Linguistics in Britain : Personal Histories, Paperback / softback Book

Linguistics in Britain : Personal Histories Paperback / softback

Edited by Keith (University of Cambridge) Brown, Vivien (University of Cambridge) Law

Part of the Publications of the Philological Society series

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This is a collection of 'linguistic autobiographies' by 23 British linguists who played a major role in the development of the subject in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century. Includes contributions from 23 major British linguists. Provides an overview of the rapid growth of linguistics in the last 50 years. Reflects on the achievements of British linguistics since the Second World War.

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