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First Person Singular II Autobiographies by North American Scholars in the Language Sciences

by E. F. K. Koerner (Editor)

Other authors: Frederick B. Agard (Contributor), Dwight Bolinger (Contributor), Yuen Ren Chao (Contributor), J. Milton Cowan (Contributor), Murray B. Emeneau (Contributor)10 more, Joshua A. Fishman (Contributor), Paul L. Garvin (Contributor), Joseph H. Greenberg (Contributor), Robert A. Hall, Jr. (Contributor), Henry Kahane (Contributor), Stanley S. Newman (Contributor), Eugene A. Nida (Contributor), Herbert Penzl (Contributor), Edgar C. Polomé (Contributor), Allan Walker Read (Contributor)

Series: Studies in the History of the Language Sciences (61)

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This sequel to First Person Singular (1980) presents autobiographical sketches of 15 eminent scholars in the language sciences. These personal reminiscences on their careers in linguistics reflect developments in the field over the past decades and shed light on the role each of them played and the influences they underwent. This book is a valuable source for scholars of the history of ideas in general and for historiographers of linguistics in particular, while it makes interesting reading for every linguist interested in the history of the discipline. The volume includes photographs of all c… (more)
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Koerner, E. F. K.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Agard, Frederick B.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bolinger, DwightContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chao, Yuen RenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cowan, J. MiltonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Emeneau, Murray B.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fishman, Joshua A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Garvin, Paul L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greenberg, Joseph H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hall, Robert A., Jr.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kahane, HenryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Newman, Stanley S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nida, Eugene A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Penzl, HerbertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Polomé, Edgar C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Read, Allan WalkerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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This sequel to First Person Singular (1980) presents autobiographical sketches of 15 eminent scholars in the language sciences. These personal reminiscences on their careers in linguistics reflect developments in the field over the past decades and shed light on the role each of them played and the influences they underwent. This book is a valuable source for scholars of the history of ideas in general and for historiographers of linguistics in particular, while it makes interesting reading for every linguist interested in the history of the discipline. The volume includes photographs of all c

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