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Until 1997, when this bibliography was posted on the Internet, persons interested in a bibliography of Dwight Bolinger had to refer to two sources: (1) his book Essays on Spanish: Words and Grammar (item 323 below) published in 1991, and (2) Robert Stockwells's obituary of Bolinger that appeared in Language (Vol. 69, No. 1, 1993). Essays on Spanish included 312 items covering the period of 1934-1989. Professor Stockwell's article included selected bibliographies of Bolinger's writings on intonation; English syntax and semantics; Spanish syntax and semantics; and style, usage, and general linguistics. In addition, it provided 23 more citations, several involving articles that were still in the process of being published, which were then numbered as 313 to 335.
This bibliography, as posted in 1997, merged both lists, placed everything in chronological order, and brought the citations up to date. It also included four articles that we were not aware of at the time, one that had yet to be published ("According To", item 336), and three that had been omitted from the list in Essays on Spanish, items 151, 240, and 249.
Changes made to this Web site in 2004 include the following changes to the bibliography: (1) a correction to the wording of item 338, (2) the deletion of the former item 339 because it appears not to have been published, (3) the addition of a new item 339, and (4) the addition, to ten entries, of a notation that they all were reprinted in Forms of English (item 166). Other changes include (1) an addition to the list of honors, (2) a link to a recording of a speech by Bolinger that is available on the Internet and (3) the addition of three articles to the list of biographical and autobiographical materials.
Changes made to this Web site in 2007 include the addition of the following:
(1) By comparing Bolinger's bibliography to the Literature Online database available at http://lion.chadwyck.co.uk, ten more publications were identified. To avoid renumbering the bibliography, they were added at the end, representing the following years: 1938, 1941, 1944, 1954, 1968, 1975 (3), 1985, and 1986.
(2) Bolinger's education and professional experience was listed following his honors.
(3) Citations to reviews of Bolinger's books were added.
The titles of Bolinger's books and their corresponding numbers from the bibliography are as follows:
Bolinger served as president of the following organizations:
His honors included the following:
- Washburn University, AB, 1930
- University of Kansas, AM, 1932
- University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1936
Professional Experience:
- Instructor, Spanish, University of Wisconsin, 1936
- Instructor, Spanish, Kansas City (Mo.) Jr. College, 1937
- Associate Professor, Washburn College, 1937-1943
- Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 1944-1946
- Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 1947-1948
- Professor, University of Southern California, 1949-1960
- Professor, University of Colorado, 1960-1963
- Professor, Harvard University, 1963-1973
- Emeritus Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, Harvard University, 1973-1992
- Visiting Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University, 1978-1992
Concurrent Positions:
- Exchange Professor, Colegio de San Luis, Cartago, Costa Rica, 1941
- Sterling Fellow, Yale University, 1943-1944
- Fellow, Haskins Laboratories, New York, 1956-1957
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies of the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA, 1969-1970
All of Bolinger's papers are preserved as the Dwight L. Bolinger Papers in the Special Collections Section, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305-6004, and are available to any scholar desiring access.
The e-mail address of Special Collections
is archivesref@stanford.edu.
The telephone number for the main reference
desk is (650) 725-1022.
The university archivist for Special Collections is Daniel Hartwig, (650) 725-1161,
e-mail: dhartwig@stanford.edu.
The Library Web address is http://library.stanford.edu/
Following the bibliography are a list of reviews of Bolinger's books and a list of articles about Bolinger.
(1) Bibliography
(2) Reviews of Bolinger’s Books
The following listing is of reviews or references to reviews of Bolinger’s books found in his files and from other sources. It is not necessarily a complete list of reviews and some citations are incomplete. The books are in the order of publication. The first item lists discussions that are not limited to a particular book by Bolinger.
Totori Hirata High School No. 14 textbook, February 1981, 61-65, by Yahata Narihito. (A discussion of examples drawn from Bolinger’s Phrasal Verb, Meaning and Form, and That’s That. Includes an early bibliography of Bolinger.)
Voprosi eazikoznania (Linquistic Questions), “Voprosi obshei Lingvistiki V rabotah D. Bolindjera (Bolinger’s Work on Linguistic Questions),” January-February 1964, by T.M. Nikolaeva.
Hispania, Vol. 32 (Aug., 1949) 379-380, by Eddie Ruth Hutton.
Hispania, 39 (May, 1956) 237-238, by Wm. Marion Miller.
Modern Language Journal, 40 (Oct., 1956) 369-370, by Evelyn E. Uhrhan.
American Speech, no date, 119-123, by Ralph B. Long.
Word, 16 (1960) 119-125, by R.B. Lees. A rejoinder by Bolinger appears in Word 16 (1960) 374-191.
Hispania, 49 (Dec., 1966) 902-904, by Richard Barrutia and Seymour Menton.
Hispania, 50 (1967) 478-480, by _____Frank. Rebuttal by Bolinger in “On ‘Modern Spanish’: A Dissenting View,” Hispania, 51 (May 1968) 281-283.
Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Jezykoznawczego, 22 (1963) 211-214, by Wiktor Jassem.
Phonetica, no date, 186-192, by H. Wode.
Quarterly Journal of Speech, Oct. 1968, 320, by Ralph Vanderslice.
1st Edition
Estudos Linguisticos, III, 1-2 (1968) 70-73, by Julio Ricci and Herman G. James.
