LA NOTION DE SENTIMENT LINGUISTIQUE ET LA PHILOLOGIE AU TOURNANT DES XIX ET XX SIÈCLES
THE NOTION OF „SENTIMENT LINGISTIQUE” AND PHILOLOGY BY THE TURN OF XIXth AND XXth CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a survey of the notion of sentiment linguistique (Sprachgefühl, linguistic feel) as seen by philologists and linguists of the end of the 19th century, mainly Littré, Paul and Saussure. The notion appears as a conceptual link between the traditionnal philology and the new „linguistics”. We first discuss the termes, then examine the positions of Littré and Paul, and finally concentrate on Saussure, in whose work the notion receives the most extensive treatment. Sentiment linguistique is also presented as having great potential for a renewal of our current views on language, especially related to analogy.

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