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The Linguistic Theories of Simon Stevin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Daniel Brink
Daniel Brink
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Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona 85287
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Abstract

Although modern commentators readily acknowledge Stevin's significance as a creator of Dutch technical vocabulary, his linguistic theories are generally either ignored, or are dismissed as naive or confused nonsense. These theories were, however, the basic motivation for Stevin's considerable efforts in vocabulary creation, and they were taken seriously and literally by his contemporaries; Stevin's theories were of fundamental significance to the Dutch “language patriots” of the early seventeenth century.

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Research Article
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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 1989 , pp. 133 - 152
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 1989

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