Essays in the history of linguistic anthropology / Dell H. Hymes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hymes, Dell H.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of linguistics ; Series III, v. 25.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of linguistics, 0304-0720 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropological linguistics--History.

Anthropological linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia [Pa.] : J. Benjamins, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anthropology and linguistics, as historically developing disciplines, have had partly separate roots and traditions. In particular settings and in general, the two disciplines have partly shared, partly differed in the nature of their materials, their favorite types of problem the personalities of their dominant figures, their relations with other disciplines and intellectual current. The two disciplines have also varied in their interrelation with each other and the society about them. Institutional arrangements have reflected the varying degrees of kinship, kithship, and separation. Such rel

Contents:

ESSAYSIN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; NOTES TOWARD A HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY; LEXICOSTATISTICS AND GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (WITH NOTES TOWARD A GENERAL HISTORY); THE AMERICANIST TRADITION IN LINGUISTICS; LINGUISTIC METHOD IN ETHNOGRAPHY: ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES; ALFRED LOUIS KROEBER: LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGIST; MORRIS SWADESH: FROM THE FIRST YALE SCHOOL TO WORLD PREHISTORY; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MORRIS SWADESH

THE PRE-WAR PRAGUE SCHOOL AND POST-WAR AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICSTRADITIONS AND PARADIGMS; SUBJECT INDEX; NAME INDEX; The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-09306-5

90-272-8646-9

9786613093066

OCLC:

713010234