Douglas A. Kibbee
List of John Benjamins publications in which Douglas A. Kibbee is involved.
Book series
Journal
Historiographia Linguistica
International Journal for the History of the Language Sciences
Edited by Jean-Michel Fortis and Otto Zwartjes
ISSN 0302-5160 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9781
Chomskyan (R)evolutions
Edited by Douglas A. Kibbee
It is not unusual for contemporary linguists to claim that “Modern Linguistics began in 1957” (with the publication of Noam Chomsky’s Syntactic Structures). Some of the essays in Chomskyan (R)evolutions examine the sources, the nature and the extent of the theoretical changes Chomsky introduced in… read moreHistory of Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHOLS X), 1–5 September 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Edited by Douglas A. Kibbee
As each period in the history of the language sciences has chosen to focus on different key questions, the study of that history promises to open our eyes to the variety of interesting questions that can be asked, and answered – taking off the blinders of contemporary preoccupations. September 1–5,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 112] 2007. x, 451 pp.
Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights: Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996
Edited by Douglas A. Kibbee
The contributions to this volume cover a broad range of issues in language policy that are hotly debated in every corner of the globe. The articles included investigate the implications of language policies on the notion of language rights as the issues are played out in very specific circumstances… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 2] 1998. xvi, 415 pp.
For to Speke Frenche Trewely: The French language in England, 1000–1600. Its status, description and instruction
Douglas A. Kibbee
The first grammatical descriptions of the French language were produced in England, several centuries before the first grammar written in French (but also several centuries after the Norman Conquest). This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 60] 1991. viii, 268 pp.
New Analyses in Romance Linguistics: Selected papers from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages XVIII, Urbana-Champaign, April 7–9, 1988
Edited by Dieter Wanner and Douglas A. Kibbee
The twenty papers from the eighteenth Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages deal with diverse aspects of the Romance languages and Romance linguistics. They reflect the current state of Romance studies in North America and of the particular outlook among the international group of contributors… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 69] 1991. xviii, 406 pp.
2020 Linguists and lawyers History of Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, (ICHoLS 14), Paris, 28 August – 1 September, Aussant, Émilie and Jean-Michel Fortis (eds.), pp. 221–236 | Chapter
The first article of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “all men are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. It prohibits discrimination based on language, among other criteria, and defines a number of areas in which rights are guaranteed, including legal… read more
2019 Remarques sur la langue françoise. By Claude Favre de Vaugelas Historiographia Linguistica 46:3, pp. 153–158 | Review
2008 9. Forensic linguistics and French Studies in French Applied Linguistics, Ayoun, Dalila (ed.), pp. 295–316 | Article
Nous examinons rapidement les cinq domaines de recherche en linguistique forensique, avant de nous consacrer à l’étude de la notion du désavantage linguistique dans l’histoire de la France. L’importance du désavantage linguistique n’est devenue primordiale qu’après des réformes dans la procédure… read more
2007 Acknowledgements History of Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHOLS X), 1–5 September 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Kibbee, Douglas A. (ed.), pp. ix–x | Acknowledgments
1999 8. ‘The People’ and their Language in 19th-Century French Linguistic Though The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner, Embleton, Sheila, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe (eds.), pp. 111–128 | Article
1998 Presentation Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights: Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996, Kibbee, Douglas A. (ed.), pp. x–xvi | Miscellaneous
1998 Acknowledgments Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights: Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996, Kibbee, Douglas A. (ed.), pp. viii–ix | Acknowledgments
1996 Emigrant Languages and Acculturation: The Case of Anglo-french The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages: Proceedings from the Second Rasmus Rask Colloqium, Odense University, November 1994, Nielsen, Hans Frede † and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
1992 Les Inventeurs du bon usage (1529–1647). By Danielle Trudeau Historiographia Linguistica 19:2/3, pp. 409–414 | Review
1992 The first French Grammar in English? Ms Walter Rye 38 Historiographia Linguistica 19:2/3, pp. 415–418 | Miscellaneous
1990 Language Variation and Linguistic Description in 16th-Century France North American Contributions to the History of Linguistics, Dinneen, S.J., Francis P. and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 49–66 | Article
1990 French Grammarians and Grammars of French in the 16th Century 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. 301–314 | Chapter
1990 Sources négligées dans l’histoire du vocabulaire: les dictionnaires bilingues du seizième siècle Historical Linguistics 1987: Papers from the 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, August 30-September 4, 1987, Andersen, Henning and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 265–274 | Article
1990 Language variation and linguistic description in 16th-century France Historiographia Linguistica 17:1/2, pp. 49–65 | Article
The first French grammarians to consider the French language condemned variation – historical variation, geographical variation, and sociolinguistic variation. For the French language to be first among vernacular languages, it had to have fixity, to be governed by absolute rules. How can one… read more
1987 Bilingual Lexicography in the Renaissance: Palsgrave's English-French Lexicon (1530) 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. 179–188 | Article
1986 The Humanist Period in Renaissance Bilingual Lexicography The History of Lexicography, Hartmann, R.R.K. (ed.), pp. 137–146 | Article
1985 John Palsgrave’s ‘Lesclaircissement De La Langue Francoyse’ (1530) Historiographia Linguistica 12:1/2, pp. 27–62 | Article
John Palsgrave, an Englishman, wrote the first detailed grammar of the French language, Lesclaircissement de la langue francoyse (1530). This work is remarkable not only for its length but also for its quality. Palsgrave wrote a pedagogical text for his English readers, using a system which leads… read more


























