<p>The aim with this group of books has been to produce a history of linguistic thought rather than an account of the development of linguistic science. For different societies and in different periods, the editor presents the prevailing attitudes towards language: its social, cultural, religious and liturgical functions, the prestige attached to different varieties, the cultivation of a standard, the place of language in education, the elaboration of lexical and grammatical descriptions, the knowledge of foreign idioms, the status of interpreters and translators, and so on.</p>

History of Linguistics Volume II: Classical and Medieval Linguistics: Classical and Medieval Linguistics v. 2 (Longman Linguistics Library)

Reference

Lepschy

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Longman

History of Linguistics Vol III: Renaissance and Early Modern Linguistics: Renaissance and Early Modern Linguistics v. 3 (Longman Linguistics Library)

History

World

<p>This fourth volume in a five-part study, shows how linguistics came into its own as an independent discipline separated from philosophical and literary studies and enjoyed an intellectual and institutional success tied to the research ethos of the new universities, until it became a model for other humanistic subjects which aimed at scientific status. The linguistics of the 19th century abandon earlier theoretical discussions in favour of a more empirical and historical approach, using new methods to compare and to investigate their history.</p>

History of linguistics: Nineteenth-century linguistics (v. 4)

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

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