Thomas Harriot (1560–1621) and the English origins of Algonkian linguistics
Summary Thomas Harriot (1560–1621) was an outstanding mathematician and astronomer whose scientific writings – had they not been allowed to remain in manuscript – would long ago have earned for him an international esteem comparable with that of Galileo and Kepler. Only in recent decades has his sta...
Published in: | Historiographia Linguistica |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
1992
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/hl.19.1.03sal http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/hl.19.1.03sal.pdf |