First person singular : autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences

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First person singular : autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences

edited by Konrad Koerner

（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series 3 . Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 61, 88）

J. Benjamins, 1991

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"A sequel to First person singular: papers from the Conference on an Oral Archive for the History of American Linguistics (1980)"-- First person singular II "Foreword"

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Volume

2: us ISBN 9781556193569

Description

This sequel to First Person Singular (1980) presents autobiographical sketches of 15 eminent scholars in the language sciences. These personal reminiscences on their careers in linguistics reflect developments in the field over the past decades and shed light on the role each of them played and the influences they underwent. This book is a valuable source for scholars of the history of ideas in general and for historiographers of linguistics in particular, while it makes interesting reading for every linguist interested in the history of the discipline. The volume includes photographs of all contributors and is completed by an index of names and an index of subjects and languages.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. From Languages to Philology to Linguistics (by Agard, Frederick B.)
  • 3. First Person, Not Singular (by Bolinger, Dwight)
  • 4. My Linguistic Autobiography (by Chao, Yuen Ren)
  • 5. American Linguistics in Peace and at War (by Cowan, J Milton)
  • 6. A Nova Scotian Becomes a Linguistic Indologist (by Emeneau, Murray B.)
  • 7. My Life through My Work
  • My Work through My Life (by Fishman, Joshua A.)
  • 8. Six Decades of a Linguistic Audience (by Garvin, Paul L.)
  • 9. On Being a Linguistic Anthropologist (by Greenberg, Joseph H.)
  • 10. Layers of Linguistics (by Hall, Jr., Robert A.)
  • 11. A Linguist's Vita as Historiography (by Kahane, Henry)
  • 12. How I Discovered Linguistics (by Newman, Stanley S.)
  • 13. My Linguistic Odyssey (by Nida, Eugene A.)
  • 14. Must Linguists Also Be Philologists? (by Penzl, Herbert)
  • 15. From Philology to Language and Culture (by Polome, Edgar C.)
  • 16. A Personal Journey through Linguistics (by Read, Allan Walker)
  • 17. Index of Biographical Names
  • 18. Index of Subjects and Languages
  • 19. Location of photographs
  • 20. Frederick B. Agard (1974)
  • 21. Dwight Bolinger (in front of his house in Palo Alto, Calif., 1989)
  • 22. Yuen Ren Chao (picture taken in Berkeley, Calif., in 1977)
  • 23. J Milton Cowan (1990)
  • 24. Murray B. Emeneau (c.1965)
  • 25. Joshua A. Fishman (c.1975)
  • 26. Paul L. Garvin (photograph taken by Antoinette Mucilli, Buffalo, N.Y., in October 1990)
  • 27. Joseph H. Greenberg (1990)
  • 28. Robert A. Hall, Jr. (1989)
  • 29. Henry Kahane (1989)
  • 30. Stanley S. Newman (c.1980)
  • 31. Eugene A. Nida (c.1975)
  • 32. Herbert Penzl (in his office at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1990)
  • 33. Edgar C Polome (1987)
  • 34. Allen Walker Read (picture taken on 12 November 1987)
Volume

3: us ISBN 9781556196324

Description

This sequel to the First Person Singular volumes published in 1980 and 1991, respectively (SiHoLS 21 and 61) presents autobiographical accounts by major North American linguists. This material provides an important primary source for the history and development of the discipline during the 20th century. The volume includes photographs of all contributors and is completed by a full index of biographical names and a detailed index of subjects and languages which turn it into a useful research tool.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Editor's Foreword
  • 2. Sixty Years in Linguistics (by Catford, John C.)
  • 3. Long-Term Commitments and Lucky Events (by Ferguson, Charles A.)
  • 4. A Pilgrim's Progress: From philology to linguistics (by Francis, W. Nelson)
  • 5. Between Logic and Linguistics (by Hiz, Henry)
  • 6. A Linguistic Round Trip: From practice to theory and back (by Kucera, Henry)
  • 7. Linguistics to the Beat of a Different Drummer (by Lamb, Sydney M.)
  • 8. Linguistics from the Bottom up (by Ney, James W.)
  • 9. A Linguistic Pilgrimage (by Pike, Kenneth L.)
  • 10. ... quem legis ut noris (by Pulgram, Ernst)
  • 11. C'est passionnant d'etre passionne (by Samarin, William J.)
  • 12. From English Philology to Linguistics and Back Again (by Stockwell, Robert P.)
  • 13. The Story of a Linguist malgre lui (by Teeter, Karl V.)
  • 14. Index of Biographical Names
  • 15. Index of Subjects, Terms, and Languages
  • 16. Location of pictures and photographs
  • 17. John C. Catford (photograph dating from ca.1970)
  • 18. Charles A. Ferguson (photograph dating from ca.1996)
  • 19. W. Nelson Francis (picture apparently dating from the 1980s)
  • 20. Henry Hiz (photograph taken on 20 December 1995)
  • 21. Henry Kucera (picture apparently dating from ca.1995)
  • 22. Sydney M. Lamb (picture taken September 1996)
  • 23. James W. Ney (picture apparently dating from 1997)
  • 24. Kenneth L. Pike (picture taken by David Duncan in 1982)
  • 25. Ernst Pulgram (picture taken Ann Arbor, Mich., 16 May 1994)
  • 26. William J. Samarin (from an original wood engraving by Nancy Ruth Jackson, 1997
  • see page 222 for explanation of inscription)
  • 27. Robert P. Stockwell (photograph taken in August 1998 by Don Lewis, Hollywood, Calif
  • reproduced with permission)
  • 28. Karl V. Teeter (photograph taken by Koby-Antupit Studio, Cambridge, Mass., June 1994
  • reproduced with permission)
Volume

