Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit
In the middle of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein developed the thought that the meaning of a word is its »use in language«. In fact, in the late 17th century, this idea was absolutely dominant and undisputed. In contrast to older theories, the first conferral of meaning (imposition) and etymol...
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| description | In the middle of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein developed the thought that the meaning of a word is its »use in language«. In fact, in the late 17th century, this idea was absolutely dominant and undisputed. In contrast to older theories, the first conferral of meaning (imposition) and etymology were no longer considered decisive. The reason for the transition to the usage theory was the awareness of the historicity, i. e. the
changeability, of language. Furthermore, the authority of a linguistic creator was now considered relevant only in technical languages, but not in
colloquial language. This was possibly due to the rise of the vernacular languages |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2f8982e57bc4e1ba17b9cee3918b6452022-12-22T03:54:00ZdeuMax Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal TheoryRechtsgeschichte - Legal History1619-49932195-96172022-10-01304663http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg30/046-063Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen NeuzeitJan Schröder0Juristische Fakultät der Universität TübingenIn the middle of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein developed the thought that the meaning of a word is its »use in language«. In fact, in the late 17th century, this idea was absolutely dominant and undisputed. In contrast to older theories, the first conferral of meaning (imposition) and etymology were no longer considered decisive. The reason for the transition to the usage theory was the awareness of the historicity, i. e. the changeability, of language. Furthermore, the authority of a linguistic creator was now considered relevant only in technical languages, but not in colloquial language. This was possibly due to the rise of the vernacular languagesword meaningusage theory of meaningphilosophy of languagehistoricity of languageearly modern period |
| spellingShingle | Jan Schröder Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History word meaning usage theory of meaning philosophy of language historicity of language early modern period |
| title | Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit |
| title_full | Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit |
| title_fullStr | Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit |
| title_short | Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit |
| title_sort | zur bedeutung der worter in der rechts und sprachtheorie der fruhen neuzeit |
| topic | word meaning usage theory of meaning philosophy of language historicity of language early modern period |
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