James McElvenny

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James McElvenny is an Australian linguist and intellectual historian based in Germany, known for his work on the history modern

typology and language documentation,[2] in particular as it relates to the tradition of linguistic scholarship established by Wilhelm von Humboldt. In this connection, he has worked extensively on Georg von der Gabelentz.[3] He has also published on early twentieth-century language study in Britain and its connections to philosophy of language in analytic philosophy, with a particular focus on C. K. Ogden and his milieu.[4]

He is editor of the book series History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences at Language Science Press,[5] and the presenter of the monthly podcast of the same name.[6]

James McElvenny
Born
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Career

James McElvenny is a researcher at the University of Siegen in Germany.[7] He has previously been a Newton International Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland,[8] and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Potsdam in Germany.[9]

Selected works

  • 2024. A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 2023. Limits of Structuralism. Oxford University Press. (Edited volume)
  • 2019. Form and Formalism in Linguistics. Language Science Press. (Edited volume)
  • 2018. Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism: C. K. Ogden and his contemporaries. Edinburgh University Press.

References

  1. S2CID 244330177
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  2. ^ McElvenny, James, Typology and the history of linguistics, Abralin ao Vivo, retrieved 2022-03-26
  3. doi:10.1051/hel/2020023
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  4. OCLC 1037351840.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  5. ^ "History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences | Language Science Press". langsci-press.org. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  6. ^ "Podcast". History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  7. ^ "McElvenny, James, Dr. » SFB 1187 – Medien der Kooperation – Universität Siegen" (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ^ "Newton International Fellowship Awards 2017". The British Academy. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  9. ^ Scholz, Jana (2015). "Die Idee kam im Museum: Wie Humboldt-Stipendiat James McElvenny sein Potsdamer Forschungsthema fand" (PDF). Portal. 2: 35.

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