Toward a History of American Linguistics

A comprehensive account of essential periods and areas of research in the history of American Linguistics which addresses contemporary debates and issues within linguistics.

Sommario

1. The Historiography of American Linguistics2. Toward a History of Americanist Linguistics3. On the Sources of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis'4. Leonard Bloomfield and the Cours de Linguistique générale5. American Structuralist Linguistics and the 'Problem of Meaning'6. On the Rise and Fall of Generative Semantics7. Noam Chomsky's Readings of Saussure from 19618. The 'Chomskyan Revolution' and its Historiography9. On the Origins of Morphophonemics in American Linguistics10. William Labov and the Origins of Sociolinguistics in AmericaIn Lieu of a Conclusion: On the Importance of the History of Linguistics

Info autore

E.F.K. Koerner is on the faculty at Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung, Berlin, Germany.

Riassunto

A comprehensive account of essential periods and areas of research in the history of American Linguistics which addresses contemporary debates and issues within linguistics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E.F.K. Koerner
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.10.2002
• EAN: 9780415300605
• ISBN: 978-0-415-30060-5
• Pagine: 328
• Peso: 770 g
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics