From Whitney to Chomsky : essays in the history of American linguistics / John E. Joseph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, John Earl.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 103.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--United States--History.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is 'American' about American linguistics? Is Jakobson, who spent half his life in America, part of it? What became of Whitney's genuinely American conception of language as a democracy? And how did developments in 20th-century American linguistics relate to broader cultural trends?This book brings together 15 years of research by John E. Joseph, including his discovery of the meeting between Whitney and Saussure, his ground-breaking work on the origins of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis' and of American sociolinguistics, and his seminal examination of Bloomfield and Chomsky as readers of Saus

Contents:

FROM WHITNEY TO CHOMSKY: ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1. THE MULTIPLE AMBIGUITIES OF AMERICAN LINGUISTIC IDENTITY; CHAPTER 2. THE AMERICAN WHITNEY' AND HIS EUROPEAN HERITAGES AND LEGACIES; CHAPTER 3. 20TH-CENTURY LINGUISTICS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE; CHAPTER 4. THE SOURCES OF THE 'SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS'; CHAPTER 5. THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 6. BLOOMFIELD'S AND CHOMSKY'S READINGS OF THE COURS DE LINGUISTIQUE GÉNÉRALE

CHAPTER 7. HOW STRUCTURALIST WAS 'AMERICAN STRUCTURALISM'?CHAPTER 8. HOW BEHAVIOURIST WAS VERBAL BEHAVIOR?; CHAPTER 9. THE POPULAR (MIS)INTERPRETATIONS OF WHORF AND CHOMSKY: WHAT THEY HAD IN COMMON, AND WHY THEY HAD TO HAPPEN; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31214-X

9786613312143

90-272-7537-8

OCLC:

756484592