Lecture 2 stages of development of linguistic typology plan

Lecture 2

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY

PLAN

• 1. THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC COMPARISON.
• 2. THE MAJOR FACTORS FOSTERING DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY.

1. THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC COMPARISON.

• In the beginning of its development Linguistic typology tried to respond the issue of what could serve the basis for classifying the languages into "more primitive" and "more developed". But very soon it became clear that this starting point was incor­rect: it turned to be impossible to make a judgment on the level of development of a language basing on its typological characteristics.

Since one and the same language in the course of its development can sev­eral times change its structure. E.g. the history of French can be classified into early Indo-European and isolated, late Indo-European flexional, analytical mid-French, and practically isolated modern oral French.

• Since one and the same language in the course of its development can sev­eral times change its structure. E.g. the history of French can be classified into early Indo-European and isolated, late Indo-European flexional, analytical mid-French, and practically isolated modern oral French.

The questions of timing the history of linguistic comparison are quite compli­cated and are the ones which haven't yet found their final solution. The history of linguistic comparison is an integral part of linguistic science development, history of linguistics per se which is in its turn bound with the history of nation and cogni­tion.

• The questions of timing the history of linguistic comparison are quite compli­cated and are the ones which haven't yet found their final solution. The history of linguistic comparison is an integral part of linguistic science development, history of linguistics per se which is in its turn bound with the history of nation and cogni­tion.