Toward a History of American Linguistics
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics
ISBN-10
0415300606
ISBN-13
9780415300605
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 10th, 2002
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
674 grams
Dimensions
16.50 x 24.30 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Historical & comparative linguistics
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A comprehensive account of essential periods and areas of research in the history of American Linguistics which addresses contemporary debates and issues within linguistics.
Beginning with the anthropological linguistic tradition associated primarily with the names of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir and their students and concluding with the work of Noam Chomsky and William Labov at the end of the century. This book offers a comprehensive account of essential periods and areas of research in the history of American Linguistics and also addresses contemporary debates and issues within linguistics.
Topics covered include:
* The sources of the ''Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis''
* Leonard Bloomfield and the Cours de linguistique générale
* The ''Chomskyan Revolution'' and its Historiography
* The Origins of Morphophonemics in American Linguistics
*William Labov and the Origins of Sociolinguistics in America.
Toward a History of American Linguistics will be invaluable reading for academics and advanced students within the fields of linguistics and the history of linguistics.
Topics covered include:
* The sources of the ''Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis''
* Leonard Bloomfield and the Cours de linguistique générale
* The ''Chomskyan Revolution'' and its Historiography
* The Origins of Morphophonemics in American Linguistics
*William Labov and the Origins of Sociolinguistics in America.
Toward a History of American Linguistics will be invaluable reading for academics and advanced students within the fields of linguistics and the history of linguistics.
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