William Dwight Whitney and the science of language / by Alter, Stephen G.

Table of Contents: “…An American orientalist -- Indological foreshadowings -- Victorian language debates -- Building a system of general linguistics -- Organizing a new science -- Creating a science of language -- Forging an alliance with anthropology -- The battle with Max Müller -- The elder statesman and the Junggrammatiker -- Enduring legacies.…”
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