03430nam 2200649 450 991078897780332120230422032530.03-11-081236-310.1515/9783110812367(CKB)3390000000033238(EBL)3049924(OCoLC)922950902(SSID)ssj0000849454(PQKBManifestationID)12364945(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000849454(PQKBWorkID)10812304(PQKB)11601779(MiAaPQ)EBC3049924(DE-599)GBV745556671(DE-B1597)41383(OCoLC)979761585gruy41383(DE-B1597)9783110812367(Au-PeEL)EBL3049924(CaPaEBR)ebr11035970(CaONFJC)MIL805790(EXLCZ)99339000000003323819980722d1999 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe real Professor Higgins the life and career of Daniel Jones /by Beverley Collins, Inger M. MeesBerlin ;New York :Mouton de Gruyter,1999.1 online resource (621 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-11-015124-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages [515]-553) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. In the days of his youth (1881-1903) -- Chapter 2. An aptitude for phonetics (1904-07) -- Chapter 3. Early years at University College London (1908-10) -- Chapter 4. Building up the Department (1911-14) -- Chapter 5. Studying spoken language -- Chapter 6. Not adversely affected by the war (1914-17) -- Chapter 7. A sort of mission -- Chapter 8. The Outline -- Chapter 9. A Professor of Phonetics (1919-21) -- Chapter 10. They do nothing but phonetics (1921-30) -- Chapter 11. Upstairs and downstairs (1931-39) -- Chapter 12. In the Blitz and after (1939-50) -- Chapter 13. Final years -- Chapter 14. Jones's contribution to phonetics and linguistics -- Appendix. Historical Background -- Examination Papers -- International Phonetic Alphabet charts -- Notes -- List of interviews -- A chronological bibliography of the publications of Daniel Jones -- References -- IndexThis volume presents the first full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and leading British phonetician of the early twentieth century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university. This book, richly illustrated with partly unpublished material traces Jones's life and career, including his contacts with other linguists, and with figures outside the linguistic world notably Robert Bridges and George Bernard Shaw.LinguistsGreat BritainBiographyPhoneticsStudy and teachingGreat BritainLinguistsPhoneticsStudy and teaching410/.92BER 560rvkCollins Beverley532730Mees Inger M.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788977803321The real Professor Higgins3866615UNINA