Concise History of the Language Sciences
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Concise History of the Language Sciences

From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists

  1. 509 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Concise History of the Language Sciences

From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists

About this book

This book presents in a single volume a comprehensive history of the language sciences, from ancient times through to the twentieth century. While there has been a concentration on those traditions that have the greatest international relevance, a particular effort has been made to go beyond traditional Eurocentric accounts, and to cover a broad geographical spread. For the twentieth century a section has been devoted to the various trends, schools, and theoretical framework developed in Europe, North America and Australasia over the past seventy years. There has also been a concentration on those approaches in linguistic theory which can be expected to have some direct relevance to work being done at the beginning of the twenty-first century or those of which a knowledge is needed for the full understanding of the history of linguistic sciences through the last half of this century. The last section of this book reviews the applications of some of these findings. Based on the foundation provided by the award winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics this volume provides an excellent focal point of reference for anyone interested in the history of the language sciences.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Editors' Foreword
  6. SECTION I: General
  7. SECTION II: Antiquity to Middle Ages— the Near East
  8. SECTION III: Antiquity — the Far East
  9. SECTION IV: Antiquity — India
  10. SECTION V: Antiquity — Europe
  11. SECTION VI: Middle Ages — Europe
  12. SECTION VII: Renaissance — Europe
  13. SECTION VIII: 17th and 18th Century Europe
  14. SECTION IX: The Main Strands of 19th Century Linguistics
  15. SECTION Χ: 20th Century Linguistics
  16. SECTION XI: Special Applications —Phonetics and Translation
  17. Subject Index