LINGUISTICS IN BRITAIN: Personal Histories: 36 (Publications of the Philological Society)

by Keith Brown (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $29.05

  This is a collection of 'linguistic autobiographiesa 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.