Robert H. Robins

List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert H. Robins is involved.

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Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980

Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins

This volume presents a set of papers on linguistic thought in the Middle Ages. It is complemented by a comprehensive bibliography and indices. The papers in this volume appeared earlier in Historiographia Linguistica 7:1/2 (1980). read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 26] 1980. vi, 321 pp.

Toward a Historiography of Linguistics: Selected Essays

E.F.K. Koerner †

The papers brought together in the present volume represent the essence of the author’s reflections on issues concerning linguistic historiography and of particular investigations in 19th and 20th century linguistic thought. The papers are clustered in three sections: I. Towards a Historiography of… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 19] 1978. xx, 222 pp.

Articles (15) | Order by:

Robins, Robert H. 1995 John Glykys and Syntactic Geometry History of Linguistics 1993: Papers from the Sixth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS VI), Washington DC, 9–14 August 1993, Jankowsky, Kurt R. (ed.), pp. 127–136 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1992 3. Some thoughts on the prehistory of language Prehistory, History and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory: Papers in honor of Oswald Szemerényi I, Brogyanyi, Bela (ed.), pp. 39–50 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1990 Leibniz and Wilhelm von Humboldt and the History of Comparative Linguistics Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism: Proceedings of the international conference, Rome, 25–28 September 1986, De Mauro, Tullio † and Lia Formigari (eds.), pp. 85–102 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1987 Duponceau and Early Nineteenth-Century Linguistics Papers in the History of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS III), Princeton, 19–23 August 1984, Aarsleff, Hans, L.G. Kelly and Hans-Josef Niederehe (eds.), pp. 435–446 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1987 Some phonological constraints on grammatical formations: examples from four languages Language Topics: Essays in honour of Michael Halliday, Steele, Ross and Terry Threadgold (eds.), pp. 307–318 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1985 A Linguistic Appreciation of a Poem by A. E. Housman Scientific and Humanistic Dimensions of Language: Festschrift for Robert Lado, Jankowsky, Kurt R. (ed.), pp. 465–470 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1983 Foundations of Western Linguistics: From the beginning to the end of the first millenium A.D. By Even Hovdhaugen Historiographia Linguistica 10:3, pp. 348–350 | Review

Robins, Robert H. 1980 Preface Historiographia Linguistica 7:1/2, pp. 1–5 | To be specified

Robins, Robert H. 1980 Preface Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980, Koerner, E.F.K. †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Preface

Robins, Robert H. 1980 Functional Syntax in Medieval Europe Historiographia Linguistica 7:1/2, pp. 231–240 | Review article

In contrast to the fairly fully developed theories of phonological and morphological description achieved by classical antiquity, no general theory of syntax (sentence structure) was presented in the works of the classical grammarians such as Apollonius Dyscolus and Priscian, but rather a… read more

Robins, Robert H. 1980 Functional Syntax in Medieval Europe Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980, Koerner, E.F.K. †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins (eds.), pp. 231–240 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1980 Postscript Progress in Linguistic Historiography: Papers from the International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, Ottawa, 28–31 August 1978, Koerner, E.F.K. † (ed.), pp. 403–406 | Article

Robins, Robert H. 1978 Foreword Toward a Historiography of Linguistics: Selected Essays, Koerner, E.F.K. †, pp. ix–xiv | Foreword

Robins, Robert H. 1975 Studies in the History of Linguistics: Traditions and paradigms. Ed. by Dell Hymes Historiographia Linguistica 2:2, pp. 244–249 | Review

Robins, Robert H. 1974 Theory-Orientation Versus Data-Orientation: A recurrent theme in linguistics Historiographia Linguistica 1:1, pp. 11–26 | Article

Two contrasting attitudes towards the scientific study of language have been apparent from the earliest period of linguistic studies in Europe. The forms that the contrast has taken have varied from one era to another. In Greece the debate was between the claims of grammar to be a science… read more