GEN106 - Christian Mair on "Progress in Linguistics"
Channel: The Virtual Linguistics Campus
Date: 2014-09-23

What are the main driving forces for the progress in linguistics? Why are charismatic persons, the scientific crowd or modern technology so important for the steady progress in our field? In an interview recorded at Marburg university during the 2nd GAL Conference, Prof. Jürgen Handke asked Prof. Christian Mair, one of the best known German linguists, to talk about his central factors for the permanent progress in linguistics.