03061nam 2200589 a 450 991081761180332120240514042439.01-283-31352-9978661331352290-272-7807-5(CKB)2550000000049958(EBL)784313(OCoLC)756484621(SSID)ssj0000827397(PQKBManifestationID)11473856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827397(PQKBWorkID)10830883(PQKB)10037600(MiAaPQ)EBC784313(Au-PeEL)EBL784313(CaPaEBR)ebr10509571(EXLCZ)99255000000004995819891011d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA life for language a biographical memoir of Leonard Bloomfield /Robert A. Hall, Jr1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub. Co.19901 online resource (139 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences,0304-0720 ;v. 55Description based upon print version of record.1-55619-350-5 90-272-4540-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.A LIFE FOR LANGUAGE A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF LEONARD BLOOMFIELD; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THE EARLY YEARS (1887-1909); CHAPTER 2. CINCINNATI AND ILLINOIS (1909-1921); CHAPTER 3. OHIO STATE (1921-1927); CHAPTER 4. CHICAGO (1927-1940); CHAPTER 5. YALE (1940-1949); CHAPTER 6. POSTHUMOUS FORTUNE; NOTES TO THE BIOGRAPHY; REFERENCES FOR NOTES; A NEW LEONARD BLOOMFIELD BIBLIOGRAPHY (1909-1985); INDEX OF BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS, TERMS, AND LANGUAGESLeonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was one of the greatest linguists of the twentieth century. He devoted his entire life to a thorough-going study of language, its structure and its use, summed up in masterly fashion in his book Language (1933). After his premature death at the age of 62, his work was at first acclaimed as an exemplary application of the scientific method to linguistics, but then fell into unjustified neglect. Now that the centenary of his birth has passed, the time has come for the story of Bloomfield's life and work to be recounted in a biography. Accordingly, basing hisAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series III,Studies in the history of the language sciences ;v. 55.LinguistsUnited StatesBiographyLinguists410/.92BHall Robert A(Robert Anderson),1911-1997.157258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817611803321A life for language4108437UNINA