Prelude to Baltic linguistics : earliest theories about Baltic languages (16th century)

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Prelude to Baltic linguistics: earliest theories about Baltic languages (16th century)
Authors:
Dini, Pietro Umberto
Publication Data:
Amsterdam ; Rodopi, 2014.
Pages:
170 p
Series:
On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics; 36
Notes:
Bibliografija.
Contents:
Foreword — Acknowledgements — Palacocomparativism and earliest Baltic linguistics — Investigation — Metalinguistics — Baltic linguistic historiography — Main linguistic theories on the eve of Palacocomparativism — The Slav theory and Polyglossia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — Æneas Sylvius de' Piccolomini — Johannes Stobnica's Epitoma Europe (1512) — Crassinius's Polonia (1574) — An Illyrian theory of the Baltic languages — The Philoglots's linguistic ideas — Conrad Gessner's Mithridates (1555) — Megiser (and Alsted) overtaking Gessner — Conclusion — The Latin theory and the Vilnius Latinizers — Jan Długoszon Lithuanian and Prussian — The imposition of Latin in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — The idea that Lithuanian is a neo-Latin language — The Wallachian connection: a lesser known variant within the Latin theory — Evaluating the variants of the Latin theory — Polyglossia and linguistic variations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the quadripartite theory — Miechovita's linguistic ideas about Baltic — Multilingual variety in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — The reception of the Quadripartite theory — The idea that Prussian derives from Greek — Willichius and the appraisal of a Greek theory on Prussian — Minor reception of and/or reaction to the Greek theory — Evaluating the Greek theory on Prussian within Baltic Palacocomparativism — The emergence of a Hebrew theory — Early ideas: Funck, Göbcl, Loewenklau — Other interpretations (after the 16th century) — New interpretation — Marcin Bielski's ideas on the Lithuanian — Diachrony — Synchrony — Conclusion — The disappearance of the Baltic languages in Edward Brerewood's Enqvireies (1614) — Description of the languages — Comment — Conclusion — Concluding remarks: was there a Baltistics before Baltistics? — Synopsis of the Slav theory and of the Illyrian theory — Synopsis of the Latin theory and its variants — Synopsis of the Quadripartite theory —Mutual dynamic among the linguistic theories — Attempt at a generalization — Notes — Sources — References.
Keywords:
LT
16 amžius; Baltų kalbos / Baltic languages; Prūsų kalba / Prussian language.
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Baltistica. 2014, t. 49, Nr. 2
Summary / Abstract:

LTLeidinyje nagrinėjamas palyginti menkai pažįstamas baltų kalbotyros istoriografijos laikotarpis – XVI a. Tuo laikotarpiu, vadinamuoju Renesanso paleokomparatyvizmu, ne tik pasirodė pirmosios knygos, bet ir skirtingose Europos dalyse išplito įvairios teorijos apie baltų kalbas ir gentis bei tautas: slaviškąją ir jai artimą ilyriškąją teorijos, lotyniškoji teorija įgavo naujų spalvų (buvo išryškinti jos variantai), nekalbant jau apie ketveriopos kalbos sampratą. Be to, aptariamos mažos, bet svarbios lingvistinės idėjos, pvz., hebrajiškoji ar graikiškoji prūsų kalbos teorija. Skirtingų idėjų palyginimas puikiai parodo teorijų apie baltų kalbas vaizdą Europoje paleokomparatyvizmo laikais, kai tos kalbos nebuvo suvokiamos kaip autonominė lingvistinė grupė, ir Renesanso Europoje cirkuliuojančių įvairių idėjų, kurias jungė genealoginių ryšių tarp kalbų paieškos, modernumą. [versta iš angliškos santraukos]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Kalbinė istoriografija; Teorijos apie kalbą; Baltų kalbotyra; Linguistic historiography; Theories about language; Baltic Linguistics.

ENThis book is a study of the relatively unknown field of Baltic linguistic historiography associated with the 16th century. This has been the saeculum mirabile of Baltic philology, not only on account of the first books having appeared during that period, but also due to the diverse linguistic ideas about the Baltic languages which were circulating during Renaissance Palaeocomparativism: the Slavic and the closely connected Illyrian theory, the Latin theory (with its variants: the semi-Latin, the neo-Latin, and the Wallachian), also the Quadripartite theory. Minor but significant linguistic ideas are also discussed here, for example the emergence of a Hebrew theory and the Greek theory about Old Prussian. The synoptic juxtaposition of the different ideas shows very well the state of knowledge in Europe about the languages which later would be called ‘Baltic’ and the modernity of those ideas within European Renaissance linguistic debate leading to the rise of comparative linguistic genealogy.

ISBN:
9789042037984; 9789401210461 (elektroninis)
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
Related Publications:
Permalink:
https://www.lituanistika.lt/content/56192
Updated:
2021-03-09 21:01:26
Metrics:
Views: 18
Export:
Download