RegionWomen, Language and Linguistics
Three American Stories from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
By Julia S. Falk
- Price: $170.00
- Binding/Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-13315-9
- Publish Date: October 7th 1999
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 320 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics
Description
Rather than the standard American story of an increasingly triumphant march of scientific inquiry towards structural phonology, Women, Language and Linguistics reveals linguistics where its purpose was communication; the appeal of languages lay in their diversity; and the authority of language lay in its speakers and writers. Julia S Falk explores the vital part which women have played in preserving a linguistics based on the reality and experience of language; this book finally brings to light a neglected perspective for those working in linguistics and the history of linguistics.