| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 163 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-159) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Languages; 2.1 Linguistics as the study of language systems; 2.2 Languages as sets of utterances; 2.3 The autonomy of linguistics; 3 Sound systems; 3.1 The prehistory of the phoneme; 3.2 Phonology; 3.3 Structuralism; 4 Diachrony; 4.1 Diachronic phonology; 4.2 System and norm; 4.3 Universals; 5 The architecture of a language system; 5.1 Expression and content; 5.2 Phonology and grammar; 5.3 Deep structure and surface structure; 6 Internalised language; 6.1 Generative grammars; 6.2 Knowing a language; 6.3 Universal Grammar and diachrony. |
| Summary |
This book is a concise historical survey of structural linguistics, charting its development from the 1870s to the present day. Peter Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyzes the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He discusses theories of the overall structure of a language, the 'Chomskyan revolution' in the 1950s, and the structuralist theories of meaning. The book includes exposition, in particular, of the contributions of Saussure, Bloomfield and Chomsky. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Structural linguistics -- History.
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Structural linguistics. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Matthews, P.H. (Peter Hugoe). Short history of structural linguistics. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521623677 (DLC) 00045524 (OCoLC)44969651 |
| ISBN |
0511011504 (electronic book) |
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9780511011504 (electronic book) |
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0511035403 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511035401 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511152647 |
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9780511152641 |
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051105064X |
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9780511050640 |
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9780521623674 (hardback) |
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0521623677 (hardback) |
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9780511612596 (electronic book) |
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0511612591 (electronic book) |
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0521625688 (paperback) |
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9780521625685 |
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