| The Real Professor Higgins Contributor(s): Collins, Beverly (Author), Mees, Inger M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110151243 ISBN-13: 9783110151244 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $109.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: This volume presents the first full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and leading British phonetician of the early twentieth century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university. This book, richly illustrated with partly unpublished material, traces Jones's life and career, including his contacts with other linguists, and with figures outside the linguistic world, notably Robert Bridges and George Bernard Shaw. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98-37959 |
| Physical Information: 1.48" H x 6.42" W x 9.25" (2.14 lbs) 622 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume presents the first full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and leading British phonetician of the early twentieth century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university. This book, richly illustrated with partly unpublished material traces Jones's life and career, including his contacts with other linguists, and with figures outside the linguistic world notably Robert Bridges and George Bernard Shaw. |