Interviews in the history of linguistics. / Volume I / / James McElvenny.

• Superior document: History and philosophy of the language sciences
• VerfasserIn: McElvenny, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : Language Science Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (112 pages)

This volume brings together transcripts of ten interviews from the podcast series History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences, covering topics in the history of modern European linguistics from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. The transcripts have been reviewed and edited for clarity and completeness.

Table of Contents

Contents -- Preface -- 1 Wilhelm von Humboldt -- 2 Missionary grammars in Australia -- 3 Disciplinary linguistics in the nineteenth century -- 4 Ferdinand de Saussure -- 5 The emergence of phonetics as a field -- 6 Émile Benveniste -- 7 Victoria Lady Welby -- 8 John Rupert Firth, Bronisław Malinowski, and the London School -- 9 Linguistics under National Socialism -- 10 The Copenhagen Circle.