William Dwight Whitney and the science of language /
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| Author / Creator: | Alter, Stephen G. |
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| Imprint: | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005. |
| Description: | xiii, 339 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5611757 |
Table of 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 anthropology
- 8. The battle with Max Muller
- 9. The elder statesman and the Junggrammatiker
- 10. Enduring legacies
- W. D. Whitney chronology
- W. D. Whitney's main works in general linguistics.