{"product_id":"linguistics-in-britain-isbn-9780631234760","title":"Linguistics in Britain","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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from 23 major British linguists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of the rapid growth of linguistics in the last 50 years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects on the achievements of British linguistics since the Second World War.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Aitchison 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eW. Sidney Allen 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR. E. Asher 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Bendor-Samuel 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGillian Brown 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN. E. Collinge 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Cremona 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Crystal 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerald Gazdar 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM. A. K. Halliday 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Hudson 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Laver 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Leech 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Lyons 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Matthews 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnna Morpungo Davies 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrank Palmer 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRandolph Quirk 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR. H. Robins 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeil Smith 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. L. M. Trim 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Trudgill 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Wells 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eKeith Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. He is the co-editor of the Blackwell Publishing journal, \u003ci\u003eTransactions of the Philological Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivien Law\u003c\/b\u003e was lately Reader in the History of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. She was the author or editor of numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eGrammar and Grammarians in the Early Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e (1997).\u003c\/p\u003e  This landmark volume provides a fascinating overview of the evolution of the discipline of linguistics in Britain since the end of the Second World War. It consists of a series of ‘linguistic autobiographies' by 23 British linguists who played a major role in the development of the subject during the second half of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommissioned by the Council of the Philological Society, contributors look back over the achievements of British linguistics in the previous 50 years. They reflect on how and why they went into linguistics, what branches of the subject attracted them, what formative influences they were exposed to, and how they reacted to them. They also consider the role they personally played in the intellectual and institutional development of the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989532721381,"sku":"NP9780631234760","price":49.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631234760.jpg?v=1761784489","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/linguistics-in-britain-isbn-9780631234760","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}