Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
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HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS
See also Biographies, Historical and Comparative Linguistics, Lexicography, Philosophy and Language, Syntax (Syntactic Theories)

Section/Title Forename Surname
FIELDS OF STUDY
Applied Linguistics: Overview and History    
Classical Antiquity: Language Study Daniel J Taylor
Computational Linguistics: History Yorick Wilks
Dialects: Early European Studies    
Early Historical and Comparative Studies Kurt R Jankowsky
Etymology Philip Durkin
Experimental and Instrumental Phonetics: History    
Historical and Comparative Linguistics in the 19th century A.T.C. Fox
Historiography of Linguistics E. F. K. Koerner
History of Linguistics: Discipline of Linguistics Neil V Smith
History of Pragmatics    
History of Psycholinguistics    
History of Translation    
Language Teaching: History Tony Howatt
"Linguistics as a University Subject: Early History, in America" Julia S Falk
"Linguistics as a University Subject: Early History, in Europe" Therese Lindström Tiedemann
Machine Translation: History    
"Modern Linguistics, 1800 to the Present Day" Roy Harris
Neurolinguistics from the Middle Ages to the Pre-modern Era Harry A Whitaker
19th Century Studies of Language Disorders Paul Eling
Origin of Language Debate Cordula Neis
Phonetic Transcription: History    
Rhetoric: History James J Murphy
Sign Language: History of Research Susan Lloyd McBurney
20th Century Linguistics: Overview of Trends Giorgio Graffi
20th Century Studies of Language Disorders: 1900-1980 Paul Eling
Western Linguistic Thought Before 1800 Roy Harris
SCHOOLS AND TRADITIONS
African Linguistics: History Bernd Heine
American Linguistics before Whitney Mark Amsler
Apollonius Dyscolus and Herodian David L Blank
Arabic Linguistic Tradition Kees Versteegh
Aristotle and Linguistics    
Aristotle and the Stoics on Language Hermann Weidemann
Babylonian Grammatical Texts Gene B Gragg
Chinese Linguistic Tradition Giorgio Casacchia
Christianity and Language in the Middle Ages Neil Adkin
Copenhagen School Jørgen Rischel
Dionysius Thrax and Hellenistic Language Scholarship Jean Lallot
Early Irish Linguistics Erich Poppe
18th Century Linguistic Thought Gerda Haßler
First Grammatical Treatise Michael Barnes
Firth and the London School Victoria Rebori
Geneva School of Linguistics after Saussure Louis de Saussure
Glossematics Erik Fudge
"Grammar, Early Medieval" Anneli Luhtala
Hebrew Linguistic Tradition Irene Zwiep
Hindu Views on Language Julius J Lipner
History of Linguistics in Central and South America Otto Zwartjes
Integrational Linguistics and Semiotics Roy Harris
Japan: History of Linguistics Hiroyuki Eto
Linguistic Theory in the Later Middle Ages Mark Amsler
Meaning: Pre-20th Century Theories Gerda Haßler
Missionary Linguistics Elke Nowak
Nationalism and Linguistics Christopher M Hutton
Neogrammarians Kurt R Jankowsky
"Philosophy of Language, Medieval" Mark Amsler
Phonetics: Precursors to Modern Approaches    
Plato and His Predecessors Richard Bett
Plato's Cratylus and its Legacy John E Joseph
Poland: History of Linguistics Aleksander Szwedek
Port-Royal Tradition of Grammar Maria Tsiapera
Post- Bloomfieldians Jim Blevins
Prague School Eva Hajicova
"Reformation, Northern European" Nicola McLelland
Renaissance Linguistics: French Tradition Douglas A Kibbee
Renaissance Linguistics: Spanish Tradition Juan C Zamora
Roman Ars Grammatica Even Hovdhaugen
Sanskrit: Discovery by Europeans Rosane Rocher
Saussurean Tradition in 20th Century Linguistics Carol Sanders
Scandinavia: History of Linguistics Andrew Linn
Spelling Reform Proposals: English    
Structuralist Phonology: Prague School    
Tamil Linguistic Tradition Jean-Luc Chevillard
Universal Language Schemes in the 17th Century David Cram
Vernaculars: European Earliest Studies Werner Hüllen