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Article #75Re: Historical Semantics
From: Rich Alderson
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 00:31
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 00:31
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In article <1992Oct31.192855.3023@nic.csu.net>, rick@csufres (Winky Magoo) writes:
>This was previously posted to talk.philosophy.misc, sci.philosophy.tech,
>and bit.listserv.words-l. I didn't know about this group. Sorry if
>you are reading this twice.
>
>I have had a very difficult time finding anything in historical
>linguistics esp pertaining to semantics.
Yup.
You should look for papers by Rulon Wells, who used to specialize in diachronic
semantics. Given his pre-Chomsky, philosophy-of-language orientation, you
should be better prepared for him than many.
I can't provide you with any references off-hand--I buried that notebook in a
storage locker long ago.
--
Rich Alderson 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take
such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
--J. R. R. Tolkien,
alderson@leland.stanford.edu _The Lost Road_
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!agate!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!alderson From: alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson) Subject: Re: Historical Semantics In-Reply-To: rick@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Winky Magoo) Message-ID: <1992Nov3.003107.18882@leland.Stanford.EDU> Originator: alderson@leland.Stanford.EDU Keywords: Baonan, Wutun, Hui, historical semantics, borrowing Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Reply-To: alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson) Organization: Stanford University Academic Information Resources References: <1992Oct31.192855.3023@nic.csu.net> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 00:31:07 GMT Lines: 21