Linguistics An Introduction to the Study of Language: An Introduction to the Study of Language

Author: Edward Sapir
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book is a representative work of the American idealist linguistic school. It was first published in 1921. The book consists of eleven chapters, systematically discussing topics such as the object of linguistics, linguistic components, phonetics, grammatical procedures, grammatical concepts, structural types of language, the development of language, phonological laws, the interaction of languages, the relationship between language and race/culture, and the relationship between language and literature. The system of this book is basically based on the Philosophy of Mind by the Italian idealist philosopher, Croce, who belonged to the New Hegelian school.