Jörn Albrecht

Maria Strebl, Die Fach(sprach)lichkeit von Texten. Eine Analyse von italienischen und deutschen Texten zum Thema Algenblüten und Eutrophierung

Die Adria ist eine Gefahr für die Gesundheit. Le alghe soffocano l’Adriatico ... Wer erinnert sich heute noch an die Schlagzeilen, mit denen die Presse auf die «Algenpest» in der nördlichen Adria im Sommer 1989 aufmerksam machte? Die Verf. der hier vorzustellenden Wiener Dissertation aus dem Jahr 2003 hat italienische und deutsche Texte zu diesem Naturphänomen zusammengestellt und einer umfassenden Analyse unterzogen. In ihrer Arbeit

Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1873–1946)

Matteo Giulio Bartoli (1873–1946), together with Giulio Bertoni, was one of the heads of the so-called ‘Neolinguistic school.’ Bartolis main contribution to linguistic theory was a negative one, it consisted in his resolute opposition to the Neogrammarianss doctrine of the so-called ‘phonetic laws.’ Bartolis description of ‘Dalmatian,’ the surviving traces of the Neo-Latin language of Pre-Venetic Dalmatia, was reprinted in 1975 and translated into Italian, the best evidence of its continuing relevance. Of special interest remains also his characterization of Latin as a particularly archaic Indo-European language.

Bertoni, Giulio (1878–1942)

Giulio Bertoni was first and foremost a traditional philologist. His introduction to ‘neolinguistics’ resulted in many contributions to the theoretical part of this school. Bertonis works of lasting significance lie in the field of philology. His contribution to general linguistics seems to be merely of historical interest in the late 20th century.

Croce, Benedetto (1866–1952)*

Croce exercised a kind of benevolent dictatorship over the literary and philosophical life of his country for half a century. Historian, philosopher, critic, and statesman, he was not directly interested in linguistics; the only reason for including him in this encyclopedia is the major influence he had on some contemporary linguists, especially in Italy and Germany. In view of the specific scope of this article, the information given here is necessarily incomplete and one-sided.

Neolinguistic School in Italy

Publisher Summary This presents details of neolinguistic school of Italy. From the point of view of the late 20th century epistemological paradigm adopted by the majority of Western linguists, especially in the Anglo-Saxon world, the Neolinguistic School in Italy seems to be somewhat out of place—a strange phenomenon belonging to a remote past and deserving, if any, exclusively historical interest. The name “Neolinguist” was coined in opposition to “Neogrammarian” (Junggrammatiker), originally a nickname given to the well-known linguistic school of Leipzig. As the term suggests, stress was laid on “linguist” as against “grammarian.” In a later phase of his scientific career, Bartoli (1945) preferred the more technical designation of “areal linguistics.” In the opinion of the Neolinguists, language is a thoroughly conscious phenomenon. The technical part of the productivity of the Neolinguistic School may be characterized as a kind of comparative linguistics that in contrast to the classical understanding of the discipline tries to take into account the geographical, historical, and social environment of the linguistic activity.