Author: W. D. WhitneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Life & Growth of Language
Author: W. D. WhitneyWilliam Dwight Whitney
Author: Thomas D. SeymourPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
William Dwight Whitney is a biography by Thomas D. Seymour. Whitney was an American linguist, philologue, and lexicologist well-known for his effort on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic linguistics as well as his prominent view of language as a social institution.
Life and Growth of Language
Author: William Dwight WhitneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Life and Growth of Language
Author: William Dwight WhitneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Linguistics
Author: Linda R. WaughPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009301993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1113
Book Description
The establishment of language as a focus of study took place over many centuries, and reflection on its nature emerged in relation to very different social and cultural practices. Written by a team of leading scholars, this volume provides an authoritative, chronological account of the history of the study of language from ancient times to the end of the 20th century (i.e., 'recent history', when modern linguistics greatly expanded). Comprised of 29 chapters, it is split into 3 parts, each with an introduction covering the larger context of interest in language, especially the different philosophical, religious, and/or political concerns and socio-cultural practices of the times. At the end of the volume, there is a combined list of all references cited and a comprehensive index of topics, languages, major figures, etc. Comprehensive in its scope, it is an essential reference for researchers, teachers and students alike in linguistics and related disciplines.
Essays in the History of Linguistics
Author: E. F. K. KoernerPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027245940
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
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 list of Zellig Harris' writings as an illustration of Koerner's penchant for and belief in the importance of good bibliographies as a basis for historical research. While the first two sections, which take up the bulk of the volume, either show the author as an historian engage or demonstrate his work as a historiographer of 19th and 20th century linguistics, the third section is much shorter and less heavy going. Indexes of Biographical Names and of Subjects, Terms & Languages round out the volume, which also contains a number of portraits of linguists and other illustrations.
History of Linguistics, Volume IV
Author: Anna Morpurgo DaviesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134959516
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
The History of Linguistics, to be published in five volumes, aims to provide the reader with an authoritative and comprehensive account of the attitudes to language prevailing in different civilizations and in different periods by examining the very varied development of linguistic thought in the specific social, cultural and religious contexts involved. Issues discussed include the place of language in education, variation and prestige, and approaches to lexical and grammatical description. The authors of the individual chapters are specialists who have analysed the primary sources and produced original syntheses by exploring the linguistic interests and assumptions of particular cultures in their own terms, without seeking to reinterpret them as contributions towards the development of contemporary western conceptions of linguistic science. In Volume IV: Nineteenth Century Linguistics, Anna Morpurgo Davies shows how linguistics came into its own as an independent discipline separated from philosophical and literary studies and enjoyed a unique intellectual and institutional success tied to the research ethos of the new universities, until it became a model for other humanistic subjects which aimed at 'scientific status'. The linguistics of the nineteenth century abandons earlier theoretical discussions in favour of a more empirical and historical approach using new methods to compare languages and to investigate their history. The great achievement of this period is the demonstration that languages such as Sanskrit , Latin and English are related and derive from a parent language which is not attested but can be reconstructed. This book discusses in detail the theories developed and the individual findings obtained. In contrast with earlier historiographical trends it denies that the new approach originated entirely from German Romanticism, and highlights a form of continuity with the eighteenth century, while stressing that a deliberate break took place round the 1830s. By the end of the century the results of comparative and historical linguistics had been generally accepted, but it soon became clear that a historical approach could not by itself solve all questions that it raised. At this point the new interest in description and theory which characterizes the twentieth century began to gain prominence.
The Penn Monthly
Author: American Journal of Philology
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevePublisher:
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Each number includes "Reviews and book notices."
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
Author: John William DraperPublisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description