@article{McElvenny2017,
  author    = {McElvenny, James},
  title     = {Grammar, typology and the Humboldtian tradition in the work of Georg von der Gabelentz},
  series = {Language \& history : journal of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas},
  volume    = {60},
  journal   = {Language \& history : journal of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {1759-7536},
  doi       = {10.1080/17597536.2016.1212580},
  pages     = {1 -- 20},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A frequently mentioned if somewhat peripheral figure in the historiography of late nineteenth-century linguistics is the German sinologist and general linguist Georg von der Gabelentz (1840-1893). Today Gabelentz is chiefly remembered for several insights that proved to be productive in the development of subsequent schools and subdisciplines. In this paper, we examine two of these insights, his analytic and synthetic systems of grammar and his foundational work on typology. We show how they were intimately connected within his conception of linguistic research, and how this was in turn embedded in the tradition established by Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), especially as it was further developed by H. Steinthal (1823-1899). This paper goes beyond several previous works with a similar focus by drawing on a wider range of Gabelentz' writings, including manuscript sources that have only recently been published, and by examining specific textual connections between Gabelentz and his predecessors.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{McElvenny2016,
  author    = {McElvenny, James},
  title     = {The fate of form in the Humboldtian tradition: The Formungstrieb of Georg von der Gabelentz},
  series = {Journal of geophysical research : Solid earth},
  volume    = {47},
  journal   = {Journal of geophysical research : Solid earth},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0271-5309},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.langcom.2015.12.004},
  pages     = {30 -- 42},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {The multifaceted concept of 'form' plays a central tole in the linguistic work of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), where it is deeply entwined with aesthetic questions. H. Steinthal's (1823-1899) interpretation of linguistic form, however, made it the servant of psychology. The Formungstrieb (drive to formation) of Georg von der Gabelentz (1840-1893) challenged Steinthal's conception and placed a renewed emphasis on aesthetics. In this endeavour, Gabelentz drew on the work of such figures as August Friedrich Pott (1802-1887), Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807-1874) and William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894). In this paper, we examine Gabelentz' Formungstrieb and place it in its historical context.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Kraemer2013,
  author    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Philipp},
  title     = {Creole exceptionalism in a historical perspective - from 19th century reflection to a self-conscious discipline},
  series = {Language sciences},
  volume    = {38},
  journal   = {Language sciences},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0388-0001},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.langsci.2013.02.003},
  pages     = {99 -- 109},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {In order to re-evaluate the ongoing debate about so-called creole exceptionalism, parallels and continuities from historical texts are shown in a line of argumentation that can be found both in works from the 19th century and from today. Mainly, the influential study of Mauritian Creole by Charles Baissac (1880) exhibits considerable similarities with today's exceptionalist positions. Persisting arguments such as the idea of creoles as "simple", "young" and "natural" languages are (and were) to show the difference of creoles from other languages. Creolists argue that evidence of creoles as a distinct class provides support for the relevance and independence of creolistics as a discipline. Comparing contemporary and historical sources can shed new light on the epistemological heritage of the field.},
  language  = {en}
}