John Hewson

List of John Benjamins publications in which John Hewson is involved.

Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages: Papers presented at the workshop on Indo-European Linguistics at the XVIIIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 2007

Edited by Vit Bubenik, John Hewson and Sarah Rose

The product of a group of scholars who have been working on new directions in Historical Linguistics, this book is focused on questions of grammatical change, and the central issue of grammaticalization in Indo-European languages. Several studies examine particular problems in specific languages,… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 305] 2009. xx, 262 pp.

From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages

John Hewson and Vit Bubenik

In the historical development of many languages of the IE phylum the loss of inflectional morphology led to the development of a configurational syntax, where syntactic position marked syntactic role. The first of these configurations was the adposition (preposition or postposition), which… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 280] 2006. xxx, 419 pp.

The Cognitive System of the French Verb

John Hewson

This study is based on the writings and teaching of Gustave Guillaume (1883-1960), one of the earliest proponents of what is today called Cognitive Linguistics. It offers (1) a much needed presentation in English of Guillaume’s view of the French system, (2) the clarifications added by his… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 147] 1997. xii, 187 pp.

Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony

John Hewson and Vit Bubenik

This monograph presents a general picture of the evolution of IE verbal systems within a coherent cognitive framework. The work encompasses all the language families of the IE phylum, from prehistory to present day languages.Inspired by the ideas of Roman Jakobson and Gustave Guillaume the authors… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 145] 1997. xii, 403 pp.

Foundations for a Science of Language

Gustave Guillaume (1883–1960)

This volume presents, for the first time in English, a representative view of Gustave Guillaume's thought. The texts, drawn mainly from his manuscript notes for lectures at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris, were selected as far as possible for their accessibility, as requiring no prior… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 31] 1984. xxiv, 175 pp.

Hewson, John 2009 Grammaticalization of the verbal diathesis in Germanic Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages: Papers presented at the workshop on Indo-European Linguistics at the XVIIIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 2007, Bubenik, Vit, John Hewson and Sarah Rose (eds.), pp. 159–167 | Article

Bubenik, Vit and John Hewson 2006 Baltic Languages From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 205–225 | Chapter

Bubenik, Vit and John Hewson 2006 Conclusions From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 357–383 | Chapter

Hewson, John 2006 Typological Evolution in IE From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 1–27 | Chapter

Hewson, John 2006 Case and Prepositions in Ancient Greek From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 54–80 | Article

Hewson, John 2006 From Ancient to Modern Celtic From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 228–246 | Chapter

Hewson, John 2006 From Latin to Modern Romance From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 247–273 | Chapter

Hewson, John 2006 From Ancient to Modern Germanic From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 274–303 | Chapter

Hewson, John 2006 The Syntax of the Prepositional Phrase From Case to Adposition: The development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 28–53 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 10: The Latin Verbal System Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 189–208 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 17: From Latin to Modern Romance Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 314–330 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Review of Drinka (1995): The Sigmatic Aorist in Indo-European Diachronica 14:1, pp. 119–123 | Review

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 18: Tense and Aspect in Modern Germanic Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 331–350 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 11: The Verbal System of Germanic (Gothic, Old English) Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 209–228 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 1: Tense and Aspect: Description and Theory Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 1–23 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 8: Tense and Aspect in Baltic Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 142–164 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 2: The Verbal System of Ancient Greek Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 24–45 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1997 Chapter 9: Tense and Aspect in Celtic Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 165–188 | Chapter

Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik 1997 Chapter 19: Conclusions Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony, Hewson, John and Vit Bubenik, pp. 351–364 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1994 An 18th-century Missionary Grammarian: Micmac studies of Father Maillard Historiographia Linguistica 21:1/2, pp. 65–76 | Article

Until the publication of the Micmac grammar of Father Pacifique (1939, 1990), the only published grammar of Micmac was that of Father Pierre-Antoine Maillard (c. 1710–1762), which although it was written early in the 18th century, was not published until the middle of the 19th century (1864).… read more

Hewson, John 1990 ‘Un Système où tout se tient’: Origin and evolution of an idea History and Historiography of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987, Niederehe, Hans-Josef and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 787–794 | Chapter

Hewson, John 1988 Leçons de linguistique, Vol.6: Grammaire particulière du français et grammaire générale, and Vol.7: Esquisse d’une grammaire descriptive de la langue française by Gustave Guillaume Historiographia Linguistica 15:3, pp. 416–420 | Review

Hewson, John 1982 Shifting systems: evidence for systemic change in French historical phonology Papers from the Fifth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Galway, April 6–10 1981, Ahlqvist, Anders (ed.), pp. 117–122 | Article

Hewson, John 1982 Determinism in linguistics: neogrammarian and transformationalist Papers from the Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Hamburg, August 22–26 1977, Maher, J. Peter, Allan R. Bomhard and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 65–74 | Article

Hewson, John 1978 La voix moyenne des langues romanes XIV Congresso Internationale di Linguistica e Filologia Romanza: Napoli, 15–20 Aprile 1974. ATTI, Varvaro, Alberto (ed.), pp. III-325–III-330 | Article

Hewson, John 1976 Langue and Parole Since Saussure Historiographia Linguistica 3:3, pp. 315–348 | Article

It is not possible and in fact not necessary to review everything that has been written since the publication of Saussure’s Cours de linguistique générale concerning the langue / parole diachotomy. What is attempted in the present article is first of all a concrete analogy for langue and parole,… read more

Hewson, John 1974 Linguistic Structures and Linguistic Laws. By Ferenc Kovács Historiographia Linguistica 1:3, pp. 411–418 | Review