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A Short History of Structural Linguistics
Contributor(s): Matthews, Peter (Author)
ISBN: 0521625688     ISBN-13: 9780521625685
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $46.54  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2001
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Annotation: This book is a concise historical survey of structural linguistics, charting its development from the 1870s to the present day. Peter Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyzes the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He discusses theories of the overall structure of a language, the "Chomskyan revolution" in the 1950s, and the structuralist theories of meaning. The book includes exposition, in particular, of the contributions of Saussure, Bloomfield and Chomsky.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- History
Dewey: 410.18
LCCN: 00045524
Lexile Measure: 1150
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.61 lbs) 174 pages