A short history of linguistics
By: R.H. Robins.
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: Longman linguistics library
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Linguistics -- History.
Description: This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. It examines the independent development of linguistic science in China and Medieval Islam, and especially in India, which was to have a profound effect on European and American linguistics from the end of the eighteenth century.

Readable and authoritative, Professor Robins' introduction provides a clear and up-to-date overview of all the major issues in the light of contemporary scholarly debate, and will be essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics alike.
Notes: Previous ed.: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.