%0 Journal Article %T LA IMAGEN Y LOS ECOS DEL LINGUISTA PROFESIONAL: LA CORRESPONDENCIA DE RODOLFO LENZ %A VELLEMAN %A BARRY L %J RLA. Revista de ling¨¹¨ªstica te¨®rica y aplicada %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-48832008000100002 %X this study proposes to document the wide range of interests found in the correspondence of the great german linguist in chile, rodolfo lenz (1863-1939), with special attention to three areas: 1) his correspondents with academic affiliations and scholarly organizations in the united states; 2) his participation in the international phonetic association; and 3) his dialogues with amado alonso and aurelio espinosa, two major figures in the field of spanish-american dialectology. at the end of the study is found the text of espinosa¡¯s four letters to lenz. the study of lenz¡¯ letters documents, not only the professionalization of the linguist of his time, but also the development of the field in a broader sense. %K rodolfo lenz %K epistolary %K direct method %K amado alonso %K aurelio m. espinosa %K spanish-american dialectology. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-48832008000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en