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Portrait of Linguists (Thoemmes Press - Works in the History of Language) Thomas A. Sebeok Facsimilie of 1966 Ed edition
Portrait of Linguists (Thoemmes Press - Works in the History of Language)
Thomas A. Sebeok
This set is a standard biographical work in the history and theory of linguistics and an essential resource for all scholars of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century Western linguistics. Containing articles by eminent scholars in English, French, and German, this hard-to-find text offers 91 biographies, a mass of information on major figures encompassing both biographical detail and remarks on the subjects' work.