A life for language [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical memoir of Leonard Bloomfield / / Robert A. Hall, Jr
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| Autore: |
Hall Robert A (Robert Anderson), <1911-1997.>
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| Titolo: |
A life for language [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical memoir of Leonard Bloomfield / / Robert A. Hall, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (139 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 410/.92 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Linguists - United States |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 LANGUAGES |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Leonard 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A life for language |
| ISBN: | 1-283-31352-9 |
| 9786613313522 | |
| 90-272-7807-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781725003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series III, . -Studies in the history of the language sciences ; ; v. 55.