Studies in the History of the Language Sciences Series

130 primary works • 130 total works
As a companion to the journal Historiographia Linguistica “Studies in the History of the Language Sciences” (SiHoLS) is a series of book-length scholarly works in the history of linguistic thought. Although its emphasis is on the Western tradition from antiquity to the modern day, it also includes, and welcomes, studies devoted to non-Western tradi…

Book 1

The Importance of Techmer's 'Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft' in the Development of General Linguistics
Techmer’s Internationale Zeitschrift für Allgemein…
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Book 2

Declinatio
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· 1 Ratings · published 1974 · 3 editions
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 B.C.) was one of th…
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Book 3

The Study Of Indo European Vocalismin in the 19th Century: From The Beginnings To Whitney & Scherer, A Critical Historical Account
In the 19th century research on the Indo-European …
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Book 4

Anfange Der Hebraischen Grammatik (1895), Together with Die Hebraische Sprachwissenschaft Vom 10: Bis Zum 16: Jahrhundert
The present volume reproduces two still unsurpasse…
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Book 5

The History of Grammar in the Middle Ages
This volume brings together a number of papers wri…
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Book 6

Studies in the Grammatical Tradition in Tibet
This volume reprints ― with additions and correcti…
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Book 7

A Glance at the History of Linguistics: with particular regard to the historical study of phonology
This volume presents a translation into English of…
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Book 8

Chronologisches Verzeichnis Franzosischer Grammatiken Vom Ende Des 14. Bis Zum Ausgange Des 18. Jahrhunderts, Nebst Angabe Der Bisher Ermittelten Fundorte Derselben
Excerpt from Chronologisches Verzeichnis Französis…
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Book 9

In Memoriam Friedrich Diez: Akten des Kolloquiums zum Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Romanistik/Actes du Colloque sur l'Histoire des Etudes Romanes/ Proc
The first 'Kolloquium zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte …
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Book 10

The Development of Morphophonemic Theory
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· 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1976 · 3 editions
The aim of this book is to provide a concise histo…
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Book 11

Western Histories of Linguistic Thought
The present bibliography suggests that there has b…
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Book 12

Dissertation on the Sanskrit Language
Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo's Dissertatio historico…
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Book 13

The Role of Prescriptivism in American Linguistics 1820-1970
The phenomenon of absolutist, prescriptive correct…
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Book 14

Summa Modorum Significandi; Sophismata: New Edition, on the Basis of G. Wallerand's Editio Prima
The writings of Siger of Courtrai were first edite…
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Book 15

'Quaestiones Alberti de Modis significandi.': A critical edition
This book provides a critical edition, translation…
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Book 16

Geschichtszahlen Der Phonetik' (1941), Together with 'Quellenatlas Der Phonetik'
In this volume two monographs are reprinted in the…
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Book 17

The Study of Language in 17th-Century England
This volume brings together a number of papers by …
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Book 18

The Theory of English Lexicography 1530-1791
This book serves as a welcome addition to the bett…
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Book 19

Toward a Historiography of Linguistics: Selected Essays
The papers brought together in the present volume …
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Book 20

Progress in Linguistic Historiography: Papers from the International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, Ottawa, 28-31 August 1978
This volume presents a selection of revised papers…
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Book 21

First Person Singular: Papers from the Conference on an Oral Archive for the History of American Linguistics:
This volume consists of autobiographical by the fo…
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Book 22

Godfrey of Fontaine's Abridgement of Boethius of Dacia's Modi Significandi sive Quaestiones super Priscianum Maiorem
This volume presents the Latin text, critically es…
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Book 23

Apollonius Dyscolus: The "Syntax "Of Apollonius Dyscolus
Apollonius Dyscolus was the first formal syntactic…
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Book 24

Arab Linguistics: An introductory classical text with translation and notes
This volume provides an analysis of a famous medie…
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Book 25

Essays in the History of Linguistic Anthropology
Anthropology and linguistics, as historically deve…
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Book 26

Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought
This volume presents a set of papers on linguistic…
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Book 27

Sanctius' Theory of Language: A contribution to the history of Renaissance linguistics
This volume presents the main tenets of Sanctius' …
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Book 28

