Change in Language: Whitney, Breal, and Wegener

Author:   Dr Brigitte Nerlich (University of Nottingham)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Group
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9781280105487


Pages:   213
Publication Date:   01 January 1990
Format:   Electronic book text
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The aim of this book is to provide a fresh view of the history of nineteenth-century language study by focusing on the writings of three linguists (Whitney, Breal and Wegener) in three countries (the United States, France and Germany). The standard histories of linguistics portray the period between the 1840s and the 1890s as comprising a steady increase in philological knowledge, the discovery of sound laws and the astute study of minute philological curiosities. The three writers discussed here illustrate another trend in the evolution of the science of language. They are witnesses to an increasing interest on questions of 'general' linguistics, semantics and the study of human communication - new points of view from which they study the origin of language, language change and linguistic creativity. The life and work of these three outstanding scholars, their relationships with their friends and enemies and their efforts to free linguistics from the unreflecting use of biological metaphors, give a new insight into the evolution of language study in an interdisciplinary and international context.

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Author:   Dr Brigitte Nerlich (University of Nottingham)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Group
Imprint:   Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN:  

9781280105487


ISBN 10:   1280105488
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   01 January 1990
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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