2: eur ISBN 9789027245489

Description

This sequel to First Person Singular (1980) presents autobiographical sketches of 15 eminent scholars in the language sciences. These personal reminiscences on their careers in linguistics reflect developments in the field over the past decades and shed light on the role each of them played and the influences they underwent. This book is a valuable source for scholars of the history of ideas in general and for historiographers of linguistics in particular, while it makes interesting reading for every linguist interested in the history of the discipline. The volume includes photographs of all contributors and is completed by an index of names and an index of subjects and languages.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. From Languages to Philology to Linguistics (by Agard, Frederick B.)
  • 3. First Person, Not Singular (by Bolinger, Dwight)
  • 4. My Linguistic Autobiography (by Chao, Yuen Ren)
  • 5. American Linguistics in Peace and at War (by Cowan, J Milton)
  • 6. A Nova Scotian Becomes a Linguistic Indologist (by Emeneau, Murray B.)
  • 7. My Life through My Work
  • My Work through My Life (by Fishman, Joshua A.)
  • 8. Six Decades of a Linguistic Audience (by Garvin, Paul L.)
  • 9. On Being a Linguistic Anthropologist (by Greenberg, Joseph H.)
  • 10. Layers of Linguistics (by Hall, Jr., Robert A.)
  • 11. A Linguist's Vita as Historiography (by Kahane, Henry)
  • 12. How I Discovered Linguistics (by Newman, Stanley S.)
  • 13. My Linguistic Odyssey (by Nida, Eugene A.)
  • 14. Must Linguists Also Be Philologists? (by Penzl, Herbert)
  • 15. From Philology to Language and Culture (by Polome, Edgar C.)
  • 16. A Personal Journey through Linguistics (by Read, Allan Walker)
  • 17. Index of Biographical Names
  • 18. Index of Subjects and Languages
  • 19. Location of photographs
  • 20. Frederick B. Agard (1974)
  • 21. Dwight Bolinger (in front of his house in Palo Alto, Calif., 1989)
  • 22. Yuen Ren Chao (picture taken in Berkeley, Calif., in 1977)
  • 23. J Milton Cowan (1990)
  • 24. Murray B. Emeneau (c.1965)
  • 25. Joshua A. Fishman (c.1975)
  • 26. Paul L. Garvin (photograph taken by Antoinette Mucilli, Buffalo, N.Y., in October 1990)
  • 27. Joseph H. Greenberg (1990)
  • 28. Robert A. Hall, Jr. (1989)
  • 29. Henry Kahane (1989)
  • 30. Stanley S. Newman (c.1980)
  • 31. Eugene A. Nida (c.1975)
  • 32. Herbert Penzl (in his office at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1990)
  • 33. Edgar C Polome (1987)
  • 34. Allen Walker Read (picture taken on 12 November 1987)
Volume

3: eur ISBN 9789027245762

Description

This sequel to the First Person Singular volumes published in 1980 and 1991, respectively (SiHoLS 21 and 61) presents autobiographical accounts by major North American linguists. This material provides an important primary source for the history and development of the discipline during the 20th century. The volume includes photographs of all contributors and is completed by a full index of biographical names and a detailed index of subjects and languages which turn it into a useful research tool.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Editor's Foreword
  • 2. Sixty Years in Linguistics (by Catford, John C.)
  • 3. Long-Term Commitments and Lucky Events (by Ferguson, Charles A.)
  • 4. A Pilgrim's Progress: From philology to linguistics (by Francis, W. Nelson)
  • 5. Between Logic and Linguistics (by Hiz, Henry)
  • 6. A Linguistic Round Trip: From practice to theory and back (by Kucera, Henry)
  • 7. Linguistics to the Beat of a Different Drummer (by Lamb, Sydney M.)
  • 8. Linguistics from the Bottom up (by Ney, James W.)
  • 9. A Linguistic Pilgrimage (by Pike, Kenneth L.)
  • 10. ... quem legis ut noris (by Pulgram, Ernst)
  • 11. C'est passionnant d'etre passionne (by Samarin, William J.)
  • 12. From English Philology to Linguistics and Back Again (by Stockwell, Robert P.)
  • 13. The Story of a Linguist malgre lui (by Teeter, Karl V.)
  • 14. Index of Biographical Names
  • 15. Index of Subjects, Terms, and Languages
  • 16. Location of pictures and photographs
  • 17. John C. Catford (photograph dating from ca.1970)
  • 18. Charles A. Ferguson (photograph dating from ca.1996)
  • 19. W. Nelson Francis (picture apparently dating from the 1980s)
  • 20. Henry Hiz (photograph taken on 20 December 1995)
  • 21. Henry Kucera (picture apparently dating from ca.1995)
  • 22. Sydney M. Lamb (picture taken September 1996)
  • 23. James W. Ney (picture apparently dating from 1997)
  • 24. Kenneth L. Pike (picture taken by David Duncan in 1982)
  • 25. Ernst Pulgram (picture taken Ann Arbor, Mich., 16 May 1994)
  • 26. William J. Samarin (from an original wood engraving by Nancy Ruth Jackson, 1997
  • see page 222 for explanation of inscription)
  • 27. Robert P. Stockwell (photograph taken in August 1998 by Don Lewis, Hollywood, Calif
  • reproduced with permission)
  • 28. Karl V. Teeter (photograph taken by Koby-Antupit Studio, Cambridge, Mass., June 1994
  • reproduced with permission)

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