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Autore |
Joseph John Earl |
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From Whitney to Chomsky [[electronic resource] ] : essays in the history of American linguistics / / John E. Joseph |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-31214-X |
9786613312143 |
90-272-7537-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 103 |
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Soggetti |
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Linguistics - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FROM WHITNEY TO CHOMSKY: ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1. THE MULTIPLE AMBIGUITIES OF AMERICAN LINGUISTIC IDENTITY; CHAPTER 2. THE AMERICAN WHITNEY' AND HIS EUROPEAN HERITAGES AND LEGACIES; CHAPTER 3. 20TH-CENTURY LINGUISTICS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE; CHAPTER 4. THE SOURCES OF THE 'SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS'; CHAPTER 5. THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 6. BLOOMFIELD'S AND CHOMSKY'S READINGS OF THE COURS DE LINGUISTIQUE GÉNÉRALE |
CHAPTER 7. HOW STRUCTURALIST WAS 'AMERICAN STRUCTURALISM'?CHAPTER 8. HOW BEHAVIOURIST WAS VERBAL BEHAVIOR?; CHAPTER 9. THE POPULAR (MIS)INTERPRETATIONS OF WHORF AND CHOMSKY: WHAT THEY HAD IN COMMON, AND WHY THEY HAD TO HAPPEN; REFERENCES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What is 'American' about American linguistics? Is Jakobson, who spent half his life in America, part of it? What became of Whitney's genuinely American conception of language as a democracy? And how did developments in 20th-century American linguistics relate to broader cultural trends?This book brings together 15 years of research by John |
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