03350nam 2200577 a 450 991078172210332120230607223622.01-283-31214-X978661331214390-272-7537-8(CKB)2550000000049929(EBL)784284(OCoLC)756484592(SSID)ssj0000826462(PQKBManifestationID)11458651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000826462(PQKBWorkID)10808400(PQKB)10235080(MiAaPQ)EBC784284(Au-PeEL)EBL784284(CaPaEBR)ebr10509605(EXLCZ)99255000000004992920020916d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom Whitney to Chomsky[electronic resource] essays in the history of American linguistics /John E. JosephAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub.c20021 online resource (242 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences,0304-0720 ;v. 103Description based upon print version of record.1-58811-349-3 90-272-4592-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222) and index.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 GÉNÉRALECHAPTER 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; INDEXWhat 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 E. Joseph, including his discovery of the meeting between Whitney and Saussure, his ground-breaking work on the origins of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis' and of American sociolinguistics, and his seminal examination of Bloomfield and Chomsky as readers of SausAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series III,Studies in the history of the language sciences ;v. 103.LinguisticsUnited StatesHistoryLinguisticsHistory.410/.973Joseph John Earl161427MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781722103321From Whitney to Chomsky748027UNINA