LEADER 03061nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910817611803321 005 20240514042439.0 010 $a1-283-31352-9 010 $a9786613313522 010 $a90-272-7807-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000049958 035 $a(EBL)784313 035 $a(OCoLC)756484621 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000827397 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11473856 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827397 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10830883 035 $a(PQKB)10037600 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784313 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784313 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509571 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000049958 100 $a19891011d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA life for language $ea biographical memoir of Leonard Bloomfield /$fRobert A. Hall, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.$d1990 215 $a1 online resource (139 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. 55 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55619-350-5 311 $a90-272-4540-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aA 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 LANGUAGES 330 $aLeonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was one of the greatest linguists of the twentieth century. He devoted his entire life to a thorough-going study of language, its structure and its use, summed up in masterly fashion in his book Language (1933). After his premature death at the age of 62, his work was at first acclaimed as an exemplary application of the scientific method to linguistics, but then fell into unjustified neglect. Now that the centenary of his birth has passed, the time has come for the story of Bloomfield's life and work to be recounted in a biography. Accordingly, basing his 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries III,$pStudies in the history of the language sciences ;$vv. 55. 606 $aLinguists$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aLinguists 676 $a410/.92 676 $aB 700 $aHall$b Robert A$g(Robert Anderson),$f1911-1997.$0157258 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817611803321 996 $aA life for language$94108437 997 $aUNINA