The Systemic View as a Basis for Philological Thought
Olga Valentinova author Vladimir Denisenko author Sergey Preobrazhenskii author Mikhail Rybakov author Olga Barash translator Nicolas M Jansens translator Walker R Thompson translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:11th Nov '21
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In The Systemic View as a Basis for Philological Thought, Olga Valentinova, Vladimir Denisenko, Sergey Preobrazhenskii, andMikhail Rybakov explore the interrelation of language material, structure, and functions in various subjects of philological research, such as grammatical systems of language, semantics, linguistic personality, literary text, and formal aspects of verse. Their systemic approach is rooted in the theories of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his followers, including Russian scholars Alexander Potebnya, Gustav Shpet, and more recently Gennadii Prokop’evichMel’nikov (1928–2000). The authors use the concept of systematicity as an opportunity to see the studied whole in development, to show and explain the functional interaction of linear and supra-linear connections, to explain their interdependence, and to predict further changes within the system. This book displays the scientific potential of the systemic approach to linguistics and related spheres, employing the framework of systematicity to revise the modern trends of philology and to map out an alternative paradigm for linguistic and philological thought that could restore the status of philology as a holistic science.
It is difficult to say whether this book is 'an outstanding contribution to modern linguistics.' But! It is very interesting, very useful, and...highly systemic. The systemic approach to the study of language and linguistic identity is the idea that permeates all parts of the monograph. This would sound very banal if the system were understood only as a set of units connected with each other by certain types of relations. The authors of the monograph 'animate' and 'humanize' the language system, viewing it throughout as a continuously changing object. The causes and conditions of such changes also enter into their research. -- Igor V. Ruzhitsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University
The Systemic View as a Basis for Philological Thought is a mile-stone achievement of Russian scholars based at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow) who propound the ideas of the systemic approach to language phenomena. Premised on the ever-lasting traditions of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Jan Niecislaw Baudouin de Courtenay, Ivan Meshchaninov, the authors pay tribute to the legacy of Gennadii Prokop’evich Mel’nikov (1928–2000), the founder of systemic linguistics which has many supporters both in Russia and West Europe. The discussion of different themes and problems sheds light on their typological aspects, the connection of language and speaker, the poetics of text, and other both traditional and innovative topical areas. Offering a non-orthodox perspective on human language in its manyfold manifestations, this book will find its grateful readership across linguistic borders. -- Volodymyr Dubichynskyi, University of Warsaw
ISBN: 9781793647719
Dimensions: 228mm x 159mm x 32mm
Weight: 835g
408 pages