Title: The Oxford handbook of the history of Linguistics /
Authors: Allan, Keith, 1943-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Linguistics History
Abstract: In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west, chronicle centuries of explanations for language structures, meanings, and usage, and look at how it has been practically applied. This handbook makes a significant contribution to the historiography of linguistics. It will also be a valuable reference for scholars and students in linguists and related fields, including philosophy and cognitive science.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.The Origins and the Evolution of Language / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- 2.The History of Writing as a History of Linguistics / Peter T. Daniels -- 3.History of the Study of Gesture / Adam Kendon -- 4.The History of Sign Language Linguistics / Bencie Woll -- 5.Orthography and the Early History of Phonetics / Michael K. C. MacMahon -- 6.From IPA to Praat and Beyond / Deborah Loakes -- 7.Nineteenth-Century Study of Sound Change from Rask to Saussure / Kate Burridge -- 8.Discoverers of the Phoneme / Harry van der Hulst -- 9.A History of Sound Symbolism / Margaret Magnus -- 10.East Asian Linguistics / Karen Steffen Chung -- 11.Linguistics in India / Peter M. Scharf -- 12.From Semitic to Afro-Asiatic / Edward Lipinski -- 13.From Plato to Priscian: Philosophy's Legacy to Grammar / David Blank -- 14.Pedagogical Grammars Before the Eighteenth Century / Anneli Luhtala -- 15.Vernaculars and the Idea of a Standard Language / Andrew Linn --