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First Person Singular III

Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1998

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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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    Prelim pages

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    Editor's Foreword

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    Table of contents

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    Sixty Years in Linguistics

    1
    John C. Catford
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    Long-Term Commitments and Lucky Events

    39
    Charles A. Ferguson
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    A Pilgrim's Progress

    59
    W. Nelson Francis
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    Between Logic and Linguistics

    71
    Henry Hiż
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    A Linguistic Round Trip

    81
    Henry Kučera
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    Linguistics to the Beat of a Different Drummer

    97
    Sydney M. Lamb
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    Linguistics from the Bottom up

    131
    James W. Ney
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    A Linguistic Pilgrimage

    143
    Kenneth L. Pike
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    … quem legis ut noris

    159
    Ernst Pulgram
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    C'est passionnant d'être passionné

    187
    William J. Samarin
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    From English Philology to Linguistics and Back Again

    227
    Robert P. Stockwell
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    The Story of a Linguist malgré lui

    247
    Karl V. Teeter
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    Index of Biographical Names

    257
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    Index of Subjects, Terms, and Languages

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This book is in the series
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.88
eBook ISBN: 9789027275592
Keywords for this book
History of linguistics
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