The Spread of German Linguistic Learning in New England during the Lifetime of Noah Webster
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8728172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen Walker Read (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 163-163 |
| Publication date | 1966-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/454024 |
| OpenAlex | W2315977961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
EVEN THOUGH COPIOUS STATEMENTS about language were made in classical times, it has been customary to say that the science of linguistics was a development of the nineteenth century. The recognition of systematic structures in the relationships of languages can be traced to a group of German and Scandinavian scholars in the decades before i850, particularly to Jacob Grimm. How these new formulations spread to America makes a chapter not only in the history of linguistics but in the diffusion of cultural developments. Furthermore, this bears importantly upon the reputation of America's leading figure in language study-Noah Webster. The material must cluster around his intellectual evolvement and his relations to others who were bringing the new outlook
German · Linguistic change · Linguistics · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Lexicography and Language Studies · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 1998 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |