LA CRÉATIVITÉ DANS LA CONTINUITÉ : JOHANNES KABATEK SUR LA THÉORIE LINGUISTIQUE D’EUGENIO COSERIU
CREATIVITY IN CONTINUITY: JOHANNES KABATEK ON EUGENIO COSERIU'S LINGUISTIC THEORY

Summary/Abstract: Creativity in Continuity: Johannes Kabatek on Eugenio Coseriu's Linguistic Theory. In this text we aim to analyze the way in which J. Kabatek interprets the epistemological foundations of E. Coseriu's theory, based in particular on his volume Eugenio Coseriu. Beyond Structuralism (2023) which contains a chapter on “Coseriu’s epistemological principles and the essence of language”. Exegetes consider that E. Coseriu not only revolutionized several fields of linguistics, such as linguistic typology, lexical semantics, text linguistics, etc., but also included them all in a broad and unitary conception of language, called integral linguistics, because he integrates – in the trichotomy of language planes – absolutely all aspects of historical languages, of discourse/text and of language/speech in general. In this context, J. Kabatek shows that “Coseriu’s epistemological principles underlie his entire scientific activity and allow us to understand why his work, which is so vast, is also so coherent.” His approach particularly capitalizes on two emblematic Coserian texts: Principles of Linguistics as a Science of Culture (Coseriu 1992) and Dix théses a propos de l’essence du langage et du signifié (Coseriu 2001).

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