Paradigm Lost

The general theory of language of Mikołaj Kruszweski (1851-1887) is, this book argues, a “lost paradigm” in the history of linguistics. The concept of ''paradigm'' is understood in a broadly construed Kuhnian sense, and its applicability to linguistics as a science is examined.It is argued that Kruszewski''s theory was a covert paradigm in that his major work, Ocerk nauki o jazyke (''An Outline of...