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Peter A. M. Seuren - Western Linguistics: An Historical Introduction - 9780631208914 - V9780631208914
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Western Linguistics: An Historical Introduction

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Description for Western Linguistics: An Historical Introduction Paperback. This is a critical survey of the complete history of Western theoretical linguistics (grammar and semantics, including logic) from Plato to today. The volume concentrates on those issues that are of central concern to present-day theoretical linguistics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1016.
This book provides a vital student resource - a single-volume critical survey of the complete history of Western theoretical linguistics (grammar and semantics, including logic) from Plato till today.

The volume concentrates on those issues that are of central concern to present-day theoretical linguistics, but also draws attention to episodes and issues that have unjustifiably slid into oblivion, such as the 18th century French grammarians or the great subject-predicate debate between 1850 and 1930. An effort has also been made to interpret events and developments in linguistic theory in terms of the more general cultural and economic movements of the ... Read more

The book can serve as a basic text for a course on the history of linguistics, and as a collateral text in various courses on the theory of grammar and semantics.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
588
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631208914
SKU
V9780631208914
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Peter A. M. Seuren
Peter A. M. Seuren was Lecturer in Linguistics at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities before becoming Professor of Philosophy of Language and then of Theoretical Linguistics at Nijmegen University. His publications include Semantic Syntax (1996), Discourse Semantics (1985), and Operators and Nucleus (1969).

Reviews for Western Linguistics: An Historical Introduction
"At last, a general history of linguistic thought that makes the subject interesting, relevant, and even exciting. Seuren sails between Scylia and Charybdis: he does not let a commitment to pre-20th century work lead him into dullness and irrelevance, yet he does not let an enthusiasm for post-1957 work drive him into a chronicling of ephemeral recent trends. ... Read more

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