The History of Linguistics in the Near East
This collection of papers deals with aspects of th…
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Book 29

Aristotle's Theory of Language and its Tradition: Texts from 500 to 1750, sel., transl. and commentary by Hans Arens
This volume contains a fragment from Aristotle's P…
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Book 30

A History of Semantics
In this monograph the author outlines, for the fir…
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Book 31

Uniformitarianism in Linguistics
This study examines specific implications of the c…
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Book 32

Philosophical Foundations of Humboldt's Linguistic Doctrines
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Book 33

The History of Linguistics in Italy
This volume brings together the papers published i…
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Book 34

The History of Linguistics in Spain
This selection of papers is concerned with the his…
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Book 35

A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama
In recent years the language of Shakespearean dram…
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Book 36

Edward Sapir - Appraisals of his life and work
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth …
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Book 37

William Bathe, S.J., 1564-1614
William Bathe, S.J. (1564-1614) was a pioneer in l…
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Book 38

Papers in the History of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Ichols III), Princeton, 19-23 August 1984
This volume presents a selection of - slightly rev…
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Book 39

Peter of Spain
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· 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1990 · 3 editions
This volume presents an English translation of Pet…
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Book 40

The History of Lexicography
Most dictionaries have forerunners, and all have i…
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Book 41

New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the bi…
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Book 42

Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, Philosophical Analysis: Papers in the Philosophy of Language
This volume brings together papers originally pres…
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Book 43

De Ortu Grammaticae: Studies in Medieval Grammar and Linguistic Theory in Memory of Jan Pinborg
The Danish scholar Jan Pinborg (1937-1982) made ou…
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Book 44

Etymology and Grammatical Discourse in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
This study focuses on the uses of the grammatical …
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Book 45

The Foundations of Grammar
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· 2 Ratings · published 1988 · 3 editions
The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the gre…
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Book 46

The History of Linguistics in the Classical Period
The study of Greek and Roman language science has …
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Book 47

Leonard Bloomfield
These essays were brought together to commemorate …
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Book 48

Language and Experience in 17th-Century British Philosophy
The focus of this volume is the crisis of the trad…
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Book 49

Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism
Both Leibniz and Humboldt are scholars in whose wo…
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Book 50

Practicing Linguistic Historiography
This collection contains 24 articles on the histor…
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Book 51:1

History and Historiography of Linguistics
These two volume present papers from the Fourth In…
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Book 51:2

History and Historiography of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Ichols IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987. Volume 2: 18th-20th
These two volume present papers from the Fourth In…
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Book 51:S

History and Historiography of Linguistics Proceedings of the fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987. 2 Volumes
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference…
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Book 52

Otto Jespersen: Facets of his Life and Work
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· 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1989 · 3 editions
This is the first book to give a comprehensive vie…
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Book 53

Early Arabic Grammatical Theory
The Arabic grammatical tradition is remarkable for…
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Book 54

The Grimm Brothers and the Germanic Past
The pioneering work of Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Gri…
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Book 55

A Life for Language: A biographical memoir of Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) was one of the grea…
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Book 56

Studies in the History of Arabic Grammar II: Proceedings of the second symposium on the history of Arabic grammar, Nijmegen, 27 April–1 May, 1987
This volume presents papers given at the second Sy…
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Book 57

The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604-1755
This study by Starnes and Noyes was immediately re…
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Book 58

North American Contributions to the History of Linguistics
This volume unites papers given by members of the …
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Book 59

Semantic Theories in Europe, 1830–1930: From etymology to contextuality
It is widely believed by historians of linguistics…
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Book 60

For to Speke Frenche Trewely: The French Language in England, 1000-1600: Its Status, Description and Instruction
The first grammatical descriptions of the French l…
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Book 61

First Person Singular II: Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
This sequel to First Person Singular (1980) presen…
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Book 62

English Traditional Grammars
Until recently grammars of English have received s…
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Book 63

A Dictionary of English Normative Grammar 1700–1800 (DENG)
Eighteenth-century English grammarians plead eloqu…
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Book 64

The History of Linguistics in the Low Countries
The importance of the Low Countries as a centre fo…
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Book 65

Universal History of Linguistics: India, China, Arabia, Europe
This wide-ranging book presents the linguistic ach…
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Book 66

