This is the first complete study of the life and work of Johan Storm, one
of the most admired linguists of the late nineteenth century. It presents
his work on language in its entirety, covering his contributions to
English philology, Romance languages and Norwegian.
Andrew Linn describes Storm's position at the centre of a community of
phoneticians, dialectologists, modern language teachers and language
reformers, at a crucial period in the development of modern linguistics.
He demonstrates the importance of Storm's ideas to the emergence of
language study in its modern form, to the ousting of Classics by modern
languages in school and university, and to contemporary debates on the
standardization of Norwegian. He also highlights the ongoing relevance of
Storm's work to the study and teaching of English and Romance languages,
and to the fields of phonetics and dialectology.
Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics
Phonetics
Sociolinguistics
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