The 32 papers of this volume were selected from 78 papers read at ICHoLS VI, were contributed by linguists from 16 countries of Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Surveys of linguistics in the Middle Ages often begin with the twelfth century, dismissing the preceding six centuries as 'devoid of originality' or 'dependent

This authoritative and wide-ranging book, first published in 2003, examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from its origins in an

Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philoso

"The first edition of this Handbook is built on surveys by well-known figures from around the world and around the intellectual world, reflecting several differ