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Toward a history of American linguistics

E F K Koerner

Abstract

Beginning with the anthropological linguistics tradition associated primarily with the names of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir and their students and concluding with the work of Noam Chomsky and William Labov at the end of the century. This book offers a comprehensive account of essential periods and areas of research in the history of American Linguistics and also addresses contemporary debates and issues within linguistics.

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Acknowledgments E F K Koerner

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Prefatory observations E F K Koerner

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The historiography of American linguistics E F K Koerner

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Toward a history of Americanist linguistics E F K Koerner

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On the sources of the 'sapir-Whorf hypothesis' E F K Koerner

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Leonard bloomfield and the cours de linguistique générale E F K Koerner

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American structuralist linguistics and the'problem of meaning' E F K Koerner

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Noam chomsky's readings of Saussure after 1961 E F K Koerner
The 'chomskyan revolution' and its historiography E F K Koerner

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On the origins of morphophonemics in American linguistics E F K Koerner

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William labov and the origins of sociolinguistics in America E F K Koerner

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Publication details

Publisher: Routledge

Place: London-New York

Year: 2002

Pages: 315, x

Series: Routledge studies in the history of linguistics

Series volume: 5

ISBN (hardback): 9780203361856

Full citation:

Koerner E F K (2002) Toward a history of American linguistics. London-New York, Routledge.