Darwinism and the Linguistic Image
Author | : Stephen G. Alter |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-03-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780801872440 |
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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.