Theestablishmentoflanguageasafocusofstudytookplaceovermanycenturies,andreflectiononitsnatureemergedinrelationtoverydifferentsocialandculturalpractices.Writtenbyateamofleadingscholars,thisvolumeprovidesanauthoritative,chronologicalaccountofthehistoryofthestudyoflanguagefromancienttimestotheendofthe20thcentury(i.e.,’recenthistory’,whenmodernlinguisticsgreatlyexpanded).Comprisedof29chapters,itissplitinto3parts,eachwithanintroductioncoveringthelargercontextofinterestinlanguage,especiallythedifferentphilosophical,religious,and/orpoliticalconcernsandsocio-culturalpracticesofthetimes.Attheendofthevolume,thereisacombinedlistofallreferencescitedandacomprehensiveindexoftopics,languages,majorfigures,etc.Comprehensiveinitsscope,itisanessentialreferenceforresearchers,teachersandstudentsalikeinlinguisticsandrelateddisciplines.
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