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Contents of BEITRAEGE ZUR GESCHICHTE DER SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT (BGS) 8.1/1998, ed. by Klaus D. Dutz & Peter Schmitter ARTICLES: J.L. Subbiondo: 17th-Century Universal Grammar and Contemporary Linguistics. John Wilkins and Noam Chomsky; L. Jooken & P. Swiggers: Lord Monboddo's Views on the Corruption and Preservation of Language. With the Edition of an Unpublished Manuscript (1766); H. Sauer: 'Principia Grammaticae Illyricae'. Zwei bairische Englischgrammatiken aus dem spaeten 18. Jahrhundert; K.-A. Forsgren: On "Valency Grammar" in 19th-Century German Grammar. DISCUSSION: J.-P. Saint-Gerand: Aporie ou Prototype? Certes! Exemple de DETAIL chez Antoine Meillet; S. Heinz: Die Keltologie an der Humboldt- vormals Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet. Eine Ideengeschichte und ihre Umsetzung. REPORTS ON MEETINGS: E. Nowak: X. Internationales Kolloquium des SGdS (18.-21.6.1997, Potsdam, Deutschland). Sprachdiskussion und Beschreibung von Sprachen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert; R. Hofman: Manuscripts and Tradition of Grammatical Texts from Antiquity to the Renaissance. 11th Course of the International School for the Study of Written Records (16.-23.10.1997, Erice, Italy); E. Poppe: Irland und Europa im fruehen Mittelalter. Texte und Ueberlieferung. 5. Internationales Kolloquium der Universitaet Konstanz (16.-20.3.1998, Konstanz, Deutschland). REPORTS ON PROJECTS: J. Hafner & B. Schlieben-Lange: Diskursformationen - Die 'Grammaire Generale' an den Ecoles Centrales (1795- 1803). OBITUARY / REVIEWS / SHORT REVIEWS The annual subscription rate for BGS (ISSN 0939-2815) is DEM 135.00 (incl. postage and handling) for libraries and institutions. For subscription contact your local bookseller or directly write to: Nodus Publikationen, P.O. Box 5725, D-48031 Muenster, Germany. Manuscripts (2 copies) should be directed to either of the following editors: Klaus D. Dutz, P.O. Box 5725, D-48031 Muenster, Germany (e-mail: dutz.nodusMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuet-online.de); Peter Schmitter, Department of German education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Imun-Dong 270, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul, 130-791 KOREA (e-mail: schmitpe
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