Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume II: The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century / Edition 1

by John E. Joseph, Nigel Love, Talbot J Taylor

Overview

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II introduces the major issues and themes that have determined the development of Western thinking about language, meaning and communication in the twentieth century.
Each chapter contains an extract from a 'landmark' text followed by a commentary, which places the ideas in their social and intellectual context. The book is written in an accessible and non-technical manner.
The book summarizes the contribution of the key thinkers who have shaped modern linguistics: Austin, Chomsky, Derrida, Firth, Goffman, Harris, Jakobson, Labov, Orwell, Sapir, Whorf and Wittgenstein.
This second volume follows on from Landmarks in Linguistic Thought I, which introduces the key thinkers up to the twentieth century.
The series is ideal for anyone with an interest in the history of linguistics or of ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415063968
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2001
Series:	History of Linguistic Thought
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John E. Joseph, Nigel Love, Talbot J Taylor

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Sapir on Language, Culture, and Personality
2. Jakobson and Structuralism
3. Orwell on Language and Politics
4. Whorf on Language and Thought
5. Firth on Language and Context
6. Wittgenstein on Grammatical Investigations
7. Austin on Language as Action
8. Skinner on Verbal Behavior
9. Chomsky on Language as Biology
10. Labov on Linguistic Variation
11. Goffman on the Communicating Self
12. Bruner on the Child's Passport into Language
13. Derrida on the Linguistic Sign and Writing
14. Harris on Linguistics without Languages
15. Kanzi on Human Language
Suggested Further Readings
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

'An ideal introduction to the whole gamut of current linguistic ideas ... The ideal introduction for a beginner to the basic issues.' - Ashish Mehta, Jawaharlal Nehru University of India

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