An Introduction to the Study of Language
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1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1983
XXXVIII, 383 pages
978-90-272-8047-3 (ISBN)
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This is a fac simile edition of Bloomfield's An Introduction to the Study of Language (New York 1914), with an introductory article by Joseph S. Kess.
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was responsible for two classic textbooks in the field of linguistics. The earlier, reproduced here, shows some striking differences to his later views, reflecting much of the then-current thinking on language matters. As such, it represents not only an interesting commentary on the theoretical development of an extremely influential linguist, but more importantly, it is a telling document in the evolving history of the discipline and a rich source for the (psycho)linguist interested in how and why we got from where we were to where we are.
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was responsible for two classic textbooks in the field of linguistics. The earlier, reproduced here, shows some striking differences to his later views, reflecting much of the then-current thinking on language matters. As such, it represents not only an interesting commentary on the theoretical development of an extremely influential linguist, but more importantly, it is a telling document in the evolving history of the discipline and a rich source for the (psycho)linguist interested in how and why we got from where we were to where we are.
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- INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- Table of contents
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- REFERENCES
- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
- PEEFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.
- CHAPTER II. THE PHYSICAL BASIS OP LANGUAGE.
- 1. Unconsciousness of speech-movements.
- 2. Writing an imperfect analysis.
- 3. The vocal chords.
- 4. The velum.
- 5. Oral articulation
- 6. Oral noise-articulations.
- 7. Musical oral articulations.
- 8. Infinite variety of possible sounds.
- 9. Glides and mixtures of articulation.
- 11. Stress.
- 13. Duration.
- 14. Limitation of the articulations in each dialect.
- 15. Automatic variations.
- CHAPTER III. THE MENTAL BASIS OF LANGUAGE.
- 1. The place of language in our mental life.
- 2. Total experiences.
- 3. The analysis of total experiences.
- 4.The naming of objects.
- 5. The development of abstract words.
- 6. Psychologic composition of the word.
- 7. Grammatical categories.
- 8· Psychologic character of the linguistic forms.
- 9. Psychologic motives of utterance.
- 10. Interpretation of the linguistic phenomena.
- CHAPTER IV. THE FORMS OF LANGUAGE.
- 1. The inarticulate outcry.
- 2. Primary interjections.
- 3. Secondary interjections.
- 4. The arbitrary value of non-interjectioiial utterances.
- 5. The classifying nature of linguistic expression.
- 6. Expression of the three types of utterances.
- 7. The parts of utterances.
- 8. The word: phonetic character.
- 9. The word: semantic character.
- 10. Word-classes.
- 11. The sentence.
- CHAPTER V.MORPHOLOGY.
- 1. The significance of morphologic phenomena.
- 2. Morphologic classification by syntactic use (Parts of speech).
- 3. Classification by congruence.
- 4. Phonetic-semantic classes.
- 5. Classes on a partially phonetic basis. Still other
- 6. Difference between morphologic classification and non-linguistic association.
- 7. Classes by composition.
- 8. Derivation and inflection.
- 9. The semantic nature of inflection: the commonest categories.
- 10. The semantic nature of derivation.
- 11. The phonetic character of the morphologic processes.
- 12. Word-composition: semantic value.
- 13. -Word-composition not a phonetic process. It
- 14. Simple word: compound: phrase.
- CHAPTER VI. SYNTAX.
- 1. The field of syntax.
- 2. The discursive relations.
- 3. The emotional relations.
- 4. Material relations.
- 5. Syntactic categories.
- 6. The expression of syntactic relations: modulation in the sentence.
- 7. Cross-referring constructions.
- 8. Congruence.
- 9. Government.
- 10. Word-order.
- 11. Set phrases : the transition from syntax to style.
- 12. The complex sentence.
- CHAPTER VII. INTERNAL CHANGE IN LANGUAGE.
- 1. Language constantly changing.
- 2. Causes of the instability of language.
- 3. Change in articulation.
- 4. Analogic change.
- 5. Semantic change.
- 6. The ultimate conditions of change in language.
- CHAPTER VIII. EXTERNAL CHANGE OF LANGUAGES.
- 1. Language never uniform.
- 2. Increase of uniformity.
- 3. Decrease of uniformity does not offset the increase.
- 4. Inferences from historic conditions.
- 5. The process of differentiation.
- 6. Deduction of internal history from related forms.
- 7. Interaction of dialects and
- 8. Standard languages.
- CHAPTER IX. THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGES.
- 1. The purpose of foreign-language instruction.
- 2. Character of the instruction.
- 3. Age of the pupil.
- 5. Drill in pronunciation.
- 6. Method of presenting semantic material.
- 7. Grammatical information.
- 8. Texts.
- 9. References.
- CHAPTER X. THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE.
- 1, The origin of linguistic science.
- 2. How to study linguistics.
- 3. Relation of linguistics to other sciences,
- INDICES.
