Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II
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...
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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.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction1Sapir on language, culture and personality12Jakobson and structuralism173Orwell on language and politics294Whorf on language and thought435Firth on language and context576Wittgenstein on grammatical investigations727Austin on language as action918Skinner on verbal behaviour1069Chomsky on language as biology12210Labov on linguistic variation14011Goffman on the communicating self15512Bruner on the child's passport into language17113Derrida on the linguistic sign and writing18814Harris on linguistics without languages20315Kanzi on human language219Suggestions for further reading237Bibliography248Index261
