Douglas A. Kibbee

List of John Benjamins publications in which Douglas A. Kibbee is involved.

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Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

General Editor: Jean-Michel Fortis, Klaas Willems and Otto Zwartjes

ISSN 0304-0720

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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
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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 more
[Not in series, 154] 2010. xii, 488 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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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

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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Kibbee, Douglas A. 2008 9. Forensic linguistics and FrenchStudies 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
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Kibbee, Douglas A. 1992 The first French Grammar in English? Ms Walter Rye 38Historiographia Linguistica 19:2/3, pp. 415–418 | Miscellaneous
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Kibbee, Douglas A. 1990 Language Variation and Linguistic Description in 16th-Century FranceNorth American Contributions to the History of Linguistics, Dinneen, S.J., Francis P. and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 49–66 | Article
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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
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Kibbee, Douglas A. 1986 The Humanist Period in Renaissance Bilingual LexicographyThe History of Lexicography, Hartmann, R.R.K. (ed.), pp. 137–146 | Article
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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
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