Book review
A History of Modern Linguistics: From the beginnings to World War II. By James McElvenny.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024. x + 202 pp. ISBN 978-1-4744-7002-5 $ 120 29.95

Reviewed by Gerda Haßler
University of Potsdam
Publication history

Date received: 8 June 2024

Date accepted: 17 June 2024

Published online: 29 August 2024

Table of contents

James McElvenny’s book provides a historiographically and problem-historically sound overview of the most important trends in linguistics and linguistic theory in English- and German-speaking countries from the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the Second World War. An earlier version of the book was also used as a habilitation thesis, which he submitted to the University of Siegen in 2023.

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