British linguistics in the eighteenth century.
Harris, Roy,1931-
London : Routledge/Thoemmes Press,
1993.
All volumes have new introductions by Roy Harris.
All volumes are reprints of editions published in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Contents: Diversions of Purley, v.1 and v.2 / John Horne Tooke -- A course of lectures on the theory of language and universal grammar / Joseph Priestley -- Discourses : delivered at the Asiatick Society, 1785-1792 / William Jones -- Hermes, or a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar / James Harris -- The theory of language and considerations concerning the first formation of languages / James Beattie and Adam Smith.
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