Winfred P. Lehmann

List of John Benjamins publications in which Winfred P. Lehmann is involved.

Language Typology 1988: Typological Models in the Service of Reconstruction

Edited by Winfred P. Lehmann and Helen-Jo Jakusz Hewitt

This is the third volume of papers yielded from the annual Linguistic Typology symposia inaugurated by the International Research and Exchange Board. The volume deals with an area of linguistics in which scholars of the USSR have made notable contributions and makes available to the West at least… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 81] 1991. vi, 182 pp.

Language Typology 1987: Systematic Balance in Language. Papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Berkeley, 1–3 Dec 1987

Edited by Winfred P. Lehmann

These papers from the 1987 Typology Symposium — a follow-up to the 1985 meeting in Moscow — deal with the relevance of typology for historical linguistics. Its application in understanding phonological and grammatical change is examined for a variety of languages. Its relevance for application of… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 67] 1990. x, 212 pp.

Language Typology 1985: Papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Moscow, 9–13 Dec. 1985

Edited by Winfred P. Lehmann

This volume presents revised versions of papers originally presented at the Colloquium in Linguistic Typology, held in Moscow in 1985. The organizers and participants of the colloquium considered it of great importance to come to terms on primary principles, in order to be able to build on previous… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 47] 1986. viii, 209 pp.

Perspectives on Historical Linguistics: Papers from a conference held at the meeting of the Language Theory Division, Modern Language Assn., San Francisco, 27–30 December 1979

Edited by Winfred P. Lehmann and Yakov Malkiel

This volume presents seven extensive essays by specialists in their respective fields of historical linguistics. The first essay after the Introduction states the principles presented in Directions for Historical Linguistics (1968) and assesses the progress made since then towards constructing a… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 24] 1982. xii, 379 pp.

Lehmann, Winfred P. 2004 Derivational Morphology of the Early Indo-European Verb Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In honor of William R. Schmalstieg, Baldi, Philip and Pietro U. Dini (eds.), pp. 113–124 | Chapter

Lehmann, Winfred P. 2001 The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E. F. K. Koerner. Ed. by Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph & Hans-Josef Niederehe Historiographia Linguistica 28:3, pp. 429–434 | Review

Lehmann, Winfred P. 2000 My early years in machine translation Early Years in Machine Translation: Memoirs and biographies of pioneers, Hutchins, John W. (ed.), pp. 147–164 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 2000 8. The Development of Adequate Formalism in Linguistics Functional Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition: Papers in honor of Sydney M. Lamb, Lockwood, David G., Peter H. Fries and James E. Copeland (eds.), pp. 125–146 | Chapter

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1999 Towards a History of Early Indo-European Diachronica 16:1, pp. 67–95 | Article

SUMMARY The author argues that Indo-Europeanists must now set out to produce a history of the language to upgrade the 'purely systematic form' of Brug-mann's Grundriss (1897: xi) and Meillet's 'correspondences that are the sole reality for the comparatist to study' ( 1937[ 1922]:viii). Residues… read more

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1992 Review of Betten & Riehl (1990): Neuere Forschungen zur historischen Syntax des Deutschen. Referate der Internationalen Fachkonferenz Eichstätt 1989 Diachronica 9:1, pp. 105–110 | Review

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1992 Review of Pokorny & Partridge (1989): Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch Index Diachronica 9:1, pp. 115–118 | Review

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1991 The Importance of Models in Historical Linguistics Language Typology 1988: Typological Models in the Service of Reconstruction, Lehmann, Winfred P. and Helen-Jo Jakusz Hewitt (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1990 In Search of the Indo-Europeans Diachronica 7:1, pp. 101–116 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1990 Raimo Anttila. Historical and Comparative Linguistics Studies in Language 14:1, pp. 249–251 | Squib

