The History of Linguistics in Europe - From Plato to 1600

This book, first published in 2003, examines the history of western linguistics from ancient Greece up to the Renaissance.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Getting ready to study the history of linguistics; 2. Greek philosophy and the origins of western linguistics; 3. Towards a discipline of grammar: the transition from philosophy; 4. From literacy to grammar: describing language structure in the ancient world; 5. Christianity and language; 6. The early Middle Ages; 7. The Carolingian Renaissance; 8. Scholasticism: linking language and reality; 9. Medieval vernacular grammars; 10. The Renaissance: discovery of the outer world; 11. And what happened next? Linguistics since 1600 - in brief; 12. Becoming a historian of linguistics.

About the author

Vivien Law is Reader in the History of Linguistic Thought at Cambridge University, and Fellow of Trinity College.

Summary

This authoritative and wide-ranging book, first published in 2003, examines the history of western linguistics from ancient Greece up to the Renaissance. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect changing modes of thinking. A survey chapter brings the coverage of the book up to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Vivien Law
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2013
• EAN: 9780521563154
• ISBN: 978-0-521-56315-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 744 g
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguis
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures