What is it about?
Hermann Paul's Prinzipien is an important work in the history of linguistics. This paper has revealed for the first time some little noticed aspects about the evolution of this book through its five editions and its impacts. Under the influence of the scholarly interactions, Paul has modified some of his statements on the general linguistic issues in the book. These discussions between Paul and his recipients are also an important context of the emergence of modern linguistics.
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Why is it important?
Although Hermann Paul’s Prinzipien has been extensively studied with regards to its modern linguistic ideas and its influence in the history of linguistics, little attention has been paid to its abundant history of edition and reception. This paper shows that the first five editions of the Prinzipien have different historical statuses. Therefore, we should be aware of the differences in the research of linguistic historiography.
Perspectives
This paper belongs to my PhD project on the history of linguistics in Germany around 1900, which focuses on the networked relation between linguists. I hope the current research could be a good start, as it shows the dynamic between Paul and his recipients in a networked relation. They kept exchanging ideas and these ideas kept evolving in this network.
Beijia Chen
Freie Universitat Berlin
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This page is a summary of: Der Einfluss der akademischen Interaktionen auf die Auflagen- und Wirkungsgeschichte von Hermann PaulsPrinzipien, Historiographia Linguistica, December 2020, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/hl.00068.chen.
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