Concise history of the language sciences : from the Sumerians to the cognitivists
by E. F. K. Koerner
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This book presents in a single volume a comprehensive history of the language sciences, from ancient times through to the twentieth century. While there has been a concentration on those traditions that have the greatest international relevance, a particular effort has been made to go beyond traditional Eurocentric accounts, and to cover a broad geographical spread. For the twentieth century a section has been devoted to the various trends, schools, and theoretical framework developed in show more Europe, North America and Australasia over the past seventy years. There has also been a concentration on t show lessTags
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E. F. K. Koerner is Emeritus Professor in General Linguistics of the University of Ottawa.
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