The history of linguistics in Europe from Plato to 1600
Vivien Law
Preface 1. Getting ready to study the history of linguistics 2. Greek philosophy and origins western 3. Towards a discipline grammar: transition from 4. From literacy describing language structure in ancient world 5. Christianity 6. The early Middle Ages 7. Carolingian Renaissance 8. Scholasticism: linking reality 9. Medieval vernacular grammars 10. Renaissance: discovery outer 11. And what happened next? Linguistics since 1600 - brief 12. Becoming historian linguistics.