Concise history of the language sciences
Subtitle: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists
By: edited by E.F.K. Koerner and R.E. Asher.
Contributors: Koerner, E. F. K.; Asher, R. E.
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Historical linguistics.; Linguistics -- History.
Other titles: Encyclopedia of language and linguistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Based on articles, some of which have been rev. and updated or enl. for this publication, which originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of language and linguistics (1994); the chapter on the Hebrew grammatical tradition is new.
Table of contents: title: General; title: Antiquity to Middle Ages : the Near East; title: Antiquity : the Far East; title: Antiquity : India; title: Antiquity : Europe; title: Middle Ages : Europe; title: Renaissance : Europe; title: 17th and 18th century Europe; title: The main strands of 19th century linguistics; title: 20th century linguistics; title: Special applications : phonetics and translation.