kitaycheg Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Download William Dwight Whitney and the Science of Language Book in PDF Format. Too Many Books Available in Our Site. Linguistics, or the science of language, emerged as an independent field of study in the nineteenth century, amid the religious and scientific ferment of the Victorian era. William Dwight Whitney, one of that period's most eminent language scholars, argued that his field should be classed among the social sciences, thus laying a theoretical foundation for modern sociolinguistics. William Dwight Whitney and the Science of Language offers a full-length study of America's pioneer professional linguist, the founder and first president of the American Philological Association and a renowned Orientalist. In recounting Whitney's remarkable career, Stephen G. Alter examines the int Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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