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
Notes
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