TY - BOOK ID - 2986715 TI - Women, language and linguistics : three American stories from the first half of the twentieth century PY - 1999 VL - 2 SN - 0415133157 9780415133159 041575660X 0203212649 1134786212 1280324546 9780203212646 9781134786213 9781280324543 1134786204 9781134786206 PB - London ; New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Linguistics KW - Women linguists KW - Linguists KW - Linguistic science KW - Science of language KW - Language and languages KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2986715 AB - 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. ER -