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It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what langu

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 bee

A “monumental” account of the rise and fall of languages, with “many fresh insights, useful historical anecdotes, and charming linguistic oddities” (Chi

This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.

Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philoso