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Author Alter, Stephen G.

Title William Dwight Whitney and the science of language / Stephen G. Alter
Published Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 339 pages) : illustrations
Series The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Ser. ; v.123
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Ser
Contents An American orientalist -- Indological foreshadowings -- Victorian language debates -- Building a system of general linguistics -- Organizing a new science -- Creating a science of language -- Forging an alliance with anthropology -- The battle with Max Müller -- The elder statesman and the Junggrammatiker -- Enduring legacies
Summary This exploration of an early phase of scientific language study provides readers with a unique perspective on Victorian intellectual life as well as on the transatlantic roots of modern linguistic theory
Analysis History of the Americas
Bibliography "W.D. Whitney's main works in general linguistics": pages 321-323
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-320) and index
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Subject Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894.
SUBJECT Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894
Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 fast
Subject Linguists -- United States.
Language and languages.
Comparative linguistics.
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
History of the Americas.
Linguists
Language and languages
Comparative linguistics
Taalwetenschap.
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004012070
ISBN 9781421427607
1421427605
142142911X
9781421429113