William Dwight Whitney and the science of language / Stephen G. Alter.
William Dwight Whitney and the science of language / Stephen G. Alter.
William Dwight Whitney and the science of language / Stephen G. Alter.
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N410.9/10
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 339 p. : port. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : a pathclearer in linguistic science -- 1. An American orientalist -- 2. Indological foreshadowings -- 3. Victorian language debates -- 4. Building a system of general linguistics -- 5. Organizing a new science -- 6. Creating a science of language -- 7. Forging an alliance with anthrop...
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
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Maryland
Date Published
2005.
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"William Dwight Whitney and the Science of Language offers a full-length study of America's pioneer professional linguist, the founder and first president of the American Philological Association and a renowned Orientalist. In recounting Whitney's remarkable career, Stephen G. Alter examines the intricate linguistic debates of that period as well a...
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William Dwight Whitney and the science of language / Stephen G. Alter.
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Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 123rd series, no. 1.
Portrait on frontispiece.
"W.D. Whitney's main works in general linguistics": p. [321]-323.
Includes bibliographical references, and index.
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N410.9/10
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0801880203 (hbk.) :
9780801880209 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801880203 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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410.9
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991019834109702626
