文档介绍：THE EMERGENCE OF THE
MODERN LANGUAGE SCIENCES
VOLUME 1
THE EMERGENCE OF
THE MODERN
LANGUAGE SCIENCES
STUDIES ON THE TRANSITION FROM
PARATIVE TO
STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS
IN HONOUR OF E. F. K. KOERNER
VOLUME 1: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Edited by
SHEILA EMBLETON
York University
JOHN E. JOSEPH
University of Edinburgh
HANS-JOSEF NIEDEREHE
University of Trier
JOHN BENJAMINS PANY
PHILADELPHIA/AMSTERDAM
TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of Ameri-
8 can National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for
Printed Library Materials, ANSI -1984.
The Editors wish to thank Noam Chomsky for permission to publish the text of
his 12 September 1957 letter to Cornelis van Schooneveld in Chapter 18.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The emergence of the modern language sciences : studies on the transition from historical-
comparative to structural linguistics in honour of . Koerner / edited by Sheila Embleton,
John E. Joseph, Hans-Josef Niederehe.
v. cm.
Chiefly in English; includes one contribution in French and one in Spanish.
Includes a bibliography of writings by . Koerner, 1968-1999
(p. ). bibliographical references, and indexes.
Contents: v. 1. Historiographical perspectives -- v. 2. Methodological perspectives and
applications.
1. Linguistics--History--19th century. 2. Linguistics--History--20th century. 3. Linguistics--
Methodology. 4. Comparative linguistics. 5. Historical linguistics. I. Koerner, . II.
Embleton, Sheila M. III. Joseph, John Earl. IV. Niederehe, Hans-Josef, 1937-
1999
410’.9’09034--dc21 99-39875
Vol: 1 ISBN 90 272 2187 1 (Eur.) / 1 55619 759 4 (US) (Hb., alk. paper) CIP
© 1999 – John Benjamins .
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