Emanuel J. Drechsel (University of Hawaii

Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), an early pioneer in the philosophy of language, linguistic and educational theory, was not only one of the i rst European linguists to identify human language as a rule-governed system -the foundational premise of Noam Chomsky's generative theory - or to rei ect on cognition in studying language; he was also a major scholar of Indigenous American languages. However, with his famous naturalist brother Alexander 'stealing the show,' Humboldt's contributions to linguistics and anthropology have remained understudied in English until today. Drechsel's unique book addresses this gap by uncovering and examining Humboldt's ini uences on diverse issues in nineteenth-century American linguistics, from Peter S. Duponceau to the early Boasians, including Edward Sapir. This study shows how Humboldt's ideas have shaped the i eld in multiple ways. Shining a light on one of the early innovators of linguistics, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the i eld.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2024
• ISBN-13: 9781108967792
• Artikelnr.: 70912111

Autorenporträt

Emanuel J. Drechsel is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at M¿noa. Notable publications include Mobilian Jargon (Clarendon Press, 1997) and Language Contact in the Early Colonial Paci¿c (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Part I. Wilhelm von Humboldt and
the Americas: Essentials; 1. Introduction: The Elder Humboldt as an
Americanist Linguist and Anthropologist; 2. Research on Wilhelm von
Humboldt and His Brother Alexander as Americanist Linguists: Biography,
Ethnohistory, and Philology; Part II. The Early Lives of Wilhelm and
Alexander von Humboldt; 3. The Humboldt Brothers' Youth and Bildung in
Europe of the Late Eighteenth Century; 4. Alexander von Humboldt on His
Explorations of the Americas and in His Role as His Brother's Intermediary
(1799-1804); 5. Wilhelm von Humboldt's Linguistic and Ethnographic Field
Experiences with Basque in the Pyrenees of Spain (1799 and 1801); Part III.
Wilhelm von Humboldt's Americanist Linguistics; 6. First Exposure to
American Languages at the Vatican Library in Rome and the Significance of
Alexander's American Resources (1803-1808); 7. Expansion and
Intensification of Humboldtian Americanist Linguistics: Methodological and
Theoretical Implications (1811-1819); 8. Les langues du Nouveau Continent:
An Early Book on the American Languages in the Making, but Falling Short
(1820-1827); 9. From the Americas to the Pacific: Americanist Linguistics
as Methodological-Conceptual Midwife to the Study of Malayo-Polynesian
Languages (1827-1835); Part IV. Wilhelm von Humboldt's Impact on
Americanist Linguistics and Anthropology; 10. First Generation of American
Humboldtians of the Early Nineteenth Century: American Languages in a
Comparative Linguistics (Duponceau, Pickering, and Gallatin); 11. Second
Generation of American Humboldtians in the Nineteenth Century: Language
Typology, History, and Evolution (Lieber, Gatschet, and Brinton); 12. Third
and Fourth Generations of American Humboldtians at the Turn of Nineteenth
Century: Linguistic and Cultural Relativism (Boas, Kroeber, and Sapir);
Part V. Wilhelm von Humboldt as an Americanist Linguist and Anthropologist;
Summary; Conclusions; References; Appendix 1: List of Abbreviations for
Frequently Used Publication Titles, Their Full Counterparts and English
Translations; Appendix 2: Historical and Biographical Timetable of Wilhelm
and Alexander von Humboldt; Index.