Introducing Key Linguists
About the Book Series
This book series provides a brief introduction to the life and seminal works of key linguists or groups of linguists. For readers who are interested in linguistics and in the various linguists being introduced in particular, the books describe the major events in the linguists’ life, trace the academic influences on the linguists, discuss the development of their ideas, and introduce the seminal works by the linguists in different research areas throughout their careers.
Introducing Benjamin Lee Whorf
1st Edition
By Jianxin Ding, Jiaqi Liu, Yi Zhao, Qing Tu
April 07, 2027
This book provides an accessible introduction to Benjamin Lee Whorf and his contributions to linguistic relativity. It outlines his biography, intellectual development, and theoretical concerns while highlighting the distinctive approach of his work. Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) was an ...
Introducing M.A.K. Halliday
1st Edition
By Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma
May 06, 2022
M.A.K. Halliday (1925–2018) was the founder of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and, undoubtedly, one of the most influential linguists of his time, credited with changing the way that language and linguistics have been taught. SFL, as an appliable theory that approaches language as ...