Introductory language essays.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Norton [1965]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: xi, 304 p. illus. 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.8
LOC classification:
  • PE1072 .B3
Contents:
Part I. Some first considerations -- Language / H.A. Gleason, Jr. -- The conservative and alternative forces in language / William Dwight Whitney -- Part II. Wells of words -- From Greece and Rome / John Moore -- Various sources ; Native resources / Otto Jespersen -- American slang / H.L. Mencken -- Part III. Sounds and symbols -- The vowels of American English / Henry Lee Smith, Jr. -- Writing / Leonard Robert Palmer -- English as a phonetic language / Ralph M. Williams -- How shall we spell? / William Dwight Whitney -- Part IV. Grammar and grammars -- The parts of speech / L.M. Myers -- Defining parts of speech in English / Sumner Ives -- A syntactic approach to part-of-speech categories / Ralph B. Long -- Transformations / Paul A. Olson -- Two approaches to language / L.M. Myers -- Part V. Language and languages -- The classification of languages / Frederick Bodmer -- Why study other languages? / William Dwight Whitney -- Part VI. Language and literature -- Language and literature / Edward Sapir -- Literature / Charles F. Hockett -- Part VII. Of various vintages -- Logic and grammar / Henry Sweet -- The three ranks / Otto Jespersen -- Grammatical forms / Leonard Bloomfield -- Revolution in grammar / W. Nelson Francis.
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Bibliography: p. 300-304. Bibliographical footnotes.

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Part I. Some first considerations -- Language / H.A. Gleason, Jr. -- The conservative and alternative forces in language / William Dwight Whitney -- Part II. Wells of words -- From Greece and Rome / John Moore -- Various sources ; Native resources / Otto Jespersen -- American slang / H.L. Mencken -- Part III. Sounds and symbols -- The vowels of American English / Henry Lee Smith, Jr. -- Writing / Leonard Robert Palmer -- English as a phonetic language / Ralph M. Williams -- How shall we spell? / William Dwight Whitney -- Part IV. Grammar and grammars -- The parts of speech / L.M. Myers -- Defining parts of speech in English / Sumner Ives -- A syntactic approach to part-of-speech categories / Ralph B. Long -- Transformations / Paul A. Olson -- Two approaches to language / L.M. Myers -- Part V. Language and languages -- The classification of languages / Frederick Bodmer -- Why study other languages? / William Dwight Whitney -- Part VI. Language and literature -- Language and literature / Edward Sapir -- Literature / Charles F. Hockett -- Part VII. Of various vintages -- Logic and grammar / Henry Sweet -- The three ranks / Otto Jespersen -- Grammatical forms / Leonard Bloomfield -- Revolution in grammar / W. Nelson Francis.