century diachronic linguistics has seen substantial shifts in outlook and procedure from the 19th-century paradigm. Our understanding of what is really new and what is recycled owes a great debt to E. F. K. Koerner's minutely researched interpretations of the work of the field's founders and key transitional figures. At the cusp of the 21st century, some of the best known scholars in the field explore how these methodological shifts have been and continue to be played out in historical Romance, Germanic and Indo-European linguistics, as well as in work outside these traditional areas. These 22 studies, honouring the founder of Diachronica and other publication ventures that have helped revitalize historical enquiry in recent decades, include examinations of Indo-European methodology and the reconstructions carried out by Bloomfield and Sapir; the search for relatives of Indo-European; comparative, structural and sociolinguistic analyses of the history of the Romance languages; regular vs. morpholexical approaches to OHG umlaut; and the synchrony and diachrony of gender affixes in Tsez.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Problems of structuralist beginnings (and endings) (by Embleton, Sheila); 2. IV. Methodological Perspectives; 3. 21. Indo-European Methodology, Bloomfield's Central Algonquian, and Sapir's Distant Genetic Relationships (by Darnell, Regna); 4. 22. The Need for Phonetically Accurate Notation in the General Progress of Linguitics (by Levin, Saul); 5. 23. The Autonomy of Linguistics: Saussure to Chomsky and beyond (by Bugarski, Ranko); 6. 24. On the Notion of Zero (by Roberts, E. Wyn); 7. 25. 'God's Truth' and Sturcturalism: A new look at an old controversy (by Prideaux, Gary D.); 8. 26. From Ordered Rules to Ranked Constraints (by Jensen, John T.); 9. V. Indo-European Linguistics; 10. 27. Next of Kin: The search for relatives of Indo-European (by Bomhard, Allan R.); 11. 28. Typolgy and Reconstruction: New trends in comparative historical and diachronic linguistics (by Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.); 12. 29. Typology and Diachrony of the Middle Voice (by Kurzova, Helena); 13. 30. Indo-European Numerals Since Szemerenyi (by Justus, Carol F.); 14. 31. Berthold Delbruck and his Contemporaries on 'Tempora' in Sanskrit (by Bubenik, Vit); 15. 32. Observations on Two Recently Discovered Latin Inscriptions (by Baldi, Philip); 16. 33. Comparative, Structural and Sociolinguistic Analyses of the History of the Romance Languages (by Wright, Roger); 17. 34. Romance Historical Morphology and Empty Affixes (by Maiden, Martin); 18. 35. Markedness and Morphosyntactic Change Revisited: The case of Romance past participle agreement (by Smith, John Charles); 19. 36. Romanian and the Balkans: Some comparative perspectives (by Joseph, Brian D.); 20. VII. Germanic, Caucasian and Asian Linguistics; 21. 37. Toward "a Complete Analysis of the Residues": On regular vs. morpholexical approaches to OHG umlaut (by Holsinger, David J.); 22. 38. Narrative Cohesion in the Kensington Runic Text (by Hall, Jr., Robert A.); 23. 39. The Compound Gerund in Early Modern English (by Tajima, Matsuji); 24. 40. Gender Affixes in Tsez: Synchrony and diachrony (by Comrie, Bernard); 25. 41. Once Again on the Reading of the Old Korean (by Vovin, Alexander); 26. 42. The Role of Historiography in Evaluating the Results of Comparative Linguistic Work: A case study (by Sidwell, Paul J.); 27. Koerner Tabula Gratulatoria; 28. Name Index; 29. Subject Index; 30. Contents of Volume One

Review :
These two volumes honor a scholar, editor and organizer whose work during the past 30 years has a unique impact on the field of linguistics in general and on the development and establishment of the history of the language sciences as a field of study in its own rights.[...] some authors have achieved a 'Koernerian fusion' by incorporating the history of their fields in their respective arguments in historical linguistics, thereby demonstrating the value, importance and relevance of the history of the language sciences to contemporary issues in linguistics Those desiring an international sampling of current studies on the history of linguistics for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries should consult these well-edited volumes. There is so much more of interest in these volumes, all worthy of careful reading and consideration.