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1. Origins of American Linguistics 1643-1914

   Series: History of Linguistics

   Beginning in the seventeenth century, with the first appearance of manuals written to enable English speakers to understand and communicate with the American Indians, this set charts the development of linguistic studies in North America over two and a half centuries. The set also examines the...

   Published April 30th 1997 by Routledge
2. German Linguistics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

   Series: History of Linguistics

   These volumes give the reader historical insight into changes in thematic focus and the evolving division of labour between linguistics and other disciplines such as theology, biology and psychology....

   Published December 14th 1994 by Routledge
3. C.K. Ogden and Linguistics

   With a new critical edition of The Meaning of Meaning

   Series: History of Linguistics

   Ogden spent over forty years attempting "to deal ... with the whole of the linguistic problem." This study gives his work an enduring quality which is of particular relevance to late twentieth century linguistics....

   Published May 25th 1994 by Routledge
4. British Linguistics in the Eighteenth Century

   Series: History of Linguistics

   One of the most interesting periods in the history of British linguistic thought, the 18th century is also one of the most neglected. Richer in diversity than the corresponding period in France, there is still a reflection of continental influences. The inheritance of linguistic ideas from...

   Published January 27th 1993 by Routledge