Anthropology and linguistics in Great Britain: Bronislaw Malinowski and John Rupert Firth

This paper examines how Bronislaw Malinowski, a Polish anthropologist most of whose career was in London, took inspiration from the British linguist Henry Sweet and in turn provided insights of great importance to the principal figure of the London School, J. R. Firth. Firth took Malinowski's c...

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Main Author: Angela Senis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langage 2023-01-01
Series:Histoire Épistémologie Langage
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/hel/3087