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Discourse traditions and the historicity of language: discourse traditional knowledge and discourse universes

Kabatek, Johannes (2023). Discourse traditions and the historicity of language: discourse traditional knowledge and discourse universes. In: Winter-Froemel, Esme; Octavio de Toledo y Huerta, Álvaro Sebastián. Manual of Discourse Traditions in Romance. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 103-122.

Abstract

This chapter has a strongly theoretical focus and is divided into three sections. The first section tackles the relationship between discourse traditions (DTs)and the general question of language historicity; the second section is dedicated tothe definition and classification of DTs; and the final section addresses the notionof“universe of discourse”and its possible relationship with DTs or discursive tradi-tionality in general. As regards the first matter, a variety of proposals have beenmade to situate DTs within a coherent theory of language. Koch (1997) and Oester-reicher (1997) suggest a duplicated“ historical level” departing from Eugenio Coser-iu’s distinction between a universal, a historical, and an individual level of lan-guage (see Coseriu 1985). Other scholars (Lebsanft 2006) have criticized thisapproach: we will argue here that as early the 1950s Coseriu (s.a.) advocated for ahistoricity of the individual level (Kabatek 2018; 2021). The second section presentsthe similarities and differences of the various proposals and offers a classificationof DTs based on both form and content. Finally, the notion ofuniverse of discourseand its relationship to DTs will be addressed: a more general and more traditionalview on universes of discourse (Urban 1939; Coseriu 1955–1956) considers these asbundles of DTs, whereas an alternative, more recent view (Coseriu 2002) limits thenotion to only four universes based on the semiotic relationship between subjectsand objects.

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Item Type:Book Section, not_refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Romance Studies
06 Faculty of Arts > Zurich Center for Linguistics
08 Research Priority Programs > Language and Space
Dewey Decimal Classification:410 Linguistics
450 Italian, Romanian & related languages
470 Latin & Italic languages
440 French & related languages
460 Spanish & Portuguese languages
800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism
Uncontrolled Keywords:discourse traditions, Eugenio Coseriu, historicity, Peter Koch, universe ofdiscourse, Wulf Oesterreicher
Language:English
Date:2023
Deposited On:08 Jan 2024 14:20
Last Modified:27 Sep 2024 03:42
Publisher:De Gruyter
Series Name:Manuals of Romance Linguistics
Number:30
ISBN:9783110665291
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110668636-005
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