Le comparatisme : de la généalogie à la génétique. - article ; n°146 ; vol.36, pg 19-45

Bernard Laks

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Langages - Année 2002 - Volume 36 - Numéro 146 - Pages 19-45
The comparatist framework which have undergone a remarkable development in the 19th century and have declined in the 20th century, has recently made a noticeable come back on the international scientific scene. The mixing of the comparatist and reconstructivist perspective with population genetics lead to the so called new synthesis. The same uncontrolled metaphors and the same genealogical conceptions are set to work in this new framework. We first introduce a critical analysis of classical comparatism stressing how and why the genealogical notion of ~~Stammbaum~~ was deconstructed. We then show how modern genetic comparatism rests on the very same ideas without having answered the critics addressed to the classical one. Finally, we show that within a neo Darwinian paradigm many fruitful alternatives to the genetic-genealogical framework exists which allows for new ways of questioning diachronic relations among languages
27 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: LANGAGES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2002
• Nombre de lectures: 15
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Bernard Laks

Le comparatisme : de la généalogie à la génétique. In: Langages, 36e année, n°146, 2002. pp. 19-45.

Abstract The comparatist framework which have undergone a remarkable development in the 19th century and have declined in the 20th century, has recently made a noticeable come back on the international scientific scene. The mixing of the comparatist and reconstructivist perspective with population genetics lead to the so called "new synthesis". The same uncontrolled metaphors and the same genealogical conceptions are set to work in this new framework. We first introduce a critical analysis of classical comparatism stressing how and why the genealogical notion of Stammbaum was deconstructed. We then show how modern genetic comparatism rests on the very same ideas without having answered the critics addressed to the classical one. Finally, we show that within a neo Darwinian paradigm many fruitful alternatives to the genetic-genealogical framework exists which allows for new ways of questioning diachronic relations among languages

Citer ce document / Cite this document : Laks Bernard. Le comparatisme : de la généalogie à la génétique. In: Langages, 36e année, n°146, 2002. pp. 19-45. doi : 10.3406/lgge.2002.2399 http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/lgge_0458-726X_2002_num_36_146_2399