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1990 Syntactic Residues Language Typology 1987: Systematic Balance in Language, Lehmann, Winfred P. (ed.), pp. 171–188 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1989 Review of Geniušienė (1987): The typology of reflexives Studies in Language 13:1, pp. 213–221 | Review

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1988 Review of Hettrich (1988): Untersuchungen zur Hypotaxe im Vedischen Diachronica 5:1/2, pp. 207–217 | Review

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1987 Bloomfield as an Indo-Europeanist Historiographia Linguistica 14:1/2, pp. 163–172 | Article

In Bloomfield’s day, Indo-European studies had become ingrown and isolated from general linguistics. Bloomfield was one of those who contributed to restoring Indo-European linguistics to its proper place. His training, especially at Leipzig, gave him control of the data and the theory by which… read more

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1987 Bloomfield as an Indo-Europeanist Leonard Bloomfield: Essays on his life & work, Hall, Jr., Robert A. (ed.), pp. 163–172 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1987 Time Papers from the 7th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Giacalone Ramat, Anna, Onofrio Carruba and Giuliano Bernini (eds.), pp. 339–348 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1986 Fick and Kleuker on Jones – Riga 1795 Historiographia Linguistica 13:1, pp. 19–26 | Article

Avenues of the impact of Sir William Jones’s Discourses, especially his Third, on the continent are of great interest, in view of the development of Indo-European historical linguistics there rather than in England. Translations may account for that impact, such as those carried out by Johann… read more

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1986 Primes Language Typology 1985: Papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Moscow, 9–13 Dec. 1985, Lehmann, Winfred P. (ed.), pp. 1–18 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1985 Typology and the Study of Language Change Diachronica 2:1, pp. 35–49 | Article

SUMMARY In seeking to comprehend language, including language change, linguists need a framework. A century and a half of phonological study has provided such a framework, as evident especially in Trubetzkoy's Principles of Phonology. Change in phonological systems is clarified by attention to its… read more

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1985 Application of Contrastive Procedures to Gothic Scientific and Humanistic Dimensions of Language: Festschrift for Robert Lado, Jankowsky, Kurt R. (ed.), pp. 223–230 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1984 1. Mellow Glory: See language steadily and see it whole New Directions in Linguistics and Semiotics, Copeland, James E. (ed.), pp. 17–34 | Chapter

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1982 1. Introduction: diachronic linguistics Perspectives on Historical Linguistics: Papers from a conference held at the meeting of the Language Theory Division, Modern Language Assn., San Francisco, 27–30 December 1979, Lehmann, Winfred P. and Yakov Malkiel (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Chapter

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1982 Vant Er Stafs Vífi: Am. 12.9: ‘The Woman Omitted A Stave’ Festschrift für Karl Schneider, Dick, Ernst S. und Kurt R. Jankowsky (Hrsg.), pp. 43–48 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1981 The genitive singular ending in — syo: How an Indo-Europeanist works Bono Homini Donum: Essays in Historical Linguistics, in Memory of J. Alexander Kerns. (2 volumes), Arbeitman, Yoël L. and Allan R. Bomhard (eds.), pp. 179–188 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1980 Linguistics at Wisconsin (1937-41) and at Texas (1949- ): A Retrospective View First Person Singular: Papers from the Conference on an Oral Archive for the History of American Linguistics. (Charlotte, N.C., March 1979), Davis, Boyd and Raymond K. O’Cain (eds.), pp. 183–192 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1979 The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages compared with that of the Modern Languages. By Henri Weil Historiographia Linguistica 6:3, pp. 403–408 | Review

Lehmann, Winfred P. 1979 Internal Reconstruction and Historical Syntax Studies in Language 3:1, pp. 65–89 | Article

Lehmann, Winfred P. and Ladislav Zgusta 1979 Schleicher’s tale after a century Studies in Diachronic, Synchronic, and Typological Linguistics: Festschrift for Oswald Szemérenyi on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, Brogyanyi, Bela (ed.), pp. 455–466 | Article