Linguistics in America 1769 - 1924: A Critical History

by Julie Tetel Andresen and Julie T. Andersen

Book Overview

This book examnines the developments, themes, and social frameworks that determined the development of American linguistics since the founding of the American Philosophical Society in 1769 to the founding of the Linguistic Society of America in 1924. Julie Andersen proposes that three developments capture a significant portion of American linguistics activity. These are the study of American Indian languages, the emergence of a distinctive Anglo-American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415022282
• ISBN13: 9780415022286
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher