Language

by Bloomfield, Leonard

• ISBN13: 9780226060675
• ISBN10: 0226060675
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1984-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Perhaps the single most influential work of general linguistics published in this century, Leonard Bloomfield's Language is both a masterpiece of textbook writing and a classic of scholarship. Intended as an introduction to the field of linguistics, it revolutionized the field when it appeared in 1933 and became the major text of the American descriptivist school.

Author Biography

Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago and Yale University.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

The Study of Language

The Use of Language

Speech-Communities

The Languages of the World

The Phoneme

Types of Phonemes

Modifications

Phonetic Structure

Meaning

Grammatical Forms

Sentence-Types

Syntax

Morphology

Morphologic Types

Substitution

Form-Classes and Lexicon

Written Records

The Comparative Method

Dialect Geography

Phonetic Change

Types of Phonetic Change

Fluctuation in the Frequency of Forms

Analogic Change

Semantic Change

Cultural Borrowing

Intimate Borrowing

Dialect Borrowing

Applications and Outlook

Notes

Bibliography

Table of Phonetic Symbols

Index

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