LEADER 03350nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910781722103321 005 20230607223622.0 010 $a1-283-31214-X 010 $a9786613312143 010 $a90-272-7537-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000049929 035 $a(EBL)784284 035 $a(OCoLC)756484592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000826462 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11458651 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000826462 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10808400 035 $a(PQKB)10235080 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784284 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509605 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000049929 100 $a20020916d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Whitney to Chomsky$b[electronic resource] $eessays in the history of American linguistics /$fJohn E. Joseph 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub.$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences,$x0304-0720 ;$vv. 103 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58811-349-3 311 $a90-272-4592-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222) and index. 327 $aFROM 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 GE?NE?RALE 327 $aCHAPTER 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 330 $aWhat is 'American' about American linguistics? Is Jakobson, who spent half his life in America, part of it? What became of Whitney's genuinely American conception of language as a democracy? And how did developments in 20th-century American linguistics relate to broader cultural trends?This book brings together 15 years of research by John E. Joseph, including his discovery of the meeting between Whitney and Saussure, his ground-breaking work on the origins of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis' and of American sociolinguistics, and his seminal examination of Bloomfield and Chomsky as readers of Saus 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries III,$pStudies in the history of the language sciences ;$vv. 103. 606 $aLinguistics$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aLinguistics$xHistory. 676 $a410/.973 700 $aJoseph$b John Earl$0161427 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781722103321 996 $aFrom Whitney to Chomsky$9748027 997 $aUNINA