First Person Singular II
Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
Editor
| University of Ottawa
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 contributors and is completed by an index of names and an index of subjects and languages.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 61] 1991. x, 303 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Foreword | p. vii
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From Languages to Philology to LinguisticsFrederick B. Agard | p. 1
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First Person, Not SingularDwight Bolinger | p. 19
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My Linguistic AutobiographyYuen Ren Chao | p. 47
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American Linguistics in Peace and at WarJ Milton Cowan | p. 67
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A Nova Scotian Becomes a Linguistic IndologistMurray B. Emeneau | p. 83
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My Life through My Work; My Work through My LifeJoshua A. Fishman | p. 103
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Six Decades of a Linguistic AudiencePaul L. Garvin | p. 125
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On Being a Linguistic AnthropologistJoseph H. Greenberg | p. 139
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Layers of LinguisticsRobert A. Hall | p. 167
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A Linguist's Vita as HistoriographyHenry Kahane | p. 187
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How I Discovered LinguisticsStanley S. Newman | p. 205
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My Linguistic OdysseyEugene A. Nida | p. 227
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Must Linguists Also Be Philologists?Herbert Penzl | p. 239
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From Philology to Language and CultureEdgar C. Polomé | p. 255
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A Personal Journey through LinguisticsAllan Walker Read | p. 273
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Index of Biographical Names | p. 289
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Index of Subjects and Languages | p. 299
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Location of photographs
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Frederick B. Agard (1974) | p. 2
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Dwight Bolinger (in front of his house in Palo Alto, Calif., 1989) | p. 20
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Yuen Ren Chao (picture taken in Berkeley, Calif., in 1977) | p. 48
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J Milton Cowan (1990) | p. 68
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Murray B. Emeneau (c.1965) | p. 84
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Joshua A. Fishman (c.1975) | p. 104
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Paul L. Garvin (photograph taken by Antoinette Mucilli, Buffalo, N.Y., in October 1990) | p. 126
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Joseph H. Greenberg (1990) | p. 140
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Robert A. Hall, Jr. (1989) | p. 168
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Henry Kahane (1989) | p. 188
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Stanley S. Newman (c.1980) | p. 206
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Eugene A. Nida (c.1975) | p. 228
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Herbert Penzl (in his office at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1990) | p. 240
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Edgar C Polomé (1987) | p. 256
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Allen Walker Read (picture taken on 12 November 1987) | p. 274
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BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General