Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface & acknowledgments v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction: On the uses of the history of linguistics 1
5. Part I. Topics in the Historiography of Linguistics
6. Ch. 1 The History of Linguistics: Attainments and remaining challenges 23
7. Ch. 2 Linguistics and Ideology: A neglected aspect of 19th and 20th century historiography 39
8. Ch. 3 Immediate and not so Immediate Sources of the 'Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis': Methodological considerations 61
9. Ch. 4 The Concept of 'Revolution' in Linguistics: Historical, methodological, and philosophical issues 85
10. Ch. 5 The Idea of Reconstruction in Comparative Linguistics: History and some modern debates 97
11. Part II. Historical Perspectives on Individual Scholars
12. Ch. 6 Otto Jespersen as a Reader of the 'Cours de linguistique générale' 119
13. Ch. 7 On the Sources of Roman Jakobson's Linguistic Inspiration 133
14. Ch. 8 J. R. Firth's Musings on Saussurean Tenets 151
15. Ch. 9 Einar Haugen as a Historian of Linguistics 167
16. Ch. 10 The Authors of the Idea of Language as a System où tout se tient 183
17. In lieu of a conclusion
18. Some personal reflections 203
19. Addendum
20. An hour with Noam Chomsky 210
21. Appendix 217
22. Index of authors 223
23. Index of subjects 233