This volume is devoted to a major chapter in the history of linguistics in the United States, the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, and focuses primarily on t
This collection of essays deals with the interplay of language and social change, asking the question: How can language and society be made gender equal? The co
From birth to early adulthood, all aspects of a child's life undergo enormous development and change, and language is no exception. This book documents the resu
What is ‘American’ about American linguistics? Is Jakobson, who spent half his life in America, part of it? What became of Whitney’s genuinely American co