LINGUIST List 13.2392

Fri Sep 20 2002

Books: History of Linguistics: Law

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  • Joyce Reid, History of Linguistics: Vivien Law

    Message 1: History of Linguistics: Vivien Law

     Date: 18 Sep 2002 16:31:50 +0800
    From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
    Subject: History of Linguistics: Vivien Law


    Cambridge University Press http://www.cup.org/language

    The History of Linguistics in Europe >From Plato to 1600

    Vivien Law, University of Cambridge

    Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect evolving modes of thinking. Classified bibliographies and chapters on research resources are included. A survey chapter updates the coverage to the present day.

    Contents:

    Preface 1. Getting ready to study the history of linguistics; 2. Greek philosophy and the origins of western linguistics 3. Towards a discipline of grammar: the transition from philosophy 4. From literacy to grammar: describing language structure in the ancient world 5. Christianity and language 6. The early Middle Ages 7. The Carolingian Renaissance 8. Scholasticism: linking language and reality 9. Medieval vernacular grammars 10. The Renaissance: discovery of the outer world 11. And what happened next? Linguistics since 1600--in brief 12. Becoming a historian of linguistics

    2002/c. 376 pp./25 halftones/5 maps 052156315-1/Hb/List: $70.00 052156532-4/Pb/List: $25.00


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