Toward an understanding of language
Subtitle: Charles Carpenter Fries in perspective
By: edited by Peter Howard Fries in collaboration with Nancy M. Fries.
Contributors: Fries, Peter Howard.; Fries, Nancy M.
Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.; v. 40
Publisher: J. Benjamins; John Benjamins Pub Co; John Benjamins Publishing Company; Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Fries, Charles Carpenter, 1887-; Linguistics.; English language -- Study and teaching.
Description: Charles C. Fries (1887-1967) was a major figure in American linguistics and language education during the first half of the 20th century. Theoretical innovation and practical implementation were important threads that ran throughout his work. Fries believed that the attempt to deal with practical problems was a vital part of developing linguistic theory. He spent most of his effort exploring grammar as a tool for communicating meaning. Charles C. Fries was quite influential in the development of linguistics in the United States, and yet in some ways remained outside of the mainstream of the linguistics he helped to develop.
Notes: "Bibliography of Charles C. Fries": p. [359]-372.
Includes bibliographies.