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Autore |
Koerner E. F. K |
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Titolo |
Toward a history of American linguistics / / E.F.K. Koerner |
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London ; ; New York, N.Y., : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-49507-2 |
1-134-49508-0 |
0-203-37863-6 |
1-280-04709-7 |
0-203-36185-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in the history of linguistics ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Linguistics - United States - History |
Historical linguistics |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
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 and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prefatory Observations; The Historiography of American Linguistics; Toward a History of Americanist Linguistics; On the Sources of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis'; Leonard Bloomfield and the Cours de linguistique generale; American Structuralist Linguistics and the'Problem of Meaning'; On the Rise and Fall of Generative Semantics; Noam Chomsky's Readings of Saussure after 1961; The 'Chomskyan Revolution' and its Historiography; On the Origins of Morphophonemics in American Linguistics; William Labov and the Origins of Sociolinguistics in America |
In Lieu of a Conclusion: On the importance of the history of linguisticsIndex of Subjects Terms; Index of Biographical Names; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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