A History of Modern Linguistics

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A History of Modern Linguistics

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Author: James McElvenny

Type: PAPERBACK

ISBN: 9781474470025

Date: 8th January, 2024

Publisher: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

  1. Categories

  2. Philosophical Traditions
  3. General And World History
  4. Anthropology

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In this book, McElvenny offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods. While A History of Modern Linguistics focuses on disciplinary linguistics, the boundaries of the account are porous: developments in neighbouring fields - in particular, philosophy, psychology and anthropology - are brought into the discussion where they have contributed to linguistic research.

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