Landmarks in linguistic thought II: the Western tradition in the twentieth century

Abstract

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume II introduces key thinkers of twentieth-century linguistics. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a different thinker or theorist: Austin, Chomsky, Derrida, Firth, Goffman, Harris, Jakobson, Labov, Orwell, Sapir, Whorff, and Wittgenstein and includes extracts from their work. Through these figures, the major linguistic issues and themes of the last century are introduced. History of Linguistic Thought series. Introduction 1. Sapir on Language, Culture, and Personality 2. Jakobson and Structuralism 3. Orwell on Language and Politics 4. Whorf on Language and Thought 5. Firth on Language and Context 6. Wittgenstein on Grammatical Investigations 7. Austin on Language as Action 8. Skinner on Verbal Behavior 9. Chomsky on Language as Biology 10. Labov on Linguistic Variation 11. Goffman on the Communicating Self 12. Bruner on the Child's Passport into Language 13. Derrida on the Linguistic Sign and Writing 14. Harris on Linguistics without Languages 15. Kanzi on Human Language Suggested Further Readings References Index