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History of Linguistics 2021: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS 15), Milan, 28 August – 1 September
Edited by Savina Raynaud, Maria Paola Tenchini and Enrica Galazzi
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 133] 2024
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Chapter 14
Archival resources for the study of the historiography of American linguistics

| University of Washington, | University of British Columbia, | Simon Fraser University,
The first part of this paper describes the content of several archives containing letters, documents, etc. which have relevance to the history of American linguistics, particularly from the 1940s to the 1980s. The second part shows how material from these archives has already helped to solve debates about linguistic historiography.
Keywords: archival resources for linguistics, Noam Chomsky, Charles Hockett, Roman Jakobson, Martin Joos, Linguistic Society of America
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Archives for the study of American linguistic historiography
  • 3.The archives and debates about American linguistic historiography
    • 3.1Noam Chomsky and the publication of LSLT
    • 3.2Jakobson’s welcome to the United States
    • 3.3Joos’s Readings in linguistics
    • 3.4The contested LSA presidential election of 1970
    • 3.5Charles Hockett’s attempt to resign from the LSA
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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