Re: Leonard Bloomfield died (18-4-1949)

 Ar an fichiú lá de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark:

 > > [...] A very small-tent approach, odd to take it as someone academically
 > > senior, who might be thought to have reason to increase his area of
 > > interest. Rules out PTD’s ‘The World’s Writing Systems’ for one.
 >
 > But PTD did not spend his whole life studying writing!

Indeed he did not.

 > He did enter into linguistic study (even read Bloomfield, and was taught by
 > one of his students). This study undoubtedly informed his treatment of
 > writing systems.
 >
 > Plus, I don't think Bloomfield is saying these other areas of study are
 > worthless -- just that they should be distinguished from linguistic science.

I think a natural approach is to say that they are part of linguistic science.

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