Linguistics in Britain
Personal Histories
1st Edition
Published on 21. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-631-23476-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-23476-0 (9780631234760)
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Persons
Keith Brown is a member of the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. He is the co-editor of the Blackwell Publishing journal, Transactions of the Philological Society.
Vivien Law was lately Reader in the History of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. She was the author or editor of numerous publications, including Grammar and Grammarians in the Early Middle Ages (1997).
Vivien Law was lately Reader in the History of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. She was the author or editor of numerous publications, including Grammar and Grammarians in the Early Middle Ages (1997).
Content
Preface vii
Jean Aitchison 1
W. Sidney Allen 14
R. E. Asher 28
John Bendor-Samuel 43
Gillian Brown 53
N. E. Collinge 67
Joseph Cremona 78
David Crystal 91
Gerald Gazdar 104
M. A. K. Halliday 116
Richard Hudson 127
John Laver 139
Geoffrey Leech 155
John Lyons 170
Peter Matthews 200
Anna Morpungo Davies 213
Frank Palmer 228
Randolph Quirk 239
R. H. Robins 249
Neil Smith 262
J. L. M. Trim 274
Peter Trudgill 286
John Wells 297
General Index 307
Jean Aitchison 1
W. Sidney Allen 14
R. E. Asher 28
John Bendor-Samuel 43
Gillian Brown 53
N. E. Collinge 67
Joseph Cremona 78
David Crystal 91
Gerald Gazdar 104
M. A. K. Halliday 116
Richard Hudson 127
John Laver 139
Geoffrey Leech 155
John Lyons 170
Peter Matthews 200
Anna Morpungo Davies 213
Frank Palmer 228
Randolph Quirk 239
R. H. Robins 249
Neil Smith 262
J. L. M. Trim 274
Peter Trudgill 286
John Wells 297
General Index 307