Linguistic historiography : projects & prospects
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Linguistic historiography : projects & prospects
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, ser. 3 . Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 92）
J. Benjamins, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"Papers by E.F.K. Koerner, 1995-1999": p. [217]-222
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Description
The present volume brings together the author's most recent thinking on the tasks and methods of linguistic historiography and his critical assessment of the legacy of a number of major 20th-century scholars. Some of the chapters are revisions of previously published articles, which together with new materials have been welded into a coherent volume.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: On the uses of the history of linguistics
- 2. Part I. Topics in the Historiography of Linguistics
- 3. Ch. 1 The History of Linguistics: Attainments and remaining challenges
- 4. Ch. 2 Linguistics and Ideology: A neglected aspect of 19th and 20th century historiography
- 5. Ch. 3 Immediate and not so Immediate Sources of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis': Methodological considerations
- 6. Ch. 4 The Concept of 'Revolution' in Linguistics: Historical, methodological, and philosophical issues
- 7. Ch. 5 The Idea of Reconstruction in Comparative Linguistics: History and some modern debates
- 8. Part II. Historical Perspectives on Individual Scholars
- 9. Ch. 6 Otto Jespersen as a Reader of the 'Cours de linguistique generale'
- 10. Ch. 7 On the Sources of Roman Jakobson's Linguistic Inspiration
- 11. Ch. 8 J. R. Firth's Musings on Saussurean Tenets
- 12. Ch. 9 Einar Haugen as a Historian of Linguistics
- 13. Ch. 10 The Authors of the Idea of Language as a System ou tout se tient
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