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James McElvenny
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Linguist and intellectual historian.
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Sorry, I don’t know. The most fun anecdote I know about that period is the attached from C. F. Voegelin.

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„Charles F. Voegelin has told me of the relation between Bloomfield and Sapr as he observed it in the 1930’s. Each had deep respect for the other, but with certain reservations. Sapir admired Bloomfield’s ability patiently to excerpt data and to file and collate slips until the patterns of the language…“ „…emerged, but spoke deprecatingly of Bloomfield’s sophomoric psychology. Bloomfield was dazzled by Sapir’s virtuosity and perhaps a bit jealous of it, but in matters outside language referred to Sapir as a ‚medicine man‘.“
June 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Obligatory photo of physical book. Nice to finally hold it in my hands.

With many improvements on the English version (and only a few Verschlimmbesserungen).
Cover of book “Entstehung und Entwicklung der modern Linguistik”
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM