First Person Singular III: Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences

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First Person Singular III

Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences

Edited by: E.F.K. Koerner

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1998

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Volume 88 | Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

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This sequel to the First Person Singular volumes published in 1980 and 1991, respectively (SiHoLS 21 and 61) presents autobiographical accounts by major North American linguists. This material provides an important primary source for the history and development of the discipline during the 20th century. The volume includes photographs of all contributors and is completed by a full index of biographical names and a detailed index of subjects and languages which turn it into a useful research tool.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Forensic Linguistics

Prelim pages Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Editor's Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Sixty Years in Linguistics John C. Catford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Long-Term Commitments and Lucky Events Charles A. Ferguson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
A Pilgrim's Progress From philology to linguistics W. Nelson Francis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
Between Logic and Linguistics Henry Hiż Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
A Linguistic Round Trip From practice to theory and back Henry Kučera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
Linguistics to the Beat of a Different Drummer Sydney M. Lamb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
Linguistics from the Bottom up James W. Ney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
A Linguistic Pilgrimage Kenneth L. Pike Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
… quem legis ut noris Ernst Pulgram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
C'est passionnant d'être passionné William J. Samarin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
From English Philology to Linguistics and Back Again Robert P. Stockwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
The Story of a Linguist malgré lui Karl V. Teeter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
Index of Biographical Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
Index of Subjects, Terms, and Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263

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267

https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.88

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History of linguistics

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First Person Singular III

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