Dwight Lemerton Bolinger

Background

Bolinger, Dwight Lemerton was born on August 18, 1907 in Topeka. Son of Arthur Joel and Gertrude (Ott) Bolinger.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, Washburn College, 1930. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Washburn College, 1964. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1932.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1936.

Career

He began his career as the first editor of the "Among the New Words" feature for American Speech. He was known for the support and encouragement he gave younger scholars and for his hands-on approach to the analysis of human language. His work touched on a wide range of subjects, including semantics, intonation, phonesthesia, and the politics of language.

His 1971 book The Phrasal Verb in English, heretofore a subject of concern primarily to teachers of English as a foreign language, brought the need for a scientific treatment of phrasal verbs to the attention of many linguists.

His 1977 work Meaning and Form was instrumental in establishing the principle that a difference in form implies a difference in perceived meaning. He was elected president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1972 and awarded the Orwell Award by the National Council of Teachers of English in 1981 for Language—The Loaded Weapon, a book that inspired other linguists to restore a role for the application of common sense in the study of language.

Stanford linguist Geoffrey Nunberg has described Bolinger as "one of the most distinguished semanticists" of the mid-twentieth century, pointing to his "uncanny ear for the nuances of words.".

Achievements

• Dwight Lemerton Bolinger has been listed as a noteworthy Language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Intonation and Its Uses: Melody in Grammar and Discourse

    (This is the second and concluding volume of the author's ...)

  • Intonation and Its Parts: Melody in Spoken English

    ( "It's not what she said, it's the way that she said it,...)

  • Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today

    ( Today there is a reawakening interest in how language a...)

  • Meaning and Form (English Language Series)

    (Book by Bolinger, Dwight)

  • Intonation and Its Uses: Melody in Grammar and Discourse by Dwight Bolinger (1989-08-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Aspects of Language 2e
  • Degree Words
  • (Language, the Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today) Author: Dwight Bolinger published on (November, 1980)
  • Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today by Dwight Bolinger (13-Oct-1980) Paperback
  • (Intonation and Its Uses: Melody in Grammar and Discourse) Author: Dwight Bolinger published on (August, 1989)
  • Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today by Bolinger, Dwight (1980) Paperback
  • The Phrasal Verb in English
  • Intonation and Its Uses: Melody in Grammar and Discourse 1st edition by Bolinger, Dwight (1989) Hardcover
  • Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today by Dwight Bolinger (1980-10-13)
  • Degree Words (Janua Linguarum. Series Maior)

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, British Academy (correspondent). Member New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life), Royal Spanish Academy (correspondent), American Association Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (president 1960), Linguistic Society of America (president 1972), Linguistic Association Canada and United States (president 1975-1976).

Connections

Married Louise Ida Schrynemakers, July 1, 1934 (deceased April 1986). Children: Bruce Clyde, Ann Celeste Bolinger McClure.

Father:

Arthur Joel Bolinger

Mother:

Gertrude (Ott) Bolinger

Spouse:

Louise Ida Schrynemakers

child:

Bruce Clyde Bolinger

child:

Ann Celeste Bolinger McClure Bolinger