{"product_id":"studies-in-the-history-of-western-linguistics-paperback-9780521127059","title":"Studies in the History of Western Linguistics (Paperback) 9780521127059","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStudies in the History of Western Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection of essays documents the important developments of Western linguistics from Classical times onwards.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTheodora Bynon (Edited by), F. R. Palmer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521127059, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 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\"\u003eThe fourteen original essays in this collection have been specially written to highlight important developments in the history of Western linguistics from Classical times up until its publication in 1986. Any reader with an interest in the history of linguistic ideas will find much in this collection that is fresh and thought-provoking.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe contributors\u003cbr\u003e Foreword F. R. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e 1. What is the history of linguistics and to what end is it studied? A didactic approach Herbert E. Brekle\u003cbr\u003e 2. Greek (and some Roman) preferences in language categories N. E. Collinge\u003cbr\u003e 3. Grammatical theory in the Middle Ages Michael A. Covington\u003cbr\u003e 4. Originality in the medieval normative tradition Vivien Law\u003cbr\u003e 5. Renaissance linguistics: the old and the new W. Keith Percival\u003cbr\u003e 6. Effort and achievement in seventeenth-century British linguistics Vivian Salmon\u003cbr\u003e 7. Joseph de Maistre and Victorian thought on the origin of language and civilisation Hans Aarsleff\u003cbr\u003e 8. Understanding as a process of linguistic approximation: the discussion between August Wilhelm von Schlegel, S. A. Langois, Wilhelm von Humboldt and G. W. F. Hegel on the translation of the Bhagavadgita and the concept of 'yoga' Helmut Gipper\u003cbr\u003e 9. August Schleicher: Indo-Europeanist and general linguist Theodora Bynon\u003cbr\u003e 10. Karl Brugmann and late nineteenth-century linguistics Anna Morpurgo Davies\u003cbr\u003e 11. Nineteenth-century linguistics on itself Henry M. Hoenigswald\u003cbr\u003e 12. European linguistics in the twentieth century Giulio Lepschy\u003cbr\u003e 13. Edward Sapir's six-unit classification of American Indian languages: the search for the time perspective Regna Darnell and Dell Hymes\u003cbr\u003e 14. Distributional syntax P. H. Matthews\u003cbr\u003e Publications of R. H. Robins\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005925052696,"sku":"9780521127059","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521127059i_6b4ea6f9-bbf3-4f0e-b1db-02a7c8eeceb4.jpg?v=1691371894","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/studies-in-the-history-of-western-linguistics-paperback-9780521127059","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}