Volker Heeschen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Volker Heeschen is involved.
2026 Chapter 13. Songs in Eipo, Yale, Awiakay and Meakambut, four Papuan languages The Documentarist Turn: From observable linguistic behaviour to typological generalizations, Riesberg, Sonja, Uta Reinöhl and Birgit Hellwig (eds.), pp. 314–342 | Chapter
Songs are expressions of creativity and emotion that have great intrinsic value not only to the cultures that produced them, but also to academics from fields such as linguistics and anthropology, who seek to gain deep and meaningful insights into these cultures. Here, we analyse some… read more
2007 5. Attractiveness and adornment: Reference to colors and smells in Papuan speech communities Speaking of Colors and Odors, Plümacher, Martina and Peter Holz (eds.), pp. 85–111 | Chapter
This contribution is based on the author’s lexicographical work in two Papuan speech communities as well as on published and unpublished narratives, songs, and instances of everyday speech. About a dozen dictionaries of Papuan languages and the ethnographic literature was checked. There is a… read more
1990 Die ersten Stunden: Am Ursprung der Sprachwissenschaft 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. 33–48 | Chapter
1987 Schematismus: Wilhelm von Humboldt und Schleiermacher 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. 465–478 | Article
1982 Some systems of spatial deixis in Papuan Languages Here and There: Cross-linguistic Studies on Deixis and Demonstration, Weissenborn, Jürgen and Wolfgang Klein (eds.), pp. 81–110 | Article
1977 Weltansicht – Reflexionen Über Einen Begriff Wilhelm Von Humboldts Historiographia Linguistica 4:2, pp. 159–190 | Article
Summary The main theme of Humboldt’s philosophy of language concerns questions of the diversity of languages and its influence on the spiritual growth of mankind. While assuming the universality of an underlying structure — in agreement with Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (1781) —, Humboldt… read more