''Language'' is an influential textbook by
Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Bloomfield (April 1, 1887 – April 18, 1949) was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and the 1940s. He is considered to be the father of American distributionalis ...
. It is described as "one of the most important general treatments of linguistic science in the first half of the 20th century and almost alone determined the subsequent course of linguistics in the United States".
Content
''Language'' is a complete revision, indeed a new writing, of Bloomfield's earlier book ''An Introduction to the Study of Language'' which had been published in 1914. ''Language'' became the foundation of a movement that later came to be known as
structural linguistics
Structural linguistics, or structuralism, in linguistics, denotes schools or theories in which language is conceived as a self-contained, self-regulating semiotic system whose elements are defined by their relationship to other elements within th ...
and Bloomfield became a pioneer in general linguistics.
See also
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Language
Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...
'', book by Edward Sapir
References
External links
Language 1933 non-fiction books
Linguistics textbooks
Routledge books
University of Chicago Press books
Henry Holt and Company books
Structuralism
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