Language and Earth: Elective affinities between the emerging sciences of linguistics and geology
In former times, the study of language was rarely …
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Book 67

John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics
In this reader, 19 articles have been collected th…
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Book 68

Diversions of Galway: Papers on the History of Linguistics from Ichols V
This volume contains a selection of papers from th…
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Book 69

Theory Groups and the Study of Language in North America. a Social History.
Based on extensive archival research, interviews, …
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Book 70

Signs, Science and Politics: Philosophies of language in Europe 1700–1830
This book tells the story of how 18th-century Euro…
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Book 71

History of Linguistic Thought in the Early Middle Ages
Surveys of linguistics in the Middle Ages often be…
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Book 72

A Paradigm Lost: The linguistic thought of Mikołaj Kruszewski
The general theory of language of Mikołaj Kruszwes…
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Book 73

On the History of Grammar Among the Arabs: An Essay in Literary History
This essay was written in 1878 by I. Goldziher, wh…
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Book 74

Historical Roots of Linguistic Theories
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· 1 Ratings · published 1995 · 5 editions
Most of the papers collected in this volume concen…
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Book 75

The Explanation of Linguistic Causes: Az-Zağğāğī's Theory of Grammar. Introduction, translation, commentary
The ultimate aim of every linguistic tradition is …
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Book 76

Bibliografia Cronologica de La Linguistica, La Gramatica y La Lexicografia del Espanol (Bicres). Desde Los Principios Hasta El Ano 1600.
Since the publication of the still very valuable B…
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Book 77

Language and Society in Early Modern England: Selected essays 1982–1994
This volume brings together twelve previously publ…
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Book 78

History of Linguistics 1993: Papers from the Sixth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Ichols VI), Washington DC, 9-14 a
The 32 papers of this volume were selected from 78…
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Book 79

Professing Linguistic Historiography.
The volume brings together recent papers by the au…
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Book 80

Language, Action and Context: The Early History of Pragmatics in Europe and America 1780-1930
The roots of pragmatics reach back to Antiquity, e…
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Book 81

The Whorf Theory Complex: A critical reconstruction
At last—a comprehensive account of the ideas of Be…
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Book 82

The Emergence of Semantics in Four Linguistic Traditions: Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic
The aim of this study is a comparative analysis of…
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Book 83

Noblest Animate Motion: Speech, Physiology and Medicine in Pre-Cartesian Linguistic Thought
The body of theory on speech production and speech…
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Book 84

Language and Its Functions: A Historico-Critical Study of Views Concerning the Functions of Language from the Pre-Humanistic Philology of Orleans to the Rationalistic Philology
Verburg, Pieter A.
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Book 85

De Lingua Latina X
De Lingua Latina X has never been so courageously …
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Book 86

And Along Came Boas
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The advent of Franz Boas on the North American sce…
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Book 87

The Virtues of Language
The volume contains 13 specially written specialis…
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Book 88

First Person Singular III: Autobiographies by North American scholars in the language sciences
This sequel to the First Person Singular volumes p…
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Book 89

Images of Language
This volume consists of six essays on interrelated…
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Book 90

Bibliografía Nebrisense: Las obras completas del humanista Antonio de Nebrija desde 1481 hasta nuestros días
The Spanish humanist Antonio de Nebrija (1444-1522…
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Book 91

Bibliografía cronológica de la lingüística, la gramática y la lexicografía del español (BICRES II): Desde el año 1601 hasta el año 1700
Since the publication of the still very valuable B…
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Book 92

Linguistic Historiography. Projects & Prospects.
The present volume brings together the author's mo…
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Book 93

Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703)
Francisco Varo’s Arte de la Lengua Mandarina , com…
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Book 94

History of Linguistics 1996
The papers in this volume present a colourful pict…
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Book 95

History of Linguistics 1996
This volume contains papers on linguistic historio…
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Book 96

Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic naturalism and its opposites in Plato's Cratylus and modern theories of language
The idea that some aspects of language are 'natura…
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Book 97

Early Years in Machine Translation: Memoirs and biographies of pioneers
Machine translation (MT) was one of the first non-…
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Book 98

200 Years of Syntax
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· 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
This book argues convincingly against the widespre…
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