E-raamat: History of Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHOLS X), 1-5 September 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Incorporating numerous approaches to the study of linguistics, this collection includes selected papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences held at Urbana-Champaign in September 2005. Containing more than 30 papers, topics include comparative linguistics, competing models for a 17th century universal language, a study of the participle in ancient Greek, and grammatical gender as an arbitrary and redundant category. Many of the monographs are in French. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

As each period in the history of the language sciences has chosen to focus on different key questions, the study of that history promises to open our eyes to the variety of interesting questions that can be asked, and answered – taking off the blinders of contemporary preoccupations. September 1–5, 2005, linguists from twenty-five countries gathered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to share their passion for the history of their discipline. This volume is a distillation of many fine contributions from that conference, shedding light on the many different approaches to the study of language.