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Author Koerner, E. F. K.

Title Essays in the history of linguistics / E.F.K. Koerner.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Series Studies in the history of the language sciences ; 104, 0304-0720
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 104.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Table of contents; PART I. PROGRAMMATIC PAPERS IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 1. ON THE PLACE OF LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY WITHIN THE SCIENCES OF LANGUAGE, AGAIN; CHAPTER 2. IDEOLOGY, POLITICS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INTELLECTUALS; CHAPTER 3. MYTHS IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS THE CASE OF THE GOALS OF GEORG WENKER'S DIALECTOLOGY; CHAPTER 4. ON 'INFLUENCE' IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY MORPHOPHONEMICS IN AMERICAN STRUCTURALISM.
PART II. STUDIES IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHYCHAPTER 5. MISSIONARY LINGUISTICS IN THE AMERICAS THE 'HEROIC PERIOD'; CHAPTER 6. THE PLACE OF GEOLOGY IN W.D. WHITNEY'S LINGUISTIC ARGUMENT; CHAPTER 7. TOWARD A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF POLISH LINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 8. THREE SAUSSURES -- ONE 'STRUCTURALIST' A VANT LA LETTRE; PART III. SKETCHES HISTORIOGRAPHICAL AND (AUTO)BIOGRAPHICAL; CHAPTER 9. R.H. ROBINS, J.R. FIRTH, AND LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 10. MY EDINBURGH CONNECTIONS, 1964-PRESENT; CHAPTER 11. REMARKS CONCERNING THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE HENRY SWEET SOCIETY.
CHAPTER 12. NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCESPART IV. ZELLIG S. HARRIS: A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1932-2002; ZELLIG SABBETTAI HARRISA COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS, 1932-2002; INDEX OF BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS, TERMS & LANGUAGES; The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences.
Summary The present volume follows the author's tradition of bringing together at certain intervals selections of articles which more often than not had previously been published in not easily accessible places, or which had not been published before. These papers do not typically represent mere reprints but in most instances thoroughly revised versions. This volume contains twelve articles organized under three headings, "Programmatic Papers in the History of Linguistics", "Studies in Linguistic Historiography", and "Sketches historiographical and (auto)biographical", plus as an appendix a complete li.
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Subject Linguistics -- History.
Linguistics.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Koerner, E.F.K. Essays in the history of linguistics. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2004 1588115364 (DLC) 2004046302 (OCoLC)54966214
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