{"product_id":"a-history-of-modern-linguistics-from-the-beginnings-to-world-war-ii-9781474470025","title":"A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James McElvenny\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh UP\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: History\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, McElvenny offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field, it concentrates on the interaction between the leading figures of linguistics, their controversies, and the role of the social and political context in shaping their ideas and methods.\u003cbr\u003eWhile \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on disciplinary linguistics, the boundaries of the account are porous: developments in neighbouring fields - in particular, philosophy, psychology and anthropology - are brought into the discussion where they have contributed to linguistic research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45045605990551,"sku":"9781474470025","price":2075.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474470025.webp?v=1769216937","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-modern-linguistics-from-the-beginnings-to-world-war-ii-9781474470025","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}