Darwinism and the Linguistic Image
Author | : Stephen G. Alter |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801872448 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801872440 |
Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Darwinism and the Linguistic Image by : Stephen G. Alter
Download or read book Darwinism and the Linguistic Image written by Stephen G. Alter and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.