LINGUIST List 12.1400

Mon May 21 2001

Books: Linguistic Theory

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Sean Hanrahan, Linguistic Theory: Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II; The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century, by John E. Joseph, Nigel Love, and Talbot J. Taylor

John E. Joseph, University of Edinburgh, Nigel Love,
University of Cape Town, and Talbot J. Taylor, College of
William and Mary, LANDMARKS IN LINGUISTIC
THOUGHT II The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century

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.

Routledge August 2001 288 pp
HB 0 415 06396 5 $80.00 �50.00
PB 0 415 06397 3 $25.95 �15.99

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