The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century. Volume 1: Philosophy of science, syntax and semantics
Edited by Bruce E. Nevin
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 228] 2002. xxxv, 323 pp.
Bruce E. Nevin
List of John Benjamins publications for which Bruce E. Nevin plays a role.
Titles
Subjects History of linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century. Volume 2: Mathematics and computability of language
Edited by Bruce E. Nevin and Stephen B. Johnson
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 229] 2002. xix, 312 pp.
Subjects Corpus linguistics | History of linguistics | Natural language processing | Theoretical linguistics
The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century. 2 Volumes (set)
Edited by Bruce E. Nevin and Stephen B. Johnson
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 228-229] 2002. xxxvi, 323 pp. & xx, 312 pp.
Subjects Corpus linguistics | History of linguistics | Natural language processing | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2020 A letter from Zellig Harris to André Lentin: Explanatory notes Historiographia Linguistica 47:2/3, pp. 303–321 | Article
Toward the end of his life, Zellig Harris (1909–1992) wrote a brief account of the origins and development of his work to establish the foundations of a science of language on mathematical principles. A French translation was published in 1990, and in the same publication appeared a parallel… read more
2011 Zellig Harris: Science, language, and radical transformation of society Historiographia Linguistica 38:3, pp. 355–366 | Article
2010 Noam and Zellig Chomskyan (R)evolutions, Kibbee, Douglas A. (ed.), pp. 103–168 | Article
In this paper, we explore when and how the work of Noam Chomsky diverged from that of his mentor, Zellig Harris, and identify the origins and character of their differences. Considering evidence that they never fully understood each other, the rhetorical vehicle for this exploration is speculation… read more
2009 More Concerning the Roots of Transformational Generative Grammar Quot homines tot artes: New Studies in Missionary Linguistics, Zwartjes, Otto and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 459–479 | Article
2002 Foreword The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century, Nevin, Bruce E. (ed.), pp. ix ff. | Article
1995 Harris the Revolutionary: Phonemic Theory History of Linguistics 1993: Papers from the Sixth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS VI), Washington DC, 9–14 August 1993, Jankowsky, Kurt R. (ed.), pp. 349 ff. | Article
1993 A minimalist program for linguistics: The work of zellig harris on meaning and information Historiographia Linguistica 20:2/3, pp. 355–398 | Article
Zellig S. Harris (1909–1992) is a familiar icon of American structuralism. According to received views of the history of linguistics in the 20th century, he is an exemplar of ‘taxonomic linguistics’ seeking practical discovery procedures whereby one could mechanically derive a grammar from… read more