Wilhelm Pfaffel

List of John Benjamins publications in which Wilhelm Pfaffel is involved.

Articles

Pfaffel, Wilhelm 1987 Wie modern war die varronische Etymologie? The History of Linguistics in the Classical Period, Taylor, Daniel J. (ed.), pp. 207–228 | Article

Pfaffel, Wilhelm 1986 Wie Modern war die Varronische Etymologie? Historiographia Linguistica 13:2/3, pp. 381–402 | Article

Summary Varronian etymology is largely in the tradition of Hellenistic etymology. Varro, however, intends to master the shortcomings of the speculative etymology of the Stoa. On the highest level of etymology (quartus gradus: LL V.8) he aims to clarify the etymological relation postulated between… read more