Darwinism and the Linguistic Image

Language, Race, and Natural Theology in the Nineteenth Century

Stephen G. Alter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2003
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-7244-0 (ISBN)

Infos

In the nineteenth century, philology-especially comparative philology-made impressive gains as a discipline, thus laying the foundation for the modern field of linguistics. In Darwinism and the Linguistic Image, Stephen G. Alter examines how comparative philology provided a genealogical model of language that Darwin, as well as other scientists and language scholars, used to construct rhetorical parallels with the common-descent theory of evolution.

Autor

Stephen G. Alter is an assistant professor of history at Gordon College in Massachusetts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.4.2003
• Reihe/Serie: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History
• Zusatzinfo: 18 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: Baltimore, MD
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• ISBN-10: 0-8018-7244-8 / 0801872448
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-7244-0 / 9780801872440
• Zustand: Neuware