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A short history of linguistics
- Title
- A short history of linguistics / by R.H. Robins.
- Author
- Robins, R. H. (Robert Henry)
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1968, ©1967]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- vi, 248 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- A highly readable account of the origin and development of linguistic studies. Concentrating on the course of linguistic thought in Europe, Mr. Robins traces a continuous tradition of speculation and teaching on language and linguistics from the Pre-Socratic philosophers in ancient Greece, through Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Rome, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present day ... --dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- Indiana University studies in the history and theory of linguistics
- Uniform Title
- Indiana University studies in the history and theory of linguistics
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 233-240.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Greece -- Rome -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and after -- The eve of modern times -- Comparative and historical linguistics in the nineteenth century -- Linguistics in the present century.
- ISBN
- 025335210X
- 9780253352101
- LCCN
- 68010276
- OCLC
- ocm00306654
- 306654
- SCSB-8846668
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library