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Portraits of Linguists

A Biographical Source Book for the History of Western Linguistics, 1746–1963, Volume 1

by Thomas A. Sebeok

The main events in the history of linguistics from the late eighteenth century to the present are here presented by means of a unique method. The thought and ideas of distinguished linguists are cosidered in biographical accounts by other well-known scholars in the field. Wherever possible, the life of each linguist is discussed by his own pupil, so that a natural continuity of ideas occurs. Thus the reader is able to trace the intellectual transmission, growth, and development of particular schools of linguistic thought. Among the American and European linguists, included are Sir William Jones, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Jacob Grimm, W. D. Whitney, Ferdinand de Saussure, Edward Sapir, Nikolaj Trubetzkoy, Franz Boas, Leonard Bloomfield, and Leo Spitzer.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Editor’s Introduction
  • Sir William Jones (1746-1794)
    • Franklin Edgerton, ‘Sir William Jones’
    • Suniti Kumar Chatterji, ‘Sir William Jones’
    • Garland H. Cannon, ‘Sir William Jones's Persian Linguistics’
  • Sámuel Gyarmathi (1751-1830)
    • Miklós Zsirai, ‘Sámuel Gyarmathi, Hungarian Pioneer of Comparative Linguistics’
  • Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835)
    • Alfred Dove, ‘Humboldt’
    • Heymann von Steinthal, ‘Wilhelm von Humboldt’
  • Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
    • Theodor Benfey, ‘Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm’
    • Wilhelm Scherer,' Jacob Grimm’
    • Otto Jespersen, ‘Jacob Grimm’
  • Rasmus Kristian Rask (1787-1832)
    • Louis Hjelmslev, ‘Commentaires sur la vie et l'œuvre de Rasmus Rask’
    • Kemp Malone, ‘Rasmus Rask’
  • Franz Bopp (1791-1867)
    • Russell Martineau, ‘Franz Bopp’
    • A[ugust] Leskien, ‘Bopp’
    • P[ieter] A. Verburg, ‘The Background to the Linguistic Conceptions of Franz Bopp’
  • August Friedrich Pott (1802-1887)
    • Georg von der Gabelentz, ‘pott’
  • Otto Böhtlingk (1815-1904)
    • Berthold Delbrück, ‘Otto Böhtlingk’
  • Anton Reguly (1819-1855)
    • Josef Pápay, ‘Anton Reguly's Gedächtnis’
  • Georg Curtius (1820-1885)
    • Ernst Windisch, ‘Georg Curtius’
  • August Schleicher (1821-1868)
    • Johannes Schmidt, ‘Schleicher’
  • Max Müller (1823-1900)
    • E[dward] W[ashburn] Hopkins,' Max Müller’
  • William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894)
    • Thomas Day Seymour, ‘William Dwight Whitney’
    • Charles Rockwell Lanman, ‘Memorial Address’
  • Michel Brèal (1832-1915)
    • Antoine Meillet, ‘Michel Brèal et la grammaire comparèe au Collège de France’
  • August Fick (1833-1916)
    • A[dalbert] Bezzenberger, ‘August Fick’
  • August Leskien (1840-1916)
    • Wilhelm Streitberg, ‘August Leskien’
  • Wilhelm Scherer (1841-1886)
    • Johannes Schmidt, ‘Gedächtnissrede auf Wilhelm Scherer’
  • Berthold Delbrück (1842-1922)
    • Eduard Hermann,' Berthold Delbrück’
  • Vilhelm Thomsen (1842-1927)
    • Kristian Sandfeld, ‘Vilhelm Thomsen’
  • Hugo Schuchardt(1842-1927)
    • Alf Sommerfelt, ‘Hugo Schuchardt’
  • Henry Sweet (1845-1912)
    • C[harles] L. Wrenn, ‘Henry Sweet’
  • Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929)
    • Roman Jakobson, ‘Jan Baudouin de Courtenay’
  • Karl Verner (1846-1896)
    • Otto Jespersen, ‘Karl Verner—Some Personal Recollections’
  • Hermann Paul (1846-1921)
    • Wilhelm Streitberg, ‘Hermann Paul’
  • Hermann Osthoff (1847-1909)
    • K[arl] Brugmann, ‘Hermann Osthoff’
  • Carl Stumpf (1848-1936)
    • R. Schilling, ‘Carl Stumpf, sein Leben und Wirken’
  • Karl Brugmann (1849-1919)
    • Wilhelm Streitberg, ‘Karl Brugmann’

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    978-0-253-04877-6
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
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