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Linguistic Historiography
Projects & prospects
The present volume brings together the author's most recent thinking on the tasks and methods of linguistic historiography and his critical assessment of the legacy of a number of major 20th-century scholars. Some of the chapters are revisions of previously published articles, which together with new materials have been welded into a coherent volume.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 92] 1999. x, 236 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 28 June 2011
Published online on 28 June 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Introduction: On the uses of the history of linguistics | pp. 1–20
- Part I. Topics in the Historiography of Linguistics | pp. 21–22
- Ch. 1 The History of Linguistics: Attainments and remaining challenges | pp. 23–38
- Ch. 2 Linguistics and Ideology: A neglected aspect of 19th and 20th century historiography | pp. 39–60
- Ch. 3 Immediate and not so Immediate Sources of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis': Methodological considerations | pp. 61–84
- Ch. 4 The Concept of 'Revolution' in Linguistics: Historical, methodological, and philosophical issues | pp. 85–96
- Ch. 5 The Idea of Reconstruction in Comparative Linguistics: History and some modern debates | pp. 97–116
- Part II. Historical Perspectives on Individual Scholars | pp. 117–118
- Ch. 6 Otto Jespersen as a Reader of the 'Cours de linguistique générale' | pp. 119–132
- Ch. 7 On the Sources of Roman Jakobson's Linguistic Inspiration | pp. 133–150
- Ch. 8 J. R. Firth's Musings on Saussurean Tenets | pp. 151–166
- Ch. 9 Einar Haugen as a Historian of Linguistics | pp. 167–182
- Ch. 10 The Authors of the Idea of Language as a System où tout se tient | pp. 183–200
“[...] written by a scholar who has been a major force in organizing, promoting and practising the historiography of linguistics during the past thirty years.”
Michael Mackert, German-English Language Services
“[...] full of insightful observations, thought-provoking ideas, and examples of how to do linguistic historiography [...].”
Jun Qian in The Prague Bulletin of Mathematical Linguistics 73-74, 2000
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