Linguistics Theory, Foundations, and Modern Development

An Overview of Linguistics and Linguistic Applications

Prepared for Gary Blahnik, The Union Institute
Austin Ziegler, 15 March 1995
Last Modified: 12 October 1996

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Table of Contents

    Introduction
  1. On the Origins of Linguistics
    1. Ancient Linguistics: Babylon and India
    2. Early Western Linguistics: The Greeks, the Church, and Medieval Philosophy
    3. Realism, Nominalism, Humanism, and the Renaissance
    4. Rationalism, Sciental and Practical
    5. Spiritualism and Materialism
    6. Interlude: Grammarians
    7. Linguistics as a Discipline: Nineteenth Century and the Early Twentieth Century
  2. Linguistic Assumptions and Principles
    1. Fundamentals
    2. Language as Knowledge
    3. Grammars
      1. Internal Grammars
      2. Descriptive Grammars
      3. Prescriptive Grammars
      4. Teaching Grammars
    4. Parts of Grammars
      1. Morphology
      2. Syntax
      3. Semantics
      4. Phonetics and Phonology
    5. Dialects and Language in Society
  3. Language Change and the History of the English Language
    1. Written Language and Change
  4. Language Acquisition
    1. Computers, Formal Language, Natural Language, and Language Acquisition

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