The European Background of American Linguistics : Papers of the Third Golden Anniversary Symposium of the Linguistic Society of America

While philosophers from Plato to Kant and beyond have discussed the mission and methodology of philosophy, this area of deliberation has only recently been acknowledged as a distinctive branch of philosophy as such, duly entitled metaphilosophy. There are, as yet, very few books on the subject so that the present volume joins a rather select group. Professor Rescher has published in the field for some thirty years and this book gathers together a representative sampling of his contributions. Taken together these pieces convey an instructive overview of the field, as well as vividly conveying their author's take on the key issues that constitute its problem domain. Preface Introduction The Past up to the Introduction of Neogrammarian Thought: Whitney and Europe Linguistics as a Science: The Case of the Comparative Method Bréal vs. Schleicher: Linguistics and Philology during the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century Aspirations, Organization, Achievement Linguistics in America 1924-1974: A Detached View Discussion of the Papers by Yakov Malkiel and by E. M. Uhlenbeck The Twentieth Century in European and American Linguistics: Movements and Continuity Index of Names The European Background of American Linguistics :Papers of the Third Golden Anniversary Symposium of the Linguistic Society of America