First Person Singular III
Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
Published on 15. December 1998
Book
Hardback
267 pages
978-90-272-4576-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-4576-2 (9789027245762)
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First Person Singular III
Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
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Content
1. Editor's Foreword; 2. Sixty Years in Linguistics (by Catford, John C.); 3. Long-Term Commitments and Lucky Events (by Ferguson, Charles A.); 4. A Pilgrim's Progress: From philology to linguistics (by Francis, W. Nelson); 5. Between Logic and Linguistics (by Hiz, Henry); 6. A Linguistic Round Trip: From practice to theory and back (by Kucera, Henry); 7. Linguistics to the Beat of a Different Drummer (by Lamb, Sydney M.); 8. Linguistics from the Bottom up (by Ney, James W.); 9. A Linguistic Pilgrimage (by Pike, Kenneth L.); 10. ... quem legis ut noris (by Pulgram, Ernst); 11. C'est passionnant d'etre passionne (by Samarin, William J.); 12. From English Philology to Linguistics and Back Again (by Stockwell, Robert P.); 13. The Story of a Linguist malgre lui (by Teeter, Karl V.); 14. Index of Biographical Names; 15. Index of Subjects, Terms, and Languages; 16. Location of pictures and photographs; 17. John C. Catford (photograph dating from ca.1970); 18. Charles A. Ferguson (photograph dating from ca.1996); 19. W. Nelson Francis (picture apparently dating from the 1980s); 20. Henry Hiz (photograph taken on 20 December 1995); 21. Henry Kucera (picture apparently dating from ca.1995); 22. Sydney M. Lamb (picture taken September 1996); 23. James W. Ney (picture apparently dating from 1997); 24. Kenneth L. Pike (picture taken by David Duncan in 1982); 25. Ernst Pulgram (picture taken Ann Arbor, Mich., 16 May 1994); 26. William J. Samarin (from an original wood engraving by Nancy Ruth Jackson, 1997; see page 222 for explanation of inscription); 27. Robert P. Stockwell (photograph taken in August 1998 by Don Lewis, Hollywood, Calif; reproduced with permission); 28. Karl V. Teeter (photograph taken by Koby-Antupit Studio, Cambridge, Mass., June 1994; reproduced with permission)