First Person Singular II: Autobiographies by North American Scholars in the Language SciencesE. F. K. Koerner 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. |
Contents
FIRSTPERSON NOT SINGULAR | 19 |
MY LINGUISTIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 47 |
AMERICANLINGUISTICS IN PEACE AND AT WAR | 67 |
A NOVA SCOTIAN BECOMES A LINGUISTIC INDOLOGIST | 83 |
MY LIFE THROUGH MY WORK MY WORK THROUGH MY LIFE | 103 |
AUDIENCEWITH FIVE DECADES OF LINGUISTICS A CONVERSATION WITH | 125 |
ON BEING A LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGIST | 139 |
LAYERS OF LINGUISTICS | 167 |
HOW I DISCOVERED LINGUISTICS | 205 |
MY LINGUISTIC ODYSSEY | 227 |
MUST LINGUISTS ALSO BE PHILOLOGISTS? | 239 |
FROM PHILOLOGY TO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE | 255 |
A PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH LINGUISTICS | 273 |
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A LINGUISTS VITA AS HISTORIOGRA | 187 |
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