10. The ‘Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis’

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Prefatory Remarks V
3. Table of contents vii
4. Part I. Topics in the Histor(iograph)y of Linguistics
5. 1. Persistent Issues in Linguistic Historiography 3
6. 2. ‘Metalanguage’ in Linguistic Historiography 27
7. 3. The Natural Science Impact on Theory Formation in 19th and 20th Century Linguistics 47
8. 4. Saussure and the Question of the Sources of His Linguistic Theory 77
9. 5. Chomsky's Readings of the Cours de linguistique générale 96
10. Part II. Historical Accounts of Linguistic Subfields
11. 6. Toward a History of Modern Sociolinguistics 117
12. 7. Toward a History of Americanist Linguistics 135
13. 8. Toward a History of Linguistic Typology 151
14. 9. History and Historiography of Phonetics 171
15. 10. The ‘Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis’ 203
16. Appendix: List of papers, 1970–1995 241
17. Index of Authors 261
18. Index of Subjects 271