North American contributions to the history of linguistics / edited by Francis P. Dinneen and E.F. Konrad Koerner.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dinneen, Francis P.

Koerner, E. F. K.

Conference Name:

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (40th : 1989)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 58.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical linguistics.

Linguistics--United States.

Linguistics.

Linguistics--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume unites papers given by members of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS) at meetings held in Washington, D.C., in March and December 1989, respectively. They represent the scope and breadth of interest of North American scholars in this growing field, ranging from linguistic concepts, ideas, and theories in the Classical Greek and Roman period to developments in grammatical theory and sociolinguistics in the second half of the 20th century, and from the study of American Indian languages in the 17th through the present century and the phil

Contents:

NORTH AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD BY THE GENERAL EDITOR; THE ABANDONMENT OF NÓMOS IN GREEK LINGUISTIC THOUGHT; DIONYSIUS THRAX VS MARCUS VARRO; REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF DEPENDENCY NOTIONS IN LINGUISTICS; LANGUAGE VARIATION AND LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTION IN 16TH-CENTURY FRANCE; A 17TH-CENTURY ACCOUNT OF MOHAWK; NEO-ARISTOTELIAN GRAMMAR IN 17TH-CENTURY ENGLAND: BASSETT JONES' THEORY OF RATIONAL SYNTAX; LIBERALISM IN LOCKEAN LINGUISTICS

WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT AND NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLINGUISTICS: BOAS(1894) TO HYMES (1961)FRANZ BOAS, EDWARD SAPIR, AND THE AMERICANIST TEXT TRADITION; SKINNER AND CHOMSKY THIRTY YEARS LATER; COMPETENCE VS. PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL VS. APPLIED: THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERPLAY OF TWO DICHOTOMIES IN MODERN LINGUISTICS; A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS 1949-1989; PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 1949-1989; INDEX OF AUTHORS

Notes:

Text in English with summaries in English and French.

These papers are also appearing in the 1990 double issue of Historiographia linguistica.

Rev. versions of papers presented at the parasession preceding the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, held Mar. 8, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31350-2

9786613313508

90-272-7805-9

OCLC:

756484633