Linguistics in Britain : personal histories

Author(s)

• Brown, E. K. (Edward Keith)
• Law, Vivien

Bibliographic Information

Linguistics in Britain : personal histories

edited by Keith Brown and Vivien Law

（Publications of the Philological Society, 36）

Blackwell, 2002

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA57523501
• ISBN:
  • 9780631234760
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, UK ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 319 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 410.941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Linguistics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0775865X