) Humboldtian theory establishes a new paradigm in linguistics, which has major implications for understanding the essence of language, the individuality of each language, and, implicitly, linguistic diversity. This article examines Wilhelm von Humboldt's theoretical position in the context of modern linguistic paradigms, arguing that his work cannot be subsumed under the linguistic relativity hypothesis formulated by Sapir and Whorf. Although there are points of convergence between the two perspectives — such as the conception of language as a worldview specific to a linguistic community — Humboldtian theory operates within a distinct conceptual framework. This underpins an
In recent times, the linguocognitive mechanisms underlying the functioning of linguistic units have been the subject of active study. The linguocognitive approach allows for viewing cognitive semantics as the linguistic representation of the world model existing in the minds of native speakers. Within linguistics, meta...
This article examines
On Correct Syntax
, a grammatical treatise composed by Ioannes Glykys in the early fourteenth century. Although often regarded as a conventional grammatical handbook, the treatise places syntax at the centre of its linguistic theory. It argues that syntax provides the framework through which g...
Viktoria Tasoula· Byzantine and modern Greek s...· 0 citations
Spinoza’s remarks on language are often treated as fragmentary and inconsistent with his philosophy. This paper argues that they become intelligible when situated within his account of the imaginative origin of language. Drawing on Part II of the Ethics, it shows how linguistic signs arise from stabilized association...
This article analyzes the place of the concept of tolerance in modern linguistics, focusing on its semantic, pragmatic, linguocultural, and communicative features. Tolerance is considered not only as a social and moral value but also as a complex linguistic category that is shaped through language and manifested in spe...
Aziza Muminova· Ijtimoiy-gumanitar sohada il...· 0 citations
Selman Riza, a researcher immersed in several linguistic disciplines,
is a special name in Albanian linguistics. Those who are familiar with his
life and work have described him as a devoted patriot. The Riza phenomenon,
as academician Rexhep Ismajli describes it, was one of the most
prominent linguists and scholars, f...
This article scientifically substantiates the system of methodological tools used in the comparative-typological analysis of the «Moon» concept in English and Uzbek literature. The integrated application of conceptualist, cognitive-metaphorical, linguocultural, ethnolinguistic, speech act, and cinema discourse analysis...