An Introduction to the Study of LanguageThis is a fac simile edition of Bloomfield's An Introduction to the Study of Language (New York 1914), with an introductory article by Joseph S. Kess. Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was responsible for two classic textbooks in the field of linguistics. The earlier, reproduced here, shows some striking differences to his later views, reflecting much of the then-current thinking on language matters. As such, it represents not only an interesting commentary on the theoretical development of an extremely influential linguist, but more importantly, it is a telling document in the evolving history of the discipline and a rich source for the (psycho)linguist interested in how and why we got from where we were to where we are. |
Contents
The place of language in our mental life | 1 |
Total experiences | 2 |
The analysis of total experiences | 3 |
The naming of objects | 4 |
The development of abstract words | 5 |
Psychologic composition of the word | 6 |
Grammatical categories | 7 |
Psychologic character of the linguistic forms | 8 |
The sentence | 110 |
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY | 120 |
semantic value | 159 |
compound phrase | 165 |
Material relations | 171 |
Wordorder | 186 |
CHAPTER VII | 195 |
Change in articulation | 202 |
Psychologic motives of utterance | 9 |
Interpretation of the linguistic phenomena | 10 |
CHAPTER IV | 18 |
THE FORMS OF LANGUAGE 56 56 | 59 |
Primary interjections | 73 |
Secondary interjections | 75 |
The arbitrary value of noninterjectional utterances | 77 |
The classifying nature of linguistic expression | 82 |
THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE | 84 |
Expression of the three types of utterance | 90 |
The parts of utterances | 92 |
phonetic character | 97 |
semantic character | 103 |
Wordclasses | 108 |
Analogic change | 221 |
Semantic change | 237 |
The ultimate conditions of change in language | 251 |
CHAPTER VIII | 259 |
The origin of linguistic science | 307 |
How to study linguistics | 313 |
Relation of linguistics to other sciences | 319 |
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