Toward an Understanding of Language
Charles Carpenter Fries in Perspective
Editors
Charles C. Fries (1887-1967) was a major figure in American linguistics and language education during the first half of the 20th century. Theoretical innovation and practical implementation were important threads that ran throughout his work. Fries believed that the attempt to deal with practical problems was a vital part of developing linguistic theory. He spent most of his effort exploring grammar as a tool for communicating meaning. Charles C. Fries was quite influential in the development of linguistics in the United States, and yet in some ways remained outside of the mainstream of the linguistics he helped to develop. The contributors to this volume were asked to present and evaluate some aspect of Fries’ work and to show how similar ideas are being used today.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 40] 1985. xvi, 384 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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Introduction. Charles C. Fries: the life of a linguistRichard W. Bailey | p. 1
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Part 1: English education
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Education of English teachersHarold B. Allen | p. 19
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Charles Carpenter Fries and the teaching of literatureArchibald A. Hill | p. 27
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Charles Fries and readingWilliam D. Page | p. 33
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Americn English grammarRobert C. Jones | p. 51
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Part 2: Linguistics and the English language
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C.C. Fries’ view of language and linguisticsPeter H. Fries | p. 63
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C.C. Fries’ signals model of english grammarSidney Greenbaum | p. 85
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Slot in referential hierarchy in relation to Charles C. Fries’ view of languageKenneth L. Pike and Peter H. Fries | p. 105
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Signals of sequence and thoughtCarolyn G. Hartnett | p. 129
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Charles C. Fries on ‘Meaning’ in structural linguistics and language pedagogyWilliam J. Crawford | p. 143
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The impact of C.C. Fries’ work in historical linguisticsJanet Duthie Collins | p. 161
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Charles C. Fries and the Early Modern English DictionaryRichard W. Bailey | p. 171
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C.C. Fries on standard EnglishJames C. Stalker | p. 205
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Fries and linguistic geographyRaven I. McDavid and Virginia G. McDavid | p. 221
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Fries’ functionalismMackie J.-V. Blanton | p. 237
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Part 3: Engllish as a second Language
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Charles C. Fries and Jerome S. Burner: Common-sense and cognition in learningJames W. Ney | p. 259
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Charles Fries and contrastive analysisMarcel Danesi | p. 277
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Pattern-practice revisitedFrederick J. Bosco | p. 297
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Legacy from a last chapterVirginia French Allen | p. 319
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Native speaker performance and the cloze test, A quest for validityRobert Lado | p. 331
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Listening comprehension in C.C. Fries’ oral approachLynn E. Henrichsen | p. 343
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About the authors | p. 373
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General