Part of
Last Papers in Linguistic HistoriographyE.F.K. Koerner †
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 128] 2020
► pp. 37–48
E.F.K. Koerner †
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 128] 2020
► pp. 37–48
Chapter 2
Pour une historiographie engagée; or where
historians of linguistics could still do better
Article outline
- 1.The issues
- 2.The challenge
- 3.Continuing methodological and philosophical disagreements
- 4.Observations on the development of history-writing in linguistics
- 5.Some possible remedies and changes in direction
- 6.Concluding remarks
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Acknowledgements -
Notes -
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