International Review of Applied Linguistics, 8 (Feb. 1970) 78-81, by Friedrich Braun.
Jewish Language Review, 2 (1982) 112-113, by DLG.
Linguistics, 73 (1971) 105-114, by Miloslav Balaban.
New York Times Book Review, July 14, 1968, by Gloria Levitas.
Philologica Pragensia, 12 (1969) 46-47, by Jiri Nosek.
Record, The (Teachers College), 71 (Sept. 1969) 153-159, by Robert W. Blake
2nd Edition
Key Reporter, Phi Beta Kappa, (date ?)by Guy A. Cardwell.
Language Arts, “Perspectives,” (date?) 949, by Michael Stubbs.
Linguistics, TLS, Dec. 19, 1975, 1509, by Randolph Quirk.
Philologica Pragensia, 19 (1976), 211-213, by Helena Kubickova.
Rising Generation, The, 122, 4 (July 1, 1976) 33-34, (Kenkyusha Ltd.), by Testuyo Kunihiro
Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., May 21, 1972, by Sarah Sue Thorpe.
Choice, Middletown, Conn., Jan. 1972.
English Studies, 55 (1974) 303-308, by Torben Vestergaard.
E.S. 8 (1978) 309-342; 9 (1979) 181-226, by Francisco Fernández Fernández.
Language and Style, 6 No. 3 (1973) 230-234, by F.R. Palmer.
Linguistic Reporter, February 1972, 8, by Charles Eastlack.
Modern Language Journal, 56 (1972) 530-531, by Bradford Arthur.
Totori Hirata – See above under “General Articles and Books.”
Journal of Linguistics 11 (1975) 316-319, by Rodney Huddleston.
Totori Hirata – See above under “General Articles and Books.”
English Teachers’ Magazine, The, 7 (1973) 96, (Taishokan), by Kosei Minamide.
Journal of Linguistics, 11 (1975) 316-319, by Rodney Huddleston.
Romance Philology, 32 (1979) 411-415, by G. Lepschy.
Dutch Quarterly Review of Anglo-American Letters, 4 (1974) 181-185, by C. Gussenhoven.
Arels Journal, Spring 1978, by Michael Langenheim.
Durrant’s British Book News, December 1977, by V. Murray.
English Teachers’ Magazine, The, 2 (1978), (Taishokan), by Yuzou Murata.
Etudes Anglaises, 32 (1979) 332-?.
In Defense of Linguistic Theory, 1982 (?), by Frederick J. Newmeyer.
Language, 55 (1979) 684-687, by Michael L. Geis.
Lingua, 45 (1978) 175-183, by Dell Hymes.
Rising Generation, The, 3 (1978) 43, (Kenkyusha Ltd.), by Minoru Nakau.
System, 8 ( 1980) 268-270, by Lars Hermerén.
Totori Hirata – See above under “General Articles and Books.”
Year’s Work in English Studies, 58 (1980?).
Anthropology of Consciousness, (date ?), by Roger W. Westcott.
Choice, April (?) 1981.
English World Wide, Jan. 1981, by Helen Weiss.
Interfaces, 15 (1981) 9-11, by RDP.
Justice, Apr. 7, 1981, 15, by Adam Sachs.
Language in Society, 11 (April 1982) 110-120, by Norman Fairclough.
Language Planning, June 1981, by Roger W. Wescott.
Language Studies, Jan. 30, 1981, 117, by Roy Harris.
London Review of Books, February-March 1981, 21, Randolph Quirk.
Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1982, by Charles Champlin.
Mankind, Official Journal of the Anthropological Society of Australia, (date ?), by Peter Sutton.
New York Times Magazine, Mar. 1, 1981, 9-10, by William Safire.
Palo Alto Weekly, June 24, 1981.
Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto), Mar. 17, 1981, p. C1, by Rob Morse.
Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto), May 27, 1981, p. B8.
Quarterly Review of Doublespeak, (date ?), by Walker Gibson.
Quinquereme, 4 (1981) 269-270, by Geoffrey Sampson.
Scholarly Publishing, 13 (1982) 373-374, by Lindsay Waters.
Sydney Morning Herald, (date ?), by Angela Bowne.
Verbatim, Winter 1980-81, 10.
American Speech, 64 (1989)168-175, by Mary Ritchie Key.
Choice, Jul.-Aug. 1986, by R.L. Fischer.
Journal of Linguistics, 1987 (?), by Gillian Brown.
Language, 63 (Sep., 1987) 637-643, by D. Robert Ladd.
Language, TLS, Aug. 29, 1986, 949, by David Crystal.
Lingua E Stile, 22 (Dec. 1987), 625 by I. Loi Corvetto.
Lingua Survey of Books, April 1986, 365.
Semiotica, 76-3/4 (1989) 217-244, by Ivan Fónagy.
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 21 (1991) 102-104, by Wiktor Jassem.
Language, 66 (Dec. 1990) 806-816, by D. Robert Ladd.
Phi Sigma Mu Newsletter, 1 (Oct. 1989) 3.
Hispanic Review, 61 (Winter, 1993) 90-91, by Joel Rini.
South Central Review, 9 (Summer, 1992), 94-95, by Kenneth Graft.
Hispanófila, (1998) Larry D. King and M. Suñer.
(3) Biographical and Autobiographical Materials