Darwinism and the Linguistic Image
Subtitle: Language, Race, and Natural Theology in the Nineteenth Century (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801872440
Subjects: Evolution; History of science; Language & Linguistics; c 1800 to c 1900; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; History; Life Sciences - Evolution; Linguistics; Science / History
First sentence: THE METAPHORIC MIND of nineteenth-century science produced some striking conceptual transfers.