Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Comparative-historical grammar 6
7. 3 Language classification 19
8. 4 The consolidation of comparative-historical linguistics 34
9. 5 The pragmatic turn of the mid-nineteenth century 47
10. 6 Neogrammarian doctrine 58
11. 7 Critiques of Neogrammarian doctrine 67
12. 8 Language as a system 80
13. 9 The phoneme 91
14. 10 Prague Circle structuralism 100
15. 11 The beginnings of functionalism 109
16. 12 Meaning and British linguistics 118
17. 13 Functionalism in Central Europe and North America 130
18. 14 The beginnings of American structuralism 142
19. 15 Linguistic relativity 151
20. 16 The culmination of American structuralism 163
21. 17 Conclusion 177
22. Bibliography 181
23. Index 199