Re: Historical Semantics

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From: bert peeters
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 22:12

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connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:

>In article <1992Oct31.192855.3023@nic.csu.net>, rick@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU 
>(Winky Magoo) writes:

>> I have had a very difficult time finding anything in historical
>> linguistics esp pertaining to semantics.  

>Small wonder.  We historical types have been able to do a lot with
>morphology and phonology, damned little with syntax, and essentially
>nothing of substance with semantics.  But then, the *synchronic* work 
>on semantics isn't exactly awe-inspiring either.

Aren't we belittling the semanticists a little here? I think a good
place to start a bibliographical search would be the three-volume set
of W. Terrence Gordon (Scarecrow Press): *Semantics. A bibliography*.

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