American linguistics in transition from post-Bloomfieldian structuralism to generative grammar / Frederick J. Newmeyer.
| Author/creator | Newmeyer, Frederick J. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiv, 412 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1 The structuralist ascendancy in American linguistics -- 2 American structuralism and European structuralism -- 3 Martin Joos's Readings in Linguistics as the apogee of American structuralism -- 4 Early transformational generative grammar -- 5 The diffusion of generativist ideas -- 6 The European reception of early transformational generative grammar -- 7 The contested LSA presidential election of 1970 -- 8 Charles Hockett's attempt to resign from the LSA in 1982 -- 9 The generativist non-dominance of the field in the 1970s and 1980s. |
| Abstract | This volume is devoted to a major chapter in the history of linguistics in the United States, the period from the 1930s to the 1980s. It offers detailed discussions of the key issues and developments in the transition from (post-Bloomfieldian) structural linguistics to early generative grammar. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022930914 |
| ISBN | 9780192843760 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0192843761 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |