Further minor Antedating of "Linguistic" (adj)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Yes, Joel is correct that my 1825 citation antedates the adjective in OED from 1856, and the noun from 1837.

Fred Shapiro



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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
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Subject: Re: Further minor Antedating of "Linguistic" (adj)

Isn't the 1856 date for the adjective?  The noun (The science of
languages; philology.    a. sing) dates from 1837.

Antedating for linguistic (adj).  OED 1856-.

Weekly Eagle, published as The Semi-Weekly Eagle; Date: 04-02-1849;
Volume: II; Issue: 68; Page: [2]; Location: Brattleboro, Vermont [EAN].

This linguistic entertainment soon grew irksome to the impatient
Spaniard, and the conference speedily terminated.

Joel

At 12/2/2008 06:11 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>linguistic (OED 1856)
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>1825 _Asiatic Journal_ 1 Dec. 648 (19th Century UK Periodicals)  THE
>science of the general comparison of languages, now developing
>itself under the name of _linguistic_, has, within a short period,
>made a very remarkable progress. ... Since these scattered materials
>have been collected, in a manner more or less perfect, by the
>diligence of a Pallas, a Hervas, an Adelung, a Vater, and a
>Klaproth, we may hope to see the linguistic science extend itself
>more and more, and acquire a regularity in its form and principles.
>... The present comparative essay pretends to contribute no addition
>to our actual knowledge in the linguistic department.
>
>
>linguistic science (OED 1922)
>
>1825  [see above]
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>
>Fred Shapiro
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