{"product_id":"linguistics-in-britain-personal-histories-paperback-softback-9780631234760","title":"Linguistics in Britain; Personal Histories (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631234760","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLinguistics in Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePersonal Histories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKeith Brown (Edited by), Vivien Law (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631234760, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a collection of ‘linguistic autobiographies' by 23 British linguists who played a major role in the development of the subject in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from 23 major British linguists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of the rapid growth of linguistics in the last 50 years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects on the achievements of British linguistics since the Second World War.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Aitchison 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eW. Sidney Allen 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR. E. Asher 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Bendor-Samuel 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGillian Brown 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN. E. Collinge 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Cremona 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Crystal 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerald Gazdar 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM. A. K. Halliday 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Hudson 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Laver 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Leech 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Lyons 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Matthews 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnna Morpungo Davies 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrank Palmer 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRandolph Quirk 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR. H. Robins 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeil Smith 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. L. M. Trim 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Trudgill 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Wells 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52515807985944,"sku":"9780631234760","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631234760.jpg?v=1786667375","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/linguistics-in-britain-personal-histories-paperback-softback-9780631